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Add an "Off-topic" option to the top level of Close popup [duplicate]
Every time when I have to close a (blatantly) off-topic question I spend time finding this option inside Close question popup. Currently it's "A community-specific reason" and then (on the ...
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How can I close a question on a language site that is written in that language, but off-topic?
I want to close a question on French Language that is absolutely not about the French language at all; it's just a random question in French. When I press "Close", the only options I have ...
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Automatically detect and dynamically build the list for offtopic migration options [duplicate]
Questions on Stack Overflow has only 5 options when closing as off-topic when the question "belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network":
Close ->
A community-specific reason -&...
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Should a question be closed without a discussion? [closed]
I recently posted a couple of questions in two stack communities (this one on physics and this one on skeptics) that have been closed, both deemed off topic.
In one case (skeptics) it has been ...
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Are there times that questions are more or less likely to get closed as off-topic before they can get answers?
I was wondering whether the time that a question is posted has an effect on whether the question is likely to get closed as off-topic. I noticed that some questions that look like they fit the ...
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Why don't off-topic close notices indicate which specific users voted for specific off-topic canned reasons anymore?
In the old notices, on questions closed as off-topic, the notice would not only indicate all of the close voters who closed the question, but also the specific users who voted for specific canned ...
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Should we close old Winter Bash questions?
I see a few questions in the Close Votes review queue here on Meta Stack Exchange for specific questions about the challenges and rewards of Winter Bashes gone by. Some people are voting to close them ...
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Any widget to close questions as off-topic in one click from questions list?
I am moderating a site overflown by off-topic questions sent to us by the wizard.
80% of the questions can be recognized as totally off-topic by just looking at the questions list.
Problem: I still ...
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Add the "can no longer be reproduced" and "does not seek input and discussion" close reasons to all meta sites
Meta Stack Exchange and Meta Stack Overflow have two very useful off-topic close reasons in the closing dialog. I'm talking specifically about these two:
This question does not appear to seek input ...
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How were the off-topic close reasons previously displayed? [duplicate]
I just came across this question on English.SE. The banner says it was closed by a moderator as "general reference", which is not one of the 5 standard close reasons (duplicate, off-topic, too broad, ...
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When should I vote to close as "off-topic -> does not appear to seek input and discussion from the community" vs "unclear what you're asking"?
Two of the close reasons here on meta, "Off-topic -> This questions does not appear to seek input and discussion from the community" and "Unclear what you're asking", seem to mean essentially the same ...
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Should I downvote questions posted on the wrong SE site? [duplicate]
If a question is not directly "bad", but placed on the wrong SE network (e.g., posted on stackoverflow.com when it should have been posted on superuser.com), in addition to close-voting, should I also ...
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Why do moderators choose to not delete obvious off-topic questions after they have closed them?
I see this happen quite often, and while I don't agree/disagree, I am just wondering why.
Often on the sites I visit regularly (Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange), I see moderators closing ...
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I'm changing the "not generally applicable" close reason here on Meta SE
This is a small administrative note.
For the past 3 years and 11 months, we've had an off-topic reason defined here for use on questions that are only relevant to a specific site:
This question ...
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Migrate to another Stack Exchange site without closing
The current process of flagging a post for migration to another Stack Exchange website is as follows:
Flag
It should be closed for another reason
Off-topic because
This question belongs on another ...
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Closing questions because answers are off-topic
Usually one asks for closing questions that appear off-topic. But what about questions with answers off-topic?
It happened few times that I've asked a specific question and I've received a lot of ...
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When are "blatantly off-topic" flags marked helpful?
From this FAQ,
Flags to close a question will be dismissed as helpful as soon as another user votes to close it. However, if you don't have enough reputation to see close votes, it will appear as ...
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Inconsistent response on Stack Overflow [closed]
I have started using Stack Exchange websites regularly recently and Stack Overflow very often since I am programmer.
I see that the responses are very inconsistent. Inconsistent in the sense that ...
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Deleting or Closing an Answered Question if Off Topic
I have a question elsewhere which has been voted down, and has 2 votes to close it.
I think anonymous down votes are supremely unhelpful, and that topic has been discussed already. However, I accept ...
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Is it a good idea to introduce an additional reason: "Closed as Bug"?
I am moderating two Stack Exchange beta sites which both are quite active and deal with very new technologies. At least once a week we receive questions which at some point turn out to be a bug.
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Defending questions against abusive closes/migrations
The SE system is probably the best on the internet for connecting questions with those with the expertise to answer them, allowing all of us in the community to learn and share together. I wish it had ...
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Guidelines for creating a custom off-topic close-vote reason
Background: My main site, CogSci.SE is going through a major overhaul to try and get it out of beta hell. One of the ways we are attempting this is creating a new custom off-topic close vote reason.
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Cross-posts, egregiously off-topic questions and the vanishing delete link
Having been a participant on Programmers for quite some time now, I am no stranger to new users and drive-by posters. Despite Programmers' reputation as "the least understood site on the network," ...
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Rephrase site migration close reason header
There seems to be a fair amount of perpetual confusion over just what migration entails and what questions qualify. It seems to me that a bit of rephrasing would reduce that confusion considerably ...
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unfairness in stack exchange sites? [closed]
Before you continue reading, I will be suprised if you can give a reasonable answer to this question, that supports the moderators over at stack overflow
ok I admit, I'm not an expert on stack ...
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UI suggests that "better fit elsewhere" is a valid reason for closure
The criteria for migrating a question are:
The question is off-topic on the current site.
The question is high-quality.
The question is on-topic for the target site.
Or, as stated in the FAQ,
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How to handle off-topic, but self-answered and good looking questions?
Should self-answered, correct or at least good looking, but still off-topic questions be VTC as all other off-topic? Wouldn't that be to rude against OP? Would such question be profitable anyway?
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How can we discourage downvoting for the wrong reasons?
Very often, on various SE websites, I see new users posting questions that are off-topic. This is a common problem, and I think our communication lines to help these users are usually quite effective.
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Should I close questions which were on-topic?
Some policies have been defined long after the some sites have opened.
A typical example is on Stack Overflow, where it took a long time to declare off-topic questions asking for off-sites resources.
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Why isn't the off-topic reason for closing the question shown?
I have found a question on Drupal Answers with 4 closing votes.
As moderator, I wanted to see what reason was chosen, but I don't see it.
Why does it happen? This is the first time I see ...
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For questions which might belong on maths, stats, etc, is is better to vote to close or flag for migration?
I'm active on several SE sites, and on a couple of them I've tried to a few times to flag posts to move to another site (that I use actively) that isn't listed in the "off-topic" migration sites. On ...
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Duplicated off-topic close reason
When clicking "Close" -> "off-topic because...", the 1st option is
Questions about general computing hardware and software are off-topic for Stack Overflow unless they directly involve tools used ...
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Hidden off-topic reasons? (with images) [duplicate]
I've noticed that there is hidden off-topic reasons that I can't use, when flagging or closing a question. I'd like to show you this image set to demonstrate my question(in the review queue):
I see ...
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Easier path to close vote/migration "vote" for questions that "don't belong here"
I have recently seen yet another question where I thought "hey, that should better be at codereview", and then went to close->offtopic->other site -> uhm, there was no codereview. And then I was ...
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Debug-me questions solvable with a stack-trace or debugger
Consider a question that
Is about some Java code
That fails because it throws a NullPointerException
That the user wants help debugging
And the user includes a short excerpt of code that has the ...
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Make migration paths just another Off Topic reason
The system in place for migrating questions on Stack Exchange is confusing and overly-complicated. But don't just take my word for it: go use it for a few years, try getting a bunch of decent ...
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Prewarn users that question may be off topic based on tags
I recently came across the appstore-approval tag and noticed this in the wiki:
App store approval is off-topic for Stack Overflow. Questions marked with this tag concern the approval process of an ...
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Close off topic issue [duplicate]
I recently marked a post off topic, but after 5 votes it start showing my name as closed as duplicated. Which I do not.
It should not count or at least state marked as duplicate by someone who ...
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How many points have topics closed for being off-topic received?
Stack Overflow frequently is on the first page of Google search results and I am surprised how often the valuable question has been closed for being off-topic despite numerous up votes and answers ...
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Why are not all Stack Exchange sites available for migrating off-topic question? [duplicate]
I encountered today the following question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19091802/given-x-0-and-x-n1-and-that-x-i-is-integer-how-to-calculate-sumx-0x-1-x-n
Because it should be asked in Math....
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Closing votes as off-topic: two options for SuperUser?
Whenever I vote to close a question as "Off topic" because they should be in SuperUser, I find it complicated to know which one of the two options I should select:
This:
Questions about general ...
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Close as off topic, flag to migrate, or both?
What is the correct action to take when I find a question that could be migrated to another SE site, which isn't on the list of sites I can pick using the close dialog?
Should I flag it for moderator ...
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show why a post was off-topic in close-vote reviewing [duplicate]
I notice that when I review a post in the close-vote review queue that has been voted as off-topic, I only see at the top that the post was off-topic. I have no idea of finding out why it is off-topic ...
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Filter close-vote queue by specific offtopic reason [duplicate]
Please add possibility to check any set of offtopic reason. They are very different to group.
For example I'd review general offtopic/custom offtopic/belongs to other site but I don't like reviewing ...
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I thought that this question is off-topic, but upon looking at the responses, I'm doubting myself
"Inline assembly" for Java byte codes
I'm now doubting myself, because at this point in time two people have responded and they both have over 100K reputation. So that led me to think: &...
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How to close question that is "Too old to migrate"? And a proposal
A question: So, if I come across a question that is too old to migrate, but is clearly off-topic, what am I supposed to do with it? For example, I've seen posts with close votes due to the post being ...
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Improve the "can no longer be reproduced" close reason
Not to drag the off-topic closure reasons through the mud again, but I have a couple of issues that I think could be addressed by a slight modification to this close reason. Currently it is:
The ...
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Request: vote-to-move on off-topic question location
I've seen this question on Stack Overflow, which got closed by moderators as off-topic.
The thing is, that I think that whenever a question is off-topic, moderators should first think if these ...
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Let me suggest migration when flagging, to clarify that the flag is not for closing (problem with flagging on meta sites only)
Edit: This problem exists only for meta sites, so I am reclassifying it from a feature request to a bug.
On a site where I have a little over 200 rep, I just wanted to flag a question that I think ...
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Flag to close dialog should have freeform off topic reason
See this meta post too
Currently, users with <3k reputation, while flagging to close as off topic are presented with the custom close reasons and "belongs elsewhere" close reason.
However, the ...
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