Questions tagged [not-constructive]
The old close reason for questions that do not fit the Q&A format or likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. Replaced by primarily opinion-based and off-topic.
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How to process off-topic discussions in comments [duplicate]
Just going through my usual SO Hitlist until I saw this massive debate in the comments: 20 comments, of which maybe 2 are on-topic, are arguing about the ethics of voting to balance or the validity of ...
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How do I solve conflict situation here? [duplicate]
Answers I want to describe a sad situation that I encountered here recently. I joined a subcommunity "Russian language" cause I am interested in linguistics and had some experience of working in a ...
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Highly-viewed question closed as not constructive after 2 years [duplicate]
I asked this question, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3752988/gcc-vs-ms-c-compiler (10k-only link), Sep 10th, 2010. It was closed Oct 23rd, 2012. How can it be closed two years after the fact? Is ...
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Constructive questions closed as not constructive [duplicate]
I am a casual user of stack overflow and frequently end up here from Google searches. Recently it seems that most of the questions I stumble upon have been 'closed as not constructive' by moderators ...
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Why put unconstructive questions on hold instead of voting to closing/deleting them? [duplicate]
Questions such as these should have been voted for closing/deleting instead of putting on hold, when it's seriously unconstructive, e.g.: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/214115/why-should-you-...
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not constructive flags on meta stackoverflow
I suppose this question could be seen as a duplicate of When should comments be flagged as "not constructive"? but my question is specific to particular comments and I don't think I'd get an ...
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How to deal with chronic non-constructive comments?
I post a fair number of answers in SO [tags] that are on the short end of the long tail, technologies that are not exactly out-dated but for which newer or competitive alternates exist. Questions in ...
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Why does Stack Overflow sometimes seem so eager to close "off-topic" that happen to be VERY relevant to the programming community?
As a computer programmer, I am occasionally looking for answers to questions like "Why the heck would I want to use an IDE over Emacs or Vim?" or "What editor do you like to use, and why?" or "Why ...
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Off Topic or Not Constructive? Do close voters simply follow reasons chosen by others?
I just noticed this is closed since several minutes as off topic. But IMO, it's a prime example of "Not Constructive". I'll admit the line between closing reasons are blurred to me - I never really ...
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Why questions asking for benchmarks are considered non-objective or "not constructive"?
I had asked for benchmarks of certain type of software, and my question was closed and deleted. The same happened to a few similar questions asking for benchmarks. Could anyone explain what's wrong ...
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Should this question be closed as not constructive?
Recently, I posted this question on Stack Overflow. Thinking a bit about it, it really fits in the definition of a "not constructive" question: "this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, ...
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Strict moderation on Stack Overflow [duplicate]
I've had a bit of a grievance with the moderation on Stack Overflow for a while. It tends to go like this; a newcomer will ask a question that quickly gets downvoted and closed because they've failed ...
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Where should a question like this go?
Java-based CMS with RESTful service / API to access content The question was closed as non-constructive (with a slightly snarky remark), even though the asker clearly has done his homework and ...
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(When) are questions asking for checklists appropriate?
Are any questions asking for checklists appropriate for Stack Overflow, i.e. neither "not constructive" nor "not a real question"? If the answer is "it depends", please explain with examples what it ...
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Not constructive questions getting the most upvote
I think everybody have met with the fact, that usually closed questions, specifically not constructive questions get the most upvote. It wouldn't be wise to forbid voting on these questions, of ...
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