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    If a question is not of sufficient quality to be migrated to some site, then it does not belong on that site. There's a difference between topicality and suitability. (And I'm still not all too happy that "off-topic" is currently being used for things that simply don't fit the definition of topicality 1 2.) Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:21
  • @Vogel612 the reason that bit of text shouldn't be there is the message should be agnostic to the site. The only help center that would be known would be the current site's help center which isn't always useful in saying it should be migrated elsewhere. Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:26
  • @MichaelT The how to ask help is largely generic across SE-Network from what I saw until now... Sure you'd need to refer to the current site How-To-Ask, but I think that the "minimum requirements" are somewhat the same on every site here.... Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:28
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    But I thought since the recent close vote reason change on SO, we're not supposed to close based on low quality (excepting V LQ); we're supposed to edit-into-shape (if we're feeling virtuous), or downvote and walk away (if we're not). While I personally would like there to be an SE-wide "Oh, just go away" close reason, I suspect we're not going to get one. Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:32
  • @AakashM I smell a discussion, well you got me on the "Get lost!" close-reason, though we should maybe restrict it to Mods / Diamonds. Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:34
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    @AakashM I shouldn't migrate a question that is "how do I write the codez for this?" to SO. Its not on topic at all on P.SE because code questions are always off topic there. Its also closable on SO as unclear, or lacking an MVCE or a typographic error (if its a debugging question). If it was edited into the proper shape to not get closed as one of those, then it could get migrated... but it doesn't belong on P.SE at all in any way shape or form. Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:35
  • However, these migrations of "question and code dump" do get migrated. And that is where this close reason on the migration page should give help. Also note that it tries to instruct the OP not to continue asking this type of question on that site because it really doesn't belong and will continue to get closed (and is more work for us to close it, try to get them to edit it, and then get a mod to reopen and migrate it). Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:38
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    So what you're saying is we need a new reason for closing that clearly and unambiguously communicates that the OP put in insufficient effort? Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:56
  • @LawrenceDol that the origin site is unsure if the question would be a rejected migration and feels that it needs to meet a higher standard before migration. It doesn't matter if I'm migrating to SO, or UX, or Math or CS if the question would get closed there for whatever reason. Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:57
  • @Michael: Sorry, I was being a little tongue-in-cheek; I've long felt, like Aakash, that we need an "Oh, just stop it already!" reason to close. Commented Mar 19, 2014 at 16:59
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    related (almost a dupe): Can we try to dissuade some bad migrations by adding the “first rule” to the dialog? Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 12:08