Questions tagged [close-reasons]
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Should this question really be closed?
I recently found this question:
If there is comparison between two variables then language is not regular. Then how the below two languages L1 and L2 Regular? Please Explain
It is closed as a ...
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Migration targets from meta are filtered badly
I was trying to (mod-)migrate a question here on meta.cs.SE to meta.SE. But what I got was this eclectic selection of possible targets:
Note how
most Metas are missing,
meta.SE -- arguably the ...
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Better guidance for our “belongs on Stack Overflow” close reason
We have a close reason that reads
Questions about software development or programming tools are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow.
That's not as helpful as it could be. Moderators ...
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Are recommendation questions (books and others) accepted?
The Stack Exchange network is somewhat split on how to handle shopping recommendations. They tend to generate questions of the list type, which triggers two of the network-wide close reasons, "too ...
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Can't close a question that's a duplicate of one on another site
It appears that the system won't let me close this question, since it's a dupe of one on another site. Sure, I could flag it for mod attention, but is there a reason from on high?
[It occurs to me ...
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Should we close as many questions on algorithm analysis as duplicates as we do?
It seems that questions on analysis of particular algorithms are deemed superfluous in the view of the community. Although many of them are probably routine, some are not, and the reference function ...
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Should we bring back the "not a real question" closing reason?
After my recent discussion starter (Towards a policy for hint-only answers) and some chat conversations, I think that the biggest problem we have with questions now is if they don't contain a (real) ...
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Should we have a close reason "shows too little effort"?
Some questions -- often, but not always, homework (or test) problems show little effort on the part of the asker. If the problem is clearly phrased, it's not accurate to close it for:
unclear what ...
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Project topic and course selection questions
With the new university semester starting, we've had a small flurry of questions asking about course selection and suggestions for project topics (1, 2, 3). This is by no means overwhelming the site ...
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Should questions close on a user who is currently editing an answer
It happened to me several times that a question closes while I am
answering. It may sometimes be more than an hour wasted. I would
expect not to be the only one to whom it happens.
Could there be a ...
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Duplicate entry in off topic list in the Android app
When flagging a question as off-topic in the Android app, the reason list has a duplicate entry. The following reason appears twice:
This question does not appear to be about computer science, ...
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Should we have a custom close reason for homework assignment dumps?
Since the beginning of the north hemisphere term, we've seen a sharp increase in questions that consist solely of a dump of a homework assignment, where there is no question, only “solve this”.
Our ...
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Closing questions because of the attitude of the asker
Here, we have a vote to close on the grounds that
asker is rude to people trying to help him.
My instinctive reaction is that this is not a reason to close the question. Part of the purpose of ...
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Closing as duplicate
Question A is a clear duplicate of
Question B, which has already been put on hold. (OK, at least A has responded to the "What did you try?" type questions.) However, if you try to ...
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New close reasons: unclear, too broad, opinion-based, and custom sub-reasons off-topic
There will be changes in close reasons in the next few days:
“not constructive” and “not a real question” are replaced by
“unclear what you're asking”
“too broad”
“primarily opinion-based”
“off-...
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Questions that seem too simple - close, comment or answer?
Inspired by this question, and Ran G.'s comment, what is the "best" practice (in terms of the maintenance of the health of the site) for questions that appear too simple to be correctly asked, but ...
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Duplicate on other SE site
It turns out that this question
What is tail recursion?
has an answer at
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33923/what-is-tail-recursion
It is not possible to vote for closing as exact duplicate,...
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When is a question for resources/references in Q&A format?
I am puzzled if it is appropriate to ask for resources/referemces for good exercises for an introductory TCS course. I personally think that this is a very precise question, but I see the danger that ...
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Closing questions that are too broad
I voted to close https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/1/how-does-branch-prediction-work
This is a broad question, asking for an overview of a whole subfield. While the answers do provide some ...
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Is it normal for questions to be closed by moderators in private beta?
I've just noticed that this question and this question were closed by @Rebecca Chernoff. It seems both question already had close votes, which is why I think they ended up getting closed.
My guess is ...
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