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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ranking users with most edits and close votes on a specific tag
A while back I asked this question about writing a query which would rank users based on their number of close votes on posts related to a specific tag: Table of users ranked based on their number of ...
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