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    this can be OK, so long as the question is tailored to each audience on the different sites and is materially different in each case. Just to be 100% clear, copy-pasting a question across sites with no changes is considered abusive behavor. Commented Jan 15, 2011 at 3:51
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    User uses Unix community to ask why he should not type passwords into the command line, unix.stackexchange.com/questions/78734/…. I wonder why not in the security and what need to be tailored for the security? It is a purely security question and security aspect of the Unix. It is a specific aspect of the specific system. Why should one tailor anything? What needs to be tailored when you ask about complexity theory in signal processing? Should I ask about z-transform in comp.sci, control theory, dsp or math, which covers them all? Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 11:46
  • @Val: The user wishes to know how the information will leak; all of the answers are highly specific to how Unix leaks the information. If the user had asked on security, the answer might have been, "because the information might leak." However, the user already knows that; they wanted to know how it would leak. In this case, security is an inferior place to ask that question; only Unix experts know the answer, but security experts often don't. Commented Dec 27, 2013 at 13:59
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    @Brain You have just convinced us that one label/tag is enough for a question. It is not. I am not convinced. Ok? Even if I provided a wrong example (which I think I was not because command line and strong passwords in user files is not something specific to specific OS, ok?), you should argue the general case. Commented Dec 27, 2013 at 14:12
  • I think I managed to make this advice work for me, though the original wasn't my question, and the transition was a little rough for other reasons, to say the least...Thanks for helping to make it possible! Good answers from distinct perspectives on each version. Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 19:13
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    Note about the example: If you are looking for an application, then the question is probably only on-topic at Software Recommendations. Commented May 10, 2016 at 1:45
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    @NicolasRaoul No, this is not true. Stack Overflow and Super User are allergic to software recommendations, but many other sites aren't. Commented May 10, 2016 at 11:11
  • Is it still considered abusive behavior to copy-paste a question w/o changes if it's suggested by the first community? gis.stackexchange.com/questions/450826/… Commented Jan 30, 2023 at 19:30
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    @pir In this case it looks like you should request a migration, since the question seems more suited to OD than GIS. But I wouldn't consider it abusive as long as 1. the question is equally relevant to both sites and 2. you make sure each question contains a link to the other. Commented Jan 30, 2023 at 21:48