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What recourse is there for a post that is locked for reasons that one does not understand or agree with?
This post: < Best practices for refactoring parameter file structure in multiple environments > was locked.
I believe I set out a very dispassionate and objective counter-argument to the points ...
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Should there be a SE site for recommendation-type questions?
I see a lot of questions get closed on P.SE and to a lesser extent SO which take the form of "what are good tutorials for X language", "what language should I learn next" or "which tool would be best ...
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Question regarding license violation?
I came across a non-commercial software which is closed source and packages a GPL licensed library. So I had to ask a question in that regards. So should it me SO or Programmers? Can I question the ...
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Automatic removal suggestion for noise in questions: signatures, thanks, apologies and indirect forms
Definitely not a priority, but I dream of a day when SE sites will have that.
There's a common trend, especially with newcomers but also present with slightly more seasoned asked, to add useless ...
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Tag merge / synonym request: [dry] → [dry-principle]
Please merge tag dry (27 questions) into dry-principle (5), and make them synonyms.
Preference for master tag is because I consider dry-principle a more descriptive name.
Tag dry wiki excerpt is
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Still Under Suspension :-(
It has been couple of months where my account where suspended due to one of my "controversial" comments. All I said was its not 80s anymore and the readability and documentation of your code is more ...
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Should close votes require a comment be made?
It's very easy for a user with a high enough reputation to flag as "on hold". All it takes is 5 users to make it official.
I've had several of my (Stack Exchange) questions get put on hold then ...
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Can the number of custom close reasons on Programmers be expanded?
Right now, we are limited to three custom "off-topic" close reasons. I wrote a fourth this morning to address a number of recent closures, but it's not possible to even turn it on without turning off ...
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Should the thinking tag be removed?
Should the thinking tag be removed?
It seems vague, is used in only 13 question, and has only 1 follower. I'm thinking it should be pruned.
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Would my question be on topic for Programmers?
I have looked through What topics can I ask about here? in the help-centre. If I were to define a category for my question I would go with freelancing and business concerns. On the other hand I have ...
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Open letter to students with homework problems
It is September once again (today is the 7316th day of September), and once again students are asking their homework problems on Stack Overflow and Programmers.SE.
We start seeing questions like:
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My question was closed as a duplicate of a vaguely related question without good answers
Best practices for sharing tiny snippets of code across projects was closed 6 months after being posted. It was marked as a duplicate to How to promote code reuse and documentation?
I'm a heavy user ...
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Closing a two year old question as a duplicate of a one year old question?
I just noticed that Is there a measure of code rot?, which was created in February 2011 was closed two weeks ago as a duplicate of How can I quantify the amount of technical debt that exists in a ...
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greenfield tag plagiarism
The greenfield tag has a wiki excerpt right now that's a direct copy and paste from Wikipedia. I would correct it with a citation but even then, it's just a single sentence and feels kind of low ...
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Are there ways this question might be improved so that it gets a good answer?
Is there a better way to ask this question, "Validating need for documentation" - since this seems like a question that has an answer, but then again, I might be wrong.
I've attempted to state the ...
