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Should we migrate this old, highly upvoted question to Super User?
I just saw this question. It has a high score and a very high score answer, so it's been useful to many people.
This question got closed as off topic. I don't know if I agree with that, but even if ...
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3answers
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Question is on hold for being boring, I made an effort and gave a good answer
Some guy asked a question about a specific game development. The question isn't phrased to well, and have a long and lousy code attached.
I wanted to help the guy, and made a 1 hour effort to ...
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1answer
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What should I do with a question that was due to a careless error on my part?
I posted a question, and it turns out that the problem was due to my own carelessness (kind of like discovering a typo in my code, but not exactly as silly of a mistake).
What should I do with my ...
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1answer
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Should I have flagged a question for moderator attention if it covered a “dodgy” topic?
I recently flagged a StackOverflow question for moderator attention because related to the decompilation of third-party software, which smelt a little dodgy.
The response I got for the flag was:
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Dealing with “Find out who's going to buy the croissants”
On Stack Overflow at the moment, there is a popular question which is currently high in the Hot Questions feed: Find out who's going to buy the croissants
So far it has been closed twice (once by ...
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Unlock “why not use tables” question
Can someone please unlock this question: Why not use tables for layout in HTML?
It has 677 upvotes and 12 downvotes, giving an average of 665. Clearly it needs another upvote, but I can't because ...
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1answer
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How to resume 'on hold' question? [duplicate]
Can I use scala or groovy for Android Studio development?
I don't know what to do to unfreeze my question, ask again?
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2answers
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Is my question considered poor just because it is simple?
I asked a question on Friday which sounded totally different than the after a 'suggested' edit has been made to it.
It was a very simple question (in terms of complexity): are two things the same or ...
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Why is this question off topic?
I'm just wondering why this question was closed? It has code that the asker has tried, there is an accepted answer that provides the code that the asker needed (a particular curl option), and it has ...
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1answer
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How can I improve the wording for the following JavaScript question?
Title: What part of JavaScript syntax is involved when you encounter (code)()?
I recently encountered a short piece of script for the BASE tag but it
was in the form: (code)()
By ...
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Best ways to improve this question?
I tried to explain myself and edited this question but I noticed someone just recently downvoted it still anyways:
How to turn on editing for the webbrowser control? (turn on WYSIWYG features)
I ...
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2answers
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Was this an appropriate use of moderators' binding deletion?
You may remember this discussion from March: Can we nuke this “too localized” question?
The discussion was regarding a question concerned with the behaviour of an contrived unrealistic sample of Java ...
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Where on the web do people constructively address problems in computer software development? [closed]
Please see my post at "Request for exemplars" question.
Where on the web do people constructively address problems in computer software development such as the one referenced?
I don't ...
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2answers
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“Request for exemplars” question [duplicate]
Please see my post at Exceptional examples of complete HTML/CSS pages.
I would like some help here in basically getting an answer to the question or making an appropriate question that gets the ...
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2answers
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Do we need a more generic “off-topic” close reason?
This question was just posted to SO:
Web Analytics & Statistical Softwares SAS, SPSS, R
The OP admits right off the bat that the question is "more of a career question", which is very clearly ...
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2answers
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What's wrong with my question on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I cannot understand what's wrong with my last question. Is there some thing I said?
Why are people downvoting? Is it not a interesting question, or is it not appropriate for this kind of questions ...
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2answers
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Handling a cross-posted Question
I think this Question, Single admin domain for Multisite with several mapped domains, is pure WordPress (involves core behavior, server configuration and maybe programming) and voted to close as such.
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1answer
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Why is this question about Unix shell scripting considered “off-topic”?
I noticed that a question about shell scripting was closed as "off-topic", but I don't understand the reason for this decision. Is it true that certain questions about shell scripting (such as this ...
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1answer
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post deletion - Noty (notifier) is not working inside a function [closed]
My post on the question Noty (notifier) is not working inside a function, not sure why. I am kind of new to SO, so it will be great if I know the reason.
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1answer
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Should this Stack Overflow question be closed?
I've just been looking at this question on Stack Overflow: Why is GWT app not displaying?
It drew my attention due to the unusually large bounty. Reading the question in more detail, I'm struck by:
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1answer
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Is “Lunatic Speculation” a reasonable reason to close a question with 18 upvotes, 5 answers, 5 stars?
The question: Travelling by bus
The comment above the close reason:
I voted to close not because the asker didn't know what he was asking, but because the question is a lightning rod for lunatic ...
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2answers
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One of my questions was closed as off-topic even though it was on-topic. How can I re-open it so that it won't be deleted?
I'm not sure why this question was closed as off-topic: I think it's a potentially useful question, even though I didn't put enough research effort into it before asking it. Is there anything I can do ...
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0answers
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Very old, very popular question, now closed
My question, Saving raphaeljs image as png on Internet Explorer, has been closed.
Please take a look at the view counter. Please, take a look at how old it is. Please, read it carefully - it's ...
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1answer
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Can we stop the close-voting?
Why are people closing (er... fine, fine... "putting on hold") questions like this one?
How do called functions return to their caller, after being called?
It has decent spelling and grammar, it's ...
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1answer
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Why did my reputation down? [duplicate]
I asked a question and no one answered me. And I repeat my question with more details.
howcan i placea <div> over the <img> (responsive)?
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0answers
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My question was downvoted and locked; what should I do to improve it?
generate a query that show the times that questions get wrong
This question has been around a while, and now I'm receiving so many downvotes that I even got banned from posting new questions. So I ...
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1answer
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Why was this question put on hold?
I am trying to better understand why this Writing application for Windows Mobile 6.1 options? was put on hold for being opinion based.
Note: It was not my question, but I provided an answer.
In my ...
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1answer
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One of the answers to my question is deleted? Why?
I asked a question yesterday and I got 3 answers. One of the answer is near to my need. But toady that answer is deleted? why? I commented on that specific answer to optimize it to some extent. Where ...
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3answers
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How can I get rid of downvotes on my question?
I asked a question on StackOverflow yesterday: Java Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange implementation gotcha
Before asking I searched almost a day for solutions, including StackOverflow
I phrased the ...
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2answers
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Priority Queue in .Net - Why was this question closed?
Questions about looking for a given data structure (or a library to do a very specific task) are usually left open on Stack Overflow, even though they have no definitive answer, because it is such a ...
14
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1answer
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Something fishy is going on in the google-chrome-extension tag
I've noticed a pattern of repeated questions by new low-rep users in google-chrome-extension:
how to include js in current page html extension chrome
how to add external .js file in current page ...
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3answers
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How to reword this question so it's not asking for a list?
How do you reword this question so it's not asking for a list which is a reason to close or put a question on hold.
Any full web pages or examples using Twitter Bootstrap 3.0?
The question read:
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1answer
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How to flag a typo question
I came across this question today. In reading the answer and the comments it turns out that the issue was just a simple typo that the OP made. So that being the case I decided that this question ...
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1answer
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Legitimate question was put on hold then removed?
This question, by HiddenParts, was removed shortly after I edited it. Here's a snapshot of what it looked like after my edit:
It appeared to be a very poor question (bad grammar + opinion ...
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1answer
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Please undelete this moderator-deleted question on SO
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/478340/clear-file-cache-to-repeat-performance-testing
I found it to be incredibly useful in helping me resolve some performance testing issues when experimenting ...
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1answer
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Question getting lots of non-answers
This question on SO is getting a lot of non-answers posted pretty much continually. As soon as one account is deleted another pops up. Shouldn't an IP ban kick in to prevent the same person creating ...
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1answer
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4 delete vote are required to to delete questions immediately after they are closed?
I just saw that this question was deleted just after 3 minutes of posting:
Somehow it has 4 delete votes while three should be enough to delete the post.
It gets weirder, see the revision list:
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3
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1answer
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Why was this question closed/deleted?
This really is not a "whine". :-) I think SO is a great site and I look forward to contributing to and benefitting from it. That said, I'm trying to get my head around what is and is not acceptable in ...
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2answers
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What's up with this question?
Someone seems to be playing with the Stackexchange Hot Question algorithm:
这是一个专门创建的社区Wiki集学习中国普通话的资源，它已经批准由社区本身
This question seems to be the coordinated work of about a dozen entirely new users ...
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1answer
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What can I do to improve this Python question?
This question What Unicode symbols are accepted in Python 3 variable names? is what is keeping me from asking more questions on Stack Overflow.
I have asked for help improving this question on this ...
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1answer
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Can a moderator please reopen this specific question
I have an answer for the question, but the question was closed because too narrow geographically. I think this is a broadly applicable question and should be reopened; the problem is a bug in the ...
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1answer
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Generic but pertinent and significant question
I'm afraid to post this question, so I thought I would reach out and see what people's thoughts would be here, first. The problem is the question is not very specific -- it is an overarching inquiry ...
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2answers
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Please delete this question [ID 17275214]
I do not understand why a perfectly valid question I asked is getting downvoted:
Is it allowed in HTML5 to wrap a <li> inside an <a> tag?
Please delete the question as the website ...
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0answers
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Question not exactly a duplicate
The question, Running Jar files from Python isn't a duplicate.
It is less about calling Java from Python and more to do with calling a subprocess, so the answer should be different.
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0answers
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On-topic post closed as off-topic
Artifactory has:
A tag on Stack Overflow
A programmable REST API
The question How do I download the latest artifact from Artifactory? was closed as off-topic. IMO, it is not. Can it be ...
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I dont think a question was “non constructive”. Should I improve it in any way?
I posted a question. This question is kind of important to me, and there doesn't seem to exist a lot of resources on the web for this topic.
While at first glance it may seem to be a question over ...
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3answers
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Why was this question considered “offtopic” and closed?
Symfony 2 install SensioBuzzBundle
Just out of curiosity, how come a question about symfony is offtopic on a programming site?
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1answer
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Why has my specific question been downvoted?
I have asked this question:
Rdlc 2008 matrix : Display grand total as the sum of averages (custom subtotal)
Suddenly I find that the question has been downvoted to -1 . What is the reason for this? ...
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3answers
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What's not constructive about this?
I asked Does MySQL cache queries? yesterday or so and today I noticed it was closed as not constructive. Earlier, I already saw an NC vote, and also a too localized one. Now, there is an off topic ...
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6answers
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Question wrongfully closed and locked?
This post is regarding the following question:
Fundamental difference between Hashing and Encryption algorithms
Was this question wrongfully closed and locked?
I believe this is a good, ...
