Questions tagged [closed-questions]
Meta questions about why particular questions on the main site were closed.
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Why is it not suitable for ask how to name a process?
Here's my question:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128080/naming-an-operation-hibernate-archive-freeze
I have created a process within a system and wanted to establish if ...
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Why is the question "Is there such a thing as a super programmer?" closed?
My question Is there such a thing as a super programmer? is currently closed as not constructive.
Why? The question invites explanation; has inspired reasonably long answers; is worded in a fair way; ...
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Why was the maintainability question closed?
The question What hurts maintainability? recently got closed as being not constructive. In the comments two reasons were suggested:
The fact that it has 18 answers is an indication that it's not ...
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Why Keep These 10 A Penny " How Long Will It Take To Program in Blah Blah Blah Language Questions" Open Yet Close This Question..?
Why keep this question open and others like it open which basically asks how long does it take to learn a programming language?
Yet I ask a valid question which basically asks how esteemed is a ...
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Are questions about Developer Agreements on topic?
This question about iOS development was closed as off topic.
At its core, this question boiled down the types of applications allowed by a software publisher (in this case the Apple App Store) would ...
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Why did this non-meta question get moved to meta?
The following question got moved to meta: "Would it be possible to create an open source software library, entirely developed and moderated by an open community?"
It contains the following two sub-...
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7 out of the top 15 questions have been closed
Just out of curiosity, I clicked to order the questions by vote count, and was surprised that 7 out of the top 15 questions were closed as not-constructive, duplicate, etc. While I wouldn't argue that ...
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Why is "are developers stakeholders" closed?
I came across this question that was closed because it's "not a real question" when cleaning up software-engineering. Why was it closed? So far, the answers are pretty poor. This question is easily ...
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What was wrong with the overtime question?
The question Should developers accept overtime/weekend work/denied bonus payments? was closed as "not constructive" by a single vote. I'm just curious — what was wrong with it? No comment was ...
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Why was the question about "when" statements closed?
Why do decent questions get unilaterally closed by one admin? Here's only the most recent case:
Is there such a thing as a "when" statement?
I can understand the need for the pure junk/...
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Too many answers is the sign of a bad question
You may have noticed a few whale questions—ones with a ton of answers—getting bumped to the front page and subsequently closed as "not constructive." This is part of a cleanup based on some new ...
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Can a question with 800 views, 7 answers, 20+comments and 9 votes be still counted as vague
I asked a question few days back, which was very clear in its statement. The question was regarding compiler and definitely can be answered and was answered pretty well by the fellow programmers. But, ...
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Yet, another example of a question being closed as ‘not a real question’
Are MS Server OSs a requirement for DVCS systems (Mercurial or Git) on the windows platform? [closed]
Yet, another example of a question being closed as ‘not a real question’.
I grant the question ...
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How to reconcile guidelines, community opinion and moderation
First of all, I realize that this topic has already been discussed ad nauseam, so I apologize in advance if nothing fruitful comes of this. I strongly feel that there is a large disconnect between ...
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Can the migration path from SO be reconsidered?
We've had some discussion recently about bad Programmers questions being migrated from Stackoverflow. The number of close votes required to migrate on SO was changed from 3/5 to 4/5 in response.
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Why was my question closed?
I recently had my question closed, but I don't understand why, and it doesn't seem fair.
Why wasn't my question left open so others can decide if the question is good themselves, and how can I get ...
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Is there a way to ask a question contrasting the advantages or differences of C# and VB.NET without it being closed?
I was told to come ask this here, so hopefully it doesn't get closed or down voted here too.
I've always been curious why people seem to move from VB to C# when VB.NET seems to have some technical ...
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Why was my question about migrating VB.NET developers closed?
I asked a question about VB.NET and C#, but a moderator closed it within a few minutes of it being asked without allowing the community to decide whether it should be worthy of the site.
I want to ...
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Could mods please leave a message explaining the close?
A question of mine was recently closed as 'off topic'.
There was no message left explaining the reason, and it is not as obvious to me as it apparently was to those closing it.
I initially posted ...
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Response to question being closed: What kind of programmer
A question I asked recently was closed on the basis of it being to localized and / or not helping any future visitors.
I wanted a chance to explain myself as this is a very important question to me ...
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Programmers.SE Summer Cleaning
So it's summer-time, and while you may be thinking that means warm temperatures and blue skies (sorry, Southern Hemisphere!), the Stack Exchange network has caught the clean-up bug.
Our sister sites ...
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I don't understand why a question of mine has been closed
A question of mine has been closed and I really can't understand why, It followed all the guidelines and was very much a real question with a real concern of mine.
How to keep your eyes on the prize?
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How does stackoverflow prevent the tyranny of selfish moderators? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
What are the rules around moderators closing questions outright?
When is it acceptable for a moderator to make a unilateral decision to close a question?
How does ...
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Putting contentious questions on probation
Say I've asked a question that may be rather controversial. Oh, wait, I have. It was closed, and for good reason: it's probably not the best fit for Stack Exchange, no matter how interesting the ...
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Objective question closed as subjective?
I'm not saying my question was the best in the world, or even the worded in the best way, but I don't think it deserved to be closed:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/80396/...
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Should the "not constructive" close reason add a down-vote?
When a question is closed as being off-topic or not a real question, the question is automatically down-voted. This was instituted network-wide after some discussion a couple of months ago.
It seems ...
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Is it possible to provide an active questions list that doesn't include closed questions?
I'd find it useful if there was an option to only display open questions. I find some of the closed questions useful but a click to open questions only (not unlike being able to click to bounty ...
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How can we help people who ask "What language should I learn next" ask a better question?
After reading the FAQ and the answers in Why is "what language should I learn" considered off-topic?, I feel that there is still a hole in the discussion, namely how can we help all those ...
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Why is "what language should I learn" considered off-topic?
Don't get me wrong: I understand the argument that the answer in almost all cases is "it depends". Nevertheless, many people do want some advice on the applicability of various languages in the real ...
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How do I get my age bias question reopened
I feel strongly that my question was improperly closed. There is clearly a sharp difference of opinion on this question, but that is far different than the question being "ambiguous, vague, incomplete,...
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Is it appropriate to close questions as "too localized" because the answer might change over time?
This is a question that I thought was perfectly reasonable for P.SE. It was closed as "too localized" due to the fact that the answer may change over time. I find this to be a strange reason to ...
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Why did 'must have developers tools' get closed?
Why did https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/1920/what-are-the-must-have-development-tools-for-linux get closed?
To me, it looks like someone just read
Fails 1, 2, 4, and 5? Maybe ...
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Why "Where to find “good” clients?" closed?
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/68724/where-to-find-good-clients
I specificity bold this line:
I’m simply search for a site that ranks clients based on employer/freelancers ...
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Need a link to the rules
I'm not sure if this where it's brought up, but i can't see any other avenue to discuss (or query) why this question was closed.
Should this be the wrong avenue, please email on my username with a ...
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Why was my programmers question closed but not one similar?
My question was closed today: What is programming like in the Japanese language?
This question was never closed: Do people in non-English-speaking countries code in English?
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Are there closed/deleted questions on SO that you guys actually want over here?
I'm trying hard to avoid using Programmers as the new and improved dumping ground for unwanted SO questions, but the flags keep coming. Right now the question How to handle people who lie on their ...
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Why are similar questions closed instead of mergred?
I think it would be much more convenient to allow users to vote to merge a post with another post along with all the answers retaining the titles of both. Essentially symbolically linking the names ...
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Why are questions about programs verboten?
I've noticed that every time somebody poses a question along the lines of "What are some programs other coders find useful that I might not know about?", it is, no matter how many upvotes or answers ...
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What are the rules around moderators closing questions outright?
I'm not a fan of seeing questions closed without the usual 5 closing votes, but I understand that sometimes that's necessary. Still, what are the rules around moderators closing questions outright?
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Defining Activity for Close Questions
A lot of closed questions keep popping up on the front page because someone has added a comment to an answer.
While technically this is activity, could the definition be tightened up for closed ...
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Confused about questions allowed here
I recently asked a question about how PHP can be improved: What features would you like to have in PHP?
which was promptly closed as "not constructive" - even though I specifically asked constructive ...
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How can my Question be improved?
I see someone felt like my delicious Question didn't meet 6 points of decent subjective Questions, and after having a look at that blog post, am curious which of those points did it fall short on?
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Why is there no 'vote to reopen'?
One of my questions was closed and I would like to know how I go about reopening it. There is no 'vote to reopen'.
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Why close time limited "best book" questions?
My question was closed as too localized:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/25975/best-programming-books-in-2010
I'm not sure that "too localized" is a bad thing in this case. ...
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Questions barely or not related directly to programming. We need handling them.
Next week we will receive an avalanche of questions migrated from SO.
We have a lot of questions not related to programming jobs if we drop the "programming" word.
Nothing new so far. But we need a ...
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Is this "I hate the users" question constructive?
Please refer to the following question:
I hate the users. Am I a sinner ?
As of now, 4 people have already voted to reopen it, without leaving any comments as to why. It would appear to me that the ...
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Offtopic close reconsideration - Questions about programming tools should be on topic.
Recently https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/21280/what-are-the-essential-things-i-should-know-about-the-mac-closed was close as off-topic: Questions on Programmers are expected to ...
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How to handle new user with significant amount of closed questions
I have noticed recently a number of new users who have a significant amount of closed questions. One user in particular has around 50% of 28 questions asked that have been closed. A lot of the ...
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Why is this question closed? It's a good question about a bad idea. [closed]
Does giving a developer a slower development machine result in faster/more efficient code?
Like most respondents, I am horrified that anyone would think this is a good strategy. But that doesn't ...
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Is my question that bad, or am I totally out of it?
This question was closed for not meeting the criteria for a good subjective question:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/15856/when-do-you-get-your-best-ideas-closed
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