Honestly I think the 2 questions you posted in your question would be incorrect to flag as too localized. I remember one of the pod casts where Joel was talking about the too localized flag and the example he used was something like...

Why is there a car parked in front of my house.

Not only is it unlikely anyone will know why there is a car parked in front of your particular house, but by the time someone reads this question in a day or two, it is very likely the car isn't even there now.

If you are flagging a question as too localized because it may only affect very few people who happen to be in the same problem space I believe that to be incorrect. The flag is specifically for problems that only effect that one person at that one time, and will quite obviously never help anyone in the future.

Honestly I think the 2 questions you posted in your question would be incorrect to close as too localized. I remember one of the pod casts where Joel was talking about the too localized close reason and the example he used was something like...

Why is there a car parked in front of my house?

Not only is it unlikely anyone will know why there is a car parked in front of your particular house, but by the time someone reads this question in a day or two, it is very likely the car isn't even there now.

If you are closing a question as too localized because it may only affect very few people who happen to be in the same problem space I believe that to be incorrect. The too-localized close reason is specifically for problems that only affect that one person at that one time, and will quite obviously never help anyone in the future.

Honestly I think the 2 questions you posted in your question would be incorrect to flag as too localized. I remember one of the pod casts where Joel was talking about the too localized flag and the example he used was something like...

Why is there a car parked in front of my house.

Not only is it unlikely anyone will know why there is a car parked in front of your particular house, but by the time someone reads this question in a day or two, it is very likely the car isn't even there now.

If you are flagging a question as too localized because it may only affect very few people who happen to be in the same problem space I believe that to be incorrect. The flag is specifically for problems that only effect that one person at that one time, and will quite obviously never help anyone in the future.

Honestly I think the 2 questions you posted in your question would be incorrect to flag as too localized. I remember one of the pod casts where Joel was talking about the too localized flag and the example he used was something like...

Why is there a car parked in front of my house.

Not only is it unlikely anyone will know why there is a car parked in front of your particular house, but by the time someone reads this question in a day or two, it is very likely the car isn't even there now.

If you are flagging a question as too localized because it may only affect very few people who happen to be in the same problem space I believe that to be incorrect. The flag is specifically for problems that only effect that one person at that one time, and will quite obviously never help anyone in the future.