This tag is for general questions about questions that have been closed because they are off-topic or otherwise do not meet the criteria defined in the FAQ.
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Duplicate leads to closed as not constructive
Root: Tomcat 7 vs Jetty
... is marked as a dupe, which leads to:
Tomcat VS Jetty
... which is closed a not constructive.
I am confused. And here I was Googling to compare Tomcat vs. Jetty and find ...
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Why was my question closed as not constructive?
This question: Can HTML5 games be wrapped in SWF files? was closed earlier, as 'not constructive'.
I was asking what seemed to be a legitimate question relating to a tool that might be able to ...
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Edited question still closed
This is in regard to a stata programming question on Stack Overflow which has been closed by Bill the Lizard. The question has been edited, but it is still closed.
How can I re-open the question?
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Change the “not constructive” closure description on meta [duplicate]
The closure reason for "not constructive" on meta currently reads:
As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, ...
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Should a question's closed reason be changed from NARQ to duplicate if a duplicate is found?
I just answered a C# question that was asked by someone who clearly doesn't know C#. The question was almost immediately closed. I don't have a problem with the question being closed, but I do have ...
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How to improve my question
My question (10k/non-10k) has been removed for reasons of moderation.
It seems that I had a precise question. Perl is known to be a perfect fit for a number of applications (which I enumerated). Can ...
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I do not understand the 'too localized' closure of questions
Yes, I get the other reasons for closing questions.. But the too localized because a question might only effect a small area of people?
Personally, I see any question that is well formatted and shows ...
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I would like to know why question 16313526 was closed
Leaving aside the content of the XML...
I answered a question (10K needed to see) which received 5 downvotes and then the moderator deleted the question.
Why was it? Was it because of a problem from ...
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The Closing process is flawed [duplicate]
I ran afoul of the SO closing process here: my question.
The whole process has been incredibly unpleasant and it has been so because of the close process. The process only works in one direction and ...
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Show us detailed close vote count for migrations / duplicates, after voting
When you open the close dialog after having voted yourself, you get the same dialog as normal, but without the radio buttons. You can see the vote counts on the different categories. However, you ...
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Why was this question on detecting infinite loops closed?
FINAL EDIT
I rewrote the original question (which was not mine) and ultimately ported it to Computer Science, where it's actually doing rather well. So my final thoughts on the matter are:
From my ...
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How are closed questions displayed when the reasons are tied? [duplicate]
I'm curious, because I've never seen this scenario happen before. Suppose a question gets close votes. But, two votes are one one reason (like localized), another two votes are on another reason (like ...
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Can my 10k viewed, closed question be reopened?
Many months ago I asked a question that was closed almost immediately. Since then it has had many views and has even earned me the "famous question" gold badge. There are comments on the question ...
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Voting mutually duplicates
Today I saw this question in the close vote review queue, which was flagged as exact duplicate of another question. Paradoxically, the possible duplicate was closed because it was a duplicate of the ...
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Post your answer blocked due to closed question
Recently I was writing a quite large answer on Stack Overflow. When I finished I found out that the "Post your answer" button was blocked because the question got closed.
I understand the fact that ...
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Reconsider community deletions on closed, downvoted questions when closed because duplicate
Currently, Community deletes closed questions with downvotes as part of a self-cleaning measure. The problem is that we generally don't want to delete duplicates, as they improve searching, increase ...
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Alert Closers of questions when a 'good' edit is made?
Often I vote to close, or just close a question in the hopes that a good edit is made on a poor question, to make it ship-shape and sea-worthy. I know this isn't always the case, but I live in the ...
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Why was this question about MATLAB closed?
I sometimes don't understand why people close questions even when there are valid reasons given for not closing it. Look at this specific question. The last comment on the question explains why the ...
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Can more than 5 votes be cast to close a question? [duplicate]
The Stackoverflow FAQ for voting a closed question states
Users with 3000 reputation can cast up to 50 close votes per day. When
a question reaches 5 close votes, it is marked as closed, and ...
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Why was a question about finding open files closed as “off-topic”?
Recently, I noticed that this question about finding open files in Windows was closed as off-topic. I don't really understand why this question was considered off-topic, since it's about a ...
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Why a question get closed in ASP.NET tag but get upvotes in PHP tag
Inspired by this question which says that I can post my concern here if I believe down voting/closing my question was unfair.
I have posted the question about textbox preview like facebook in ...
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format?
I have a couple of old, very popular questions asking for recommendations on tools. I wasn't asking for best tool, but rather whether a tool meeting my requirements even existed.
How to develop and ...
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Why was my question downvoted and closed?
I don't really understand why this question was closed and not even a justification given: How to enter password on terminal using nohup without disown
I have looked if I find an answer to this ...
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Why was my question closed as off topic?
I asked this simple question: How to delete an azure active directory. I did some fast internet research and found no answer to it. It is definitely not an opinion question, it's topic is a tool that ...
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General policies on answering closed questions in the comments?
There has already been a question regarding questions answered in comments. There have been a few situations when the question was closed unanswered by the community and then answered by another user ...
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relaying an answer to a closed question
A certain question on Stack Overflow was closed before I could post my answer.
The problem with the question is that the person asking the question is a native Lithuanian speaker and thus had trouble ...
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How to mark as non constructive a post with so many votes?
I was looking at this post Are Getters and Setters evil? and I saw it was closed as non constructive.
It has so many votes and it discusses a serious issue. What is the point of having ...
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Why was my question closed on Server Fault? [migrated]
I asked this question on Server Fault, related to my iPhone not detecting my Wireless Network. Five people voted to close the question as it was off topic as questions on Server Fault are supposed to ...
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Why is this question about ruby frameworks considered not constructive?
I stumbled across this question about ruby frameworks, and found a great, informative answer.
Is it possible to make a web app in ruby without using a framework? And if yes, why are frameworks ...
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Why is a question about setting up a php framework using a php package manager off-topic for programming?
Why is a question about setting up a PHP framework using a PHP package manager off-topic for Stack Overflow?
Is there a Stack Exchange site where this question would be considered on-topic?
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If only bad closed questions are holding a tag in place, what do I do?
I've been cleaning up a bunch of small tags, and am encountering a problem with closed questions. Often, closed questions do belong under these niche tags, even though the tags shouldn't exist (e.g. ...
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Post history not accessible without edits
Normally, the close/lock/delete history of a post (including the reversal of such actions) is easily accessible along with the posts revisions.
However, if the post has not been edited (aside from ...
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Are requests to reopen a question appropriate for meta?
My question was closed as "Not a real question" by a user with more than 3K reputation and a moderator. Therefore I searched on meta for a way to reopen my question and found this post which had many ...
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How can an on-topic post be closed as off-topic?
Regarding the closure of this post: How to know which version of QuickBooks (Pro/Premier/Enterprise) the user is using with IPP v2?
I'm trying to understand how this can be seen as off-topic. SKG was ...
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Migrate closed question
Is there a way to migrate a question that is already closed without first reopening it and closing again as off-topic to migrate?
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Why was my question closed?
I read the FAQ, and question seems to fix.
Why was it closed?
See What html video players that work in the Android browser are there for Android 4?
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Why was this question closed as “off topic”?
Why was this question closed as "off topic"?
I see that there are some issues with this post, e.g. the formatting (Anthon reviewed/edited it, not correctly through), grammar/capitalization.
But ...
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Should “simple” answers to seemingly specific questions change whether the question is too localised?
I see there is other discussion regarding typos and similar "simple" syntax issues being too localised.
I have answered a question after actually pasting the code into the IDE, duplicating the issue, ...
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Is it allowed to repost a question a day after it has been removed
Not long ago, I had my attempts to clarify a question were met with antagonising comments. I nevertheless worked to find an answer (yup, I know, shouldn't have). By the time I got back to type it in, ...
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Post gets unlocked and locked right after closing
Is there any explanation as to why this post would become unlocked, then locked? Curiously enough, the post was edited after that, so it couldn't really have been locked, can it?
The time stamps ...
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Why was my question closed, and how can I have it reopened?
I'm a newcomer here in Stack Exchange. I've posted 3 questions and 2 of them are closed for being off-topic/not for this site / closed as not a real question.
Here is a link to my last question ...
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A way to challenge not constructive and off-topic closure of the question
Is there any way to dispute or challenge a question being closed?
I have found over Stack Overflow many times questions that people want the answers to but get marked as non-constructive or ...
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Should “Too broad” be made distinct from “Not a real question”? [duplicate]
Two years ago, "not a real question" was modified to include "too broad" as a reason. Having spent some time on the review tool, I now believe that closing questions that are too broad as "not a real ...
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Why was my flag for “too localized” declined, but the question closed with the “too localized” reason?
I flagged this question as too localized. Today I looked at my flagging history and saw that my flag was declined with the message
flagging questions to beg for help is abuse of the flagging ...
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closed as not constructive
I came across many of the highly rated questions are "closed as not constructive". For example Connection pooling options with JDBC: DBCP vs C3P0 . This question has 146 upvoted, 105 favourites; will ...
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What's the point in closing questions? [closed]
I mean real point?
There is even some sort of movement for closing questions. But what's the goal? What's the difference? "Closure is definitely not the end of the road for a question" - so, even ...
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Why are some questions that look for the “best” way to do something closed, where others aren't?
I was looking at some old questions on Stack Overflow, and I found a question looking for "the best way to do something" that wasn't closed or locked. Here's the question. However, there are some ...
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What's the goal of listing the users that voted to close a question?
I was wondering what the purpose was for listing the user or users involved when a question is closed.
Is the person who asked the question expected to use that information in some way? Since ...
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Close down voting for a bad question
Let's say I asked a bad question and the question have been closed, but the voting is still open. Now someone answered my question resulting that I am unable to delete it. So every now and then ...
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The fate of closed Questions [duplicate]
What is the fate of closed Qs?
Are they eventually deleted from the site or not?
Suggestion: Shouldn't there by a penalty for the user asking the Q when his Q ends up closed?
