Following up from http://meta.musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/5/ok-so-what-is-allowed-here, what are our opinions on fielding listening recommendation questions?

Here are some choices made by sister sites:

* Science Fiction & Fantasy: No recommendation questions, whether [personalized][1] ("I like X, what will I also like?" or [categorical][2] ("List of works that have Y in them").
* StackOverflow/SuperUser/ServerFault: a separate stack, http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/, was created because they're off-topic there.
* Arqade - requests for game recommendations off-topic, as per their [Tour][3].
* Movies & TV - seems to be off topic based on (old) Meta posts, though the Tour doesn't state it explicitly.

In short, there seems to be a rather widespread consensus against them. However, that doesn't mean that we have to accept it here. 

Answers to this question should state if requests for recommendations should be entertained at all, and if so - what limitations and restrictions should be placed on those we accept.


  [1]: http://meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/350/what-questions-are-on-topic-and-what-questions-are-off-topic/365#365
  [2]: http://meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/350/what-questions-are-on-topic-and-what-questions-are-off-topic/351#351
  [3]: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/tour