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My first thought was to just block migrations altogether. We already do this when questions are older than 60 days, so there’s some precedent for it. Certainly, it will only have a minimal impact on Stack Overflowon Stack Overflow1:

Looking at the questions migrated away from English Language and Usage (mostly to English Language Learners), it seems they are often not answered or much upvoted before migrationbefore migration:

On the destination siteOn the destination site, they tend to be voted on and answered:

My first thought was to just block migrations altogether. We already do this when questions are older than 60 days, so there’s some precedent for it. Certainly, it will only have a minimal impact on Stack Overflow1:

Looking at the questions migrated away from English Language and Usage (mostly to English Language Learners), it seems they are often not answered or much upvoted before migration:

On the destination site, they tend to be voted on and answered:

My first thought was to just block migrations altogether. We already do this when questions are older than 60 days, so there’s some precedent for it. Certainly, it will only have a minimal impact on Stack Overflow1:

Looking at the questions migrated away from English Language and Usage (mostly to English Language Learners), it seems they are often not answered or much upvoted before migration:

On the destination site, they tend to be voted on and answered:

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Please don't "horse trade" questions. Don't migrate crapDon't migrate crap and remember that destination sites can reject migrated questions by closing them. If you still think a question needs migrating, follow these guidelines:

Please don't "horse trade" questions. Don't migrate crap and remember that destination sites can reject migrated questions by closing them. If you still think a question needs migrating, follow these guidelines:

Please don't "horse trade" questions. Don't migrate crap and remember that destination sites can reject migrated questions by closing them. If you still think a question needs migrating, follow these guidelines:

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I looked at the ELU => ELLELL connection in particular. Organic asking accounts for most questions on the Learner's site. However several hundred are imported quarterly from the general English site. And this occurs with minimal friction as far as I can tell. Despite my subjective impression, question migration generally works, so we ought not take it away.

I looked at the ELU => ELL connection in particular. Organic asking accounts for most questions on the Learner's site. However several hundred are imported quarterly from the general English site. And this occurs with minimal friction as far as I can tell. Despite my subjective impression, question migration generally works, so we ought not take it away.

I looked at the ELU => ELL connection in particular. Organic asking accounts for most questions on the Learner's site. However several hundred are imported quarterly from the general English site. And this occurs with minimal friction as far as I can tell. Despite my subjective impression, question migration generally works, so we ought not take it away.

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I'm not going to continue an edit war past this one edit, but I have a *strong* preference to not very unnecessarily drag Donald Trump into this discussion.
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Better listen when an English mod tells you your prose is unclear. (H/t: tchrist.)
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H/t Shog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
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