Question: I have [asked this question](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1192/where-civilian-can-get-most-powerful-laser) today and moderator closed [it because](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1192/where-civilian-can-get-most-powerful-laser#comment-2499)

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> I'm closing this question because we don't tend to deal with
> recommendations of manufacturers or stores, only hardware. You can
> rephrase the question to ask for the hardware itself, and we may be
> able to reopen it, though in not sure if losers are on topic.
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**If moderator is unsure if type of hardware (like 'losers') is on topic shouldn't he first make sure if they are or not and then go around closing questions?**

[from tour:](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/tour)

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> Ask about...
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> specific hardware that would enable you to perform a certain task
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Most powerful laser to fry stuff.

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> Don't ask about...
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> Technical support of any kind  
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> Step-by-step instructions for "do-it-yourself" installation  
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> Anything not directly related to recommending hardware  
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> Questions that are primarily opinion-based  
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> Questions with too many possible answers or that would require an
> extremely long answer
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Answer: 
Really? You're calling this on a typo?

1. "Lasers", not "losers".
2. Please take a look at [What is Hardware?](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware). It details what's in scope. Lasers are neither a primary computing platform nor directly designed to interface with one, therefore are off topic.

The tour can't cover everything, and the "ask about" points certainly don't. We haven't had any questions about recommending stores or markets yet, so we hadn't thought to put them in "don't ask about".

Since you're also complaining about your comments being deleted, I'll explain that too. I deleted a few comments on your question on main because

* they were getting chatty, which is not what comments are for
* and in one of them, you had a go at trying to reveal my real name, which is **Not On**.

I also deleted precisely one of your comments here on Meta, because you weren't Being Nice. If they weren't being used as examples to support another meta post, I would delete a few more here for the same reason.
As a fellow moderator, I fully support ArtOfCode's decision here. If I'd been awake at the time, I would have closed it for the same reason - if I'm not sure that something is off topic in one aspect, but I *know* it is in another aspect, it's off topic.