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The old close reason for questions that do not fit the Q&A format or likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. Replaced by primarily opinion-based and off-topic.
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On the boundaries of "not-constructive" questions
I don't believe your interpretation is incorrect. In making edits to a question, we do as much as we can to respect the author.
In this case, the author has laid out a very interesting piece on what …
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Accepted
How is this not constructive? It is duplicate, but very constructive!
It's more because the other question was just as non-constructive as the one you're suggesting is a duplicate of it.
I've closed that question as "Not Constructive" as well. Both questions have conf …
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Do not understand why question was closed
The question is asking for a shopping list (fancy terminology aside).
Shopping lists are not suitable for the Stack Exchange sites and are typically closed with the "Not Constructive" close reason. …
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