Questions tagged [closed-questions]
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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Close reason displayed twice [migrated]
Browsed to this question and noticed the banner shows the close reason twice. How to solve WAMP and Skype conflict on Windows 7?
It's pretty old so might be something weird in the database entry that'...
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Display the "real" close reason when reviewing suggested edits to a closed question [duplicate]
When reviewing a suggested edit to a question closed for "A community-specific reason", as you can see in the below screenshot, the precise reason isn't displayed, only "This question ...
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Why is a tag's page showing me closed questions?
I just visited the tag page for C++ on stackoverflow.com:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/c%2b%2b
and checked out a few of the top questions I saw there. Well, they were closed questions. I ...
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2024: a year in closing
One of the traditions we have here on MSE as the calendar year changes, is to post some statistics about post closures and reopenings across the network for the preceding calendar year. In light of ...
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How to get bounty back if a question is closed?
I started a bounty over on Stack Overflow that regarded Docker Compose and networking, and then the question got closed. Someone with the right authority regarded it was a networking question and not ...
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Is answering closed questions via comments allowed? [duplicate]
When a question is closed, you can still comment on it. Say that you know the answer to the question. Are you allowed to answer it in a comment?
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2023: a year in closing
One of the traditions we have here on MSE as the calendar year changes, is to post some statistics about post closures and reopenings across the network for the preceding calendar year. In light of ...
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Implement {duplicate}, {closed} etc. tags as UI elements, rather than appending text [duplicate]
At this point, I am very much used to closed/duplicate questions being marked with [closed] or [duplicate] text in their title:
But what exactly is stopping us from implementing it as an actual ...
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Feedback about joining a new Stack Exchange site (with suggestions)
I'm not questioning the moderator decision; this is about the experience.
I'm an experienced Stack Overflow user, but I just joined this Web Applications Stack Exchange site today to ask a related ...
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Why was question closed as "does not appear to be about programming" when 2/3 close-voters voted for "belongs on superuser.com"? [closed]
Question 77283401 was closed as
This question does not appear to be about programming within the scope defined in the help center.
because 2 people voted "belongs on superuser.com" and 1 ...
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What's the longest question duplicate chain on SE?
I wonder what the longest question duplicate chain is on SE. For example, Matching files with various extensions using for loop is closed a duplicate of Brace expansion with variable?, which is closed ...
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Questions closed for multiple community-specific reasons should be clear about that fact
It happens sometimes - especially on Stack Overflow - that a question will receive three close votes for community-specific reasons (i.e., as off-topic), and each voter will choose a different reason. ...
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Why doesn't Stack Exchange allow multiple questions in a single post? [duplicate]
I do understand the need for this when the questions are unrelated. But why does it have to be even when the questions are related?
Perhaps, I've asked a few questions on one of the sites, and it was ...
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The correct community to ask a question about antenna modules used with Arduino (nRF24L01)
What is the correct community to ask a question about antenna modules, more specifically, the nRF24L01 wireless module?
I asked a question about the module's transmitter antenna gain and field ...
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Feature request for close reasoning?
I asked question (on meta) on why a post was closed, because it made no sense, and that post was closed as well?
...a member for 11 years on Server Fault, so been here a long time and this makes no ...
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