Questions tagged [close-reasons]
This tag is for instructions and guidance on closing or migrating questions, and the reasons for those closures.
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Do we avoid questions about current events that have a limited life?
RPG Stack Exchange, along with a few other older sites, have this bullet point in our on-topic FAQ:
We don't want the information on our site to become obsolete, and so we try not to ask ...
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How to view the close reasons for failed close reviews?
Relevant screenshot: (full page link)
This question's close review failed (3 x Leave Open, 1 x Close). I wish to know how to view the specific close reason which was given by the users who voted ...
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Are moderators closing good questions as "Not constructive" [closed]
Lately I've been noticing a number of questions being closed under the "Not Constructive" criteria. Some of these are clearly very constructive, in the sense of containing, as answers, useful tips ...
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I marked my question as duplicate but it was put on hold as too broad [duplicate]
I asked a question on StackOverflow and after some time I found a duplicate of my own question. I thought it would be fair to mark my own question as a duplicate and I did. However, my question was ...
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Italic not shown in off-topic reasons on closed/on-hold banner on mobile
I saw a question on Electrical Engineering closed on my laptop:
Later I switched to my Android phone and checked the same question on the browser:
Hmmm, the italic on words use and design is ...
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Deleted and Closed questions are no longer showing the close reason and votes [duplicate]
When viewing a deleted question that had currently been closed, the close reason(s) and the close voters are no longer displayed. It only shows the deletion action.
This question (10k only), for ...
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Choosing option to close own answered question? [duplicate]
I want to close my question, as it is answered, because I think my question is solved with given answer so which options must I choose from the below to close a question?
Which option is suitable?
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Bring back migrate to Server Fault off-topic option [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Regarding the high number of rejected migrations from Stack Overflow to Server Fault
Can you please bring back the migrate to Server Fault option off topic reason?
I found ...
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my question is always put on hold as off-topic or duplicate or closed why? [duplicate]
I posted many questions but most of the questions are put on hold as off-topic or duplicate or closed i dont know reason may be my english how to explain my issues or otherwise some senior stackusers ...
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Is "closer match to another SE" a reason to close an on-topic question as off-topic?
This is related to Close as off topic, flag to migrate, or both?, but it is specifically about questions which are on-topic where originally posted.
The SE family is getting quite large now, and a ...
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Can there be a close reason on site metas for questions that don't provide evidence that a problem exists?
One of the things that really annoys me about meta is the amount of discussions that lack examples. This is annoying for two reasons:
Often, if a meta post can't provide evidence that something is a ...
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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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Is it worth having an "other" reason to close a question? [duplicate]
I was looking through the close votes on Electronics.SE, and saw a lot of unclear and too broad reasons, including one that I thought was perfectly clear, and so I answered and voted to leave open.
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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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Why do we close broad questions? [duplicate]
I have been a user of Stack Exchange for a few months, and I know that questions that require a very long answer are closed as "too broad". This seems to be rather conflicting from SE's goal IMO.
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Close reason display bug, italics text is vertically offset a few px [duplicate]
I've taken the following picture to demonstrate:
This is Chrome 28 in Ubuntu 13.04.
As you can see by the magnificent freehand circle, the should, which is wrapped in <i> tags (Really? Why not ...
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Should post notice of unclear questions refers to some resources?
Note: This question may apply best to science sites.
The current post notice on unclear questions currently says:
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight ...
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Re-add "not a real question" as closing reason for meta.stackoverflow.com
Stack Exchange 2.0 sites have "not a real question" as closing reason; the only exception is this very site.
May this closing reason be re-added?
I have never seen feature requests, or bug reports ...
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Please add the individual close-as-off-topic reason in the Data Explorer
A couple of previous questions (How to find the actual close reason for a question? and How to determine why a question was closed from the data dump/data explorer) document the fact that it is ...
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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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Please anonymize rather than incorrectly attribute close reasons to users
When a question is closed and the reason is not unanimous (or if a mod steps in), the close text will list the names of those involved in the closure along with the ultimate close reason calculated by ...
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What is the role of meta threads?
This question is precipitated by my question on CS.SE here. I cross-posted it on the mathematics exchange, and it was put on hold by D.W. for this reason, with him/her citing this meta thread. My ...
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Give reasons for votes to Leave Open and provide reasons to those who voted
As an addition or follow-on to
The close reason rework project:
Changes to "close as duplicate" (part deux)
Help us make "Off-Topic" close reasons clearer to the OP
Help us make &...
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Please automatically add the links from close-reasons into comments [duplicate]
Sometimes, a close-reason says it all, and while I also vote to close, I post the reason as a comment as well for faster feedback from new users.
Those close-reasons have some links for further ...
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Should the "Other" close reason be used when one of the standard reasons apply?
On Stack Overflow, I frequently see people use the Off Topic -> Other close reason for questions that should be closed with one of the standard close reasons. It seems like they're just doing this so ...
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For close vote privilege users, the Duplicate option repeats [duplicate]
For people with Close Vote privilege, when choose flag, the option to mark duplicate repeats 2 times and both points to same window.
First one is in the main menu.
The second one is in the Should be ...
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Introduce a "general reference" close reason
There is a certain amount of questions that are absolutely trivial in nature: How to format a date, how to concatenate a string, et cetera. Questions that could be solved by taking a look into the ...
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People want to close my question just because it reminds them of boat programming! [closed]
I've recently asked:
Boat academics: Are there any academic institutions operating on bodies of water?
This is a perfectly legitimate question with some interesting answers. In fact, I might ...
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Close the loop on "Too Broad"; make the close reason's actual intent reflected in its message
As inspired by this particular answer by Shog9, I'm calling for a change in wording to the "Too Broad" close reason.
Presently, the close reason reads as thus:
There are either too many ...
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Please update the description of "too broad" in the help centre
The "Too Broad" close reason has been changed to:
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct ...
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New ways of ending the question -- solved by myself, solved by comment [duplicate]
OK, for me it is pretty obvious, but Stack Exchange still does not have such features:
I asked a question and a week later I found an answer -- I would like to edit the question to add section "...
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Improving "demonstrate a minimal understanding" close reason [closed]
Note: the eventual outcome of this discussion involved dropping this particular off-topic reason, along with other changes. See: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/216585/recent-changes-to-close-...
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App's "Too Broad" close reason should be updated to reflect the new description
The "Too Broad" close reason description has been changed. The old description is still used on the iOS app though;
Both in close/flag dialogs:
And on post notices:
This is the same post ...
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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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Link to help page should be fixed in the description for "too broad" close reason in app
As has been suggested here description for too broad close reason should be updated. Now I see the new text:
Link in this text is not parsed and showed as unformatted.
I think it should be fixed.
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Allow Trusted Users to modify Closed As Duplicate link
There is a problem with duplicates not being handled well on the site over time as outlined here. Sometimes the chain leading to the best canonical question is too long, sometimes it doesn't even ...
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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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Why was Apocalyptic Defense closed?
That was really disappointing.
If this whole Stack Exchange thing is going to be community-driven, then one and only one rule should apply to site proposals: if one of them can fulfill the ...
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Inconsistent typography in close reason
The text for the close reason “unclear what you’re asking” contains four apostrophes: three simplified typewriter apostrophes U+0027 and one correct typographic apostrophe U+2019.
unclear what you're ...
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Reviewing questions in Close queue with no effort by asker [closed]
I've been reviewing on and off for a year or 2 and the use of the "unclear what you're asking" flag has been bugging me for a while now. It just seems like too many sub-reasons lumped together.
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Does the new guidance on duplicate questions suggest closing a question as duplicate, if the original answers the OP's question?
In other words, should we now look at the content of the answers when we are evaluating questions for possible duplication? Is it sufficient to say "Your answer can be found in this question over ...
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Do "too broad" questions become less broad after an acceptable answer is given?
I came across this question in the review queue. Sometimes I come across questions of similar form. My thought is to vote to close as "too-broad" because:
Question is very broad, there are many, many ...
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MSE needs the close reason "This question should be on SO"
Programming Puzzles & Code Golf has the following close reason for occasionally appearing general programming questions that should be asked on Stack Overflow:
This site is for programming ...
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"unclear what you're asking" hold reason looks awkward
For the "unclear what you're asking" hold reason, the lack of quotation marks makes the phrasing in the "on hold" box confusing and awkward:
put on hold as unclear what you're asking by definitely ...
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Does "topic" have a special meaning on Stack Exchange, and should it?
Often on at least some Stack Exchange sites you see people equate "topic" with any and all qualities of a question, answer, or comment, rather than just their topic in the usual English sense. ...
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What happens to questions closed as blatantly off-topic?
The following close reason appears on every single Stack Exchange site when you're voting/flagging to close a question as off-topic:
Blatantly off-topic (this question has nothing to do with [...
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Why is the close reason for this question from another stack?
This question was recently closed on Arts&Crafts.SE
https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/2066/freelance-artist-needs-to-earn-extra-cash
In case something changes this is the close text:
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Break "off topic" close reasons into specific reasons in Tools rather than grouping them in one bucket
The 10K user tools are really great! Recently I was attempting to get an idea of which close reasons are used more than others...
Currently only applies to off topic, most sites have between 3-6 off ...
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Let questions stay open for a minimum amount of time before being closed
Feature Request
*****Make questions unclosable until one hour after they've been asked, with an exception for flagged questions.*****
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What reason can you give for a non-abusive but ...
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How can I ensure my self-answered question isn't too broad?
I am almost ready to post a question that I am self answering and I want to make sure that I do it perfectly the first time because of the amount of effort/research I put into the answer.
It's a bit ...
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