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We've been getting numerous questions recently that would probably fit better at The Great Outdoors SE, but get asked at Travel Answers because Travel Answers is more visible and it's tangibly on-topic, because many people do outdoor sports specifically when travelling. Some examples:

• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/15945/2509 (migration flag in progress)
• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/14711/2509 (was migrated)
• Do I have to expect snow at 3900 meters above sea level during summer? (was not migrated)

Currently, our FAQ describes what Travel SE is about:

customs & border crossing, visas and other travel documents such as permits
accommodation: camping, hostels & backpackers, guesthouses, B&B's, hotels, renting a villa on a trip
loyalty programmes: frequent flyer points and hotel advantages
health and safety issues related to travel
modes of travelling: international, domestic, and public transport
finances: budgets, costs, foreign exchange
working while on the go (WWOOFing, volunteer travel etc) - not immigration or work visas, see below

Camping would be one example that fits either on Travel Answers or on The Great Outdoors. The FAQ does not provide any guidance as to where it would fit. There's a camping in national forests question on Travel Answers, and a virtually identical camping in the wild question on The Great Outdoors. There's a snow is Yosemite question at Travel Answers and a virtually identical one at The Great Outdoors. We're clearly duplicating efforts here.

We've had discussion in the past on how to distinguish between the two; for example, see Travel vs. Outdoor SE, or, do we need the [outdoor-activities] tag? and Is being answered a reason not to migrate?.

Can we add something about this to the FAQ? I'd like to see a policy that clearly defines whether questions belong to Travel Answers or to The Great Outdoors. It would be good if we can then add some lines to the FAQ. For example, at camping we could write (See also The Great Outdoors), and/or we could explicitly point to The Great Outdoors as an additional point Things to do while travelling.

After all, I might have a national forest close to my backyard and not need any travelling to get there. It never occurred to me to even search Travel Answers for either camping in the wild or mountain snow (the latter not being travel related in any way).

We've been getting numerous questions recently that would probably fit better at The Great Outdoors SE, but get asked at Travel Answers because Travel Answers is more visible and it's tangibly on-topic, because many people do outdoor sports specifically when travelling. Some examples:

• https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/15945/2509 (migration flag in progress)
• https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/14711/2509 (was migrated)
• Do I have to expect snow at 3900 meters above sea level during summer? (was not migrated)

Currently, our FAQ describes what Travel SE is about:

customs & border crossing, visas and other travel documents such as permits
accommodation: camping, hostels & backpackers, guesthouses, B&B's, hotels, renting a villa on a trip
loyalty programmes: frequent flyer points and hotel advantages
health and safety issues related to travel
modes of travelling: international, domestic, and public transport
finances: budgets, costs, foreign exchange
working while on the go (WWOOFing, volunteer travel etc) - not immigration or work visas, see below

Camping would be one example that fits either on Travel Answers or on The Great Outdoors. The FAQ does not provide any guidance as to where it would fit. There's a camping in national forests question on Travel Answers, and a virtually identical camping in the wild question on The Great Outdoors. There's a snow is Yosemite question at Travel Answers and a virtually identical one at The Great Outdoors. We're clearly duplicating efforts here.

We've had discussion in the past on how to distinguish between the two; for example, see Travel vs. Outdoor SE, or, do we need the [outdoor-activities] tag? and Is being answered a reason not to migrate?.

Can we add something about this to the FAQ? I'd like to see a policy that clearly defines whether questions belong to Travel Answers or to The Great Outdoors. It would be good if we can then add some lines to the FAQ. For example, at camping we could write (See also The Great Outdoors), and/or we could explicitly point to The Great Outdoors as an additional point Things to do while travelling.

After all, I might have a national forest close to my backyard and not need any travelling to get there. It never occurred to me to even search Travel Answers for either camping in the wild or mountain snow (the latter not being travel related in any way).

We've been getting numerous questions recently that would probably fit better at The Great Outdoors SE, but get asked at Travel Answers because Travel Answers is more visible and it's tangibly on-topic, because many people do outdoor sports specifically when travelling. Some examples:

• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/15945/2509 (migration flag in progress)
• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/14711/2509 (was migrated)
• Do I have to expect snow at 3900 meters above sea level during summer? (was not migrated)

Currently, our FAQ describes what Travel SE is about:

customs & border crossing, visas and other travel documents such as permits
accommodation: camping, hostels & backpackers, guesthouses, B&B's, hotels, renting a villa on a trip
loyalty programmes: frequent flyer points and hotel advantages
health and safety issues related to travel
modes of travelling: international, domestic, and public transport
finances: budgets, costs, foreign exchange
working while on the go (WWOOFing, volunteer travel etc) - not immigration or work visas, see below

Camping would be one example that fits either on Travel Answers or on The Great Outdoors. The FAQ does not provide any guidance as to where it would fit. There's a camping in national forests question on Travel Answers, and a virtually identical camping in the wild question on The Great Outdoors. There's a snow is Yosemite question at Travel Answers and a virtually identical one at The Great Outdoors. We're clearly duplicating efforts here.

We've had discussion in the past on how to distinguish between the two; for example, see Travel vs. Outdoor SE, or, do we need the [outdoor-activities] tag? and Is being answered a reason not to migrate?.

Can we add something about this to the FAQ? I'd like to see a policy that clearly defines whether questions belong to Travel Answers or to The Great Outdoors. It would be good if we can then add some lines to the FAQ. For example, at camping we could write (See also The Great Outdoors), and/or we could explicitly point to The Great Outdoors as an additional point Things to do while travelling.

After all, I might have a national forest close to my backyard and not need any travelling to get there. It never occurred to me to even search Travel Answers for either camping in the wild or mountain snow (the latter not being travel related in any way).

We've been getting numerous questions recently that would probably fit better at The Great Outdoors SE, but get asked at Travel Answers because Travel Answers is more visible and it's tangibly on-topic, because many people do outdoor sports specifically when travelling. Some examples:

• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/15945/2509 (migration flag in progress)
• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/14711/2509 (was migrated)
• Do I have to expect snow at 3900 meters above sea level during summer? (was not migrated)

Currently, our FAQ describes what Travel SE is about:

customs & border crossing, visas and other travel documents such as permits
accommodation: camping, hostels & backpackers, guesthouses, B&B's, hotels, renting a villa on a trip
loyalty programmes: frequent flyer points and hotel advantages
health and safety issues related to travel
modes of travelling: international, domestic, and public transport
finances: budgets, costs, foreign exchange
working while on the go (WWOOFing, volunteer travel etc) - not immigration or work visas, see below

Camping would be one example that fits either on Travel Answers or on The Great Outdoors. The FAQ does not provide any guidance as to where it would fit. There's a camping in national forests question on Travel Answers, and a virtually identical camping in the wild question on The Great Outdoors. There's a snow is Yosemite question at Travel Answers and a virtually identical one at The Great Outdoors. We're clearly duplicating efforts here.

We've had discussion in the past on how to distinguish between the two; for example, see Travel vs. Outdoor SE, or, do we need the [outdoor-activities] tag? and Is being answered a reason not to migrate?.

Can we add something about this to the FAQ? I'd like to see a policy that clearly defines whether questions belong to Travel Answers or to The Great Outdoors. It would be good if we can then add some lines to the FAQ. For example, at camping we could write (See also The Great Outdoors), and/or we could explicitly point to The Great Outdoors as an additional point Things to do while travelling.

After all, I might have a national forest close to my backyard and not need any travelling to get there. It never occurred to me to even search Travel Answers for either camping in the wild or mountain snow (the latter not being travel related in any way).

We've been getting numerous questions recently that would probably fit better at The Great Outdoors SE, but get asked at Travel Answers because Travel Answers is more visible and it's tangibly on-topic, because many people do outdoor sports specifically when travelling. Some examples:

• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/15945/2509 (migration flag in progress)
• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/14711/2509 (was migrated)
• Do I have to expect snow at 3900 meters above sea level during summer? (was not migrated)

Currently, our FAQ describes what Travel SE is about:

customs & border crossing, visas and other travel documents such as permits
accommodation: camping, hostels & backpackers, guesthouses, B&B's, hotels, renting a villa on a trip
loyalty programmes: frequent flyer points and hotel advantages
health and safety issues related to travel
modes of travelling: international, domestic, and public transport
finances: budgets, costs, foreign exchange
working while on the go (WWOOFing, volunteer travel etc) - not immigration or work visas, see below

Camping would be one example that fits either on Travel Answers or on The Great Outdoors. The FAQ does not provide any guidance as to where it would fit. There's a camping in national forests question on Travel Answers, and a virtually identical camping in the wild question on The Great Outdoors. There's a snow is Yosemite question at Travel Answers and a virtually identical one at The Great Outdoors. We're clearly duplicating efforts here.

We've had discussion in the past on how to distinguish between the two; for example, see http://meta.travel.stackexchange.com/q/991/2509 and http://meta.travel.stackexchange.com/q/1283/2509.

Can we add something about this to the FAQ? I'd like to see a policy that clearly defines whether questions belong to Travel Answers or to The Great Outdoors. It would be good if we can then add some lines to the FAQ. For example, at camping we could write (See also The Great Outdoors), and/or we could explicitly point to The Great Outdoors as an additional point Things to do while travelling.

After all, I might have a national forest close to my backyard and not need any travelling to get there. It never occurred to me to even search Travel Answers for either camping in the wild or mountain snow (the latter not being travel related in any way).

We've been getting numerous questions recently that would probably fit better at The Great Outdoors SE, but get asked at Travel Answers because Travel Answers is more visible and it's tangibly on-topic, because many people do outdoor sports specifically when travelling. Some examples:

• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/15945/2509 (migration flag in progress)
• http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/14711/2509 (was migrated)
• Do I have to expect snow at 3900 meters above sea level during summer? (was not migrated)

Currently, our FAQ describes what Travel SE is about:

customs & border crossing, visas and other travel documents such as permits
accommodation: camping, hostels & backpackers, guesthouses, B&B's, hotels, renting a villa on a trip
loyalty programmes: frequent flyer points and hotel advantages
health and safety issues related to travel
modes of travelling: international, domestic, and public transport
finances: budgets, costs, foreign exchange
working while on the go (WWOOFing, volunteer travel etc) - not immigration or work visas, see below

Camping would be one example that fits either on Travel Answers or on The Great Outdoors. The FAQ does not provide any guidance as to where it would fit. There's a camping in national forests question on Travel Answers, and a virtually identical camping in the wild question on The Great Outdoors. There's a snow is Yosemite question at Travel Answers and a virtually identical one at The Great Outdoors. We're clearly duplicating efforts here.

We've had discussion in the past on how to distinguish between the two; for example, see Travel vs. Outdoor SE, or, do we need the [outdoor-activities] tag? and Is being answered a reason not to migrate?.

Can we add something about this to the FAQ? I'd like to see a policy that clearly defines whether questions belong to Travel Answers or to The Great Outdoors. It would be good if we can then add some lines to the FAQ. For example, at camping we could write (See also The Great Outdoors), and/or we could explicitly point to The Great Outdoors as an additional point Things to do while travelling.

After all, I might have a national forest close to my backyard and not need any travelling to get there. It never occurred to me to even search Travel Answers for either camping in the wild or mountain snow (the latter not being travel related in any way).