[close a question that is] no longer being on-topic

The Stack Exchange network's policy is clear: you are not allowed to ask off-topic questions. If a question was asked years ago and it was on topic, then don't molest it. (This assumes it's not close-able for other reasons.)

The Stack Exchange network also lacks a clear policy on what to do with questions that become off-topic over time due to changing goals or rules. Any attempts to answer that question is just bike shedding.

My personal feeling (i.e., a bikeshed moment) is leave them alone, because they were on-topic when asked. Otherwise, the community would have moved against it for being off-topic when it was asked. So don't penalize the asker because norms have changed.

A related question is How can we distinguish official policies and procedures from opinions? As far as I know, all sites in the Stack Exchange network suffer it.

[close a question that is] no longer being on-topic

The Stack Exchange network's policy is clear: you are not allowed to ask off-topic questions. If a question was asked years ago and it was on topic, then don't molest it. (This assumes it's not close-able for other reasons.)

The Stack Exchange network also lacks a clear policy on what to do with questions that become off-topic over time due to changing goals or rules. Any attempts to answer that question is just bike shedding.

My personal feeling (i.e., a bikeshed moment) is leave them alone, because they were on-topic when asked. Otherwise, the community would have moved against it for being off-topic when it was asked. So don't penalize the asker because norms have changed.

A related question is How can we distinguish official policies and procedures from opinions? As far as I know, all sites in the Stack Exchange network suffer it.

[close a question that is] no longer being on-topic

The Stack Exchange network's policy is clear: you are not allowed to ask off-topic questions. If a question was asked years ago and it was on topic, then don't molest it. (This assumes its not close-able for other reasons).

The Stack Exchange network also lacks a clear policy on what to do with questions that become off topic over time due to changing goals or rules. Any attempts to answer that question is just bike shedding.

My personal feeling (i.e., a bikeshed moment) is leave them alone because they were on-topic when asked. Otherwise, the community would have moved against it for being off-topic when it was asked. So don't penalize the asker because norms have changed.

A related question is How can we distinguish official policies and procedures from opinions? As far as I know, all sites in the Stack Exchange network suffer it.

[close a question that is] no longer being on-topic

The Stack Exchange network's policy is clear: you are not allowed to ask off-topic questions. If a question was asked years ago and it was on topic, then don't molest it. (This assumes it's not close-able for other reasons.)

The Stack Exchange network also lacks a clear policy on what to do with questions that become off-topic over time due to changing goals or rules. Any attempts to answer that question is just bike shedding.

My personal feeling (i.e., a bikeshed moment) is leave them alone, because they were on-topic when asked. Otherwise, the community would have moved against it for being off-topic when it was asked. So don't penalize the asker because norms have changed.

A related question is How can we distinguish official policies and procedures from opinions? As far as I know, all sites in the Stack Exchange network suffer it.