Timeline for How to migrate a Not Constructive question when it's not off topic?
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| May 28, 2013 at 21:45 | comment | added | rtf | @KevinFegan 'erm... as odd as this sounds, I wouldn't call Amazon Web Services a web service. I don't really know how to give a definitive reason, but in my mind it's not too different than dedicated hosting. | |
| May 25, 2013 at 20:03 | comment | added | Kevin Fegan |
I'm confused, since it was about websites or web services, shouldn't it have been closed for being off-topic on SU? ALso, now that the question is closed, can it now be migrated to dba.stackexchange.com where it appears it will be welcomed?
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| May 24, 2013 at 21:36 | comment | added | slhck Mod | Oh, I didn't notice the question wasn't closed back when you flagged it, @Tanner. That clears up my confusion—Oliver has a point there :) | |
| May 24, 2013 at 20:59 | comment | added | rtf | Hmm, it was pretty clear to me that the question would be closed as NC, but I definitely see your point about silly users posting anywhere. +1 | |
| May 24, 2013 at 20:50 | comment | added | Oliver Salzburg Mod | @Tanner To make my point clearer, at the time you raised the flag on the question, it was not closed. So there is really no reason at all to migrate the question away from SU unless the author requests it. Migrations are an exception, not the rule. We simply do not migrate questions just because they would be a better fit on another site as long as they're on-topic for Super User. It's not like we want people to think they can post on any SE site they like and the mods will then just migrate it to the correct site ;P | |
| May 24, 2013 at 20:47 | comment | added | slhck Mod | Maybe I'm missing part of the picture, but if a mod on the target site said they want the question, there shouldn't be a problem with migrating it (and in the worst case they could just close it). I agree though that in the more general case, NC questions probably should not be migrated—except for the case where the target site asks for it. cc @nhinkle | |
| May 24, 2013 at 20:18 | comment | added | rtf | @nhinkle Ah, good point. I didn't think to address that. While it's true most the time, it isn't always the case. Edited a little to explain. | |
| May 24, 2013 at 18:48 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | @Tanner essentially what Oliver is saying is that if a question is not constructive on one site, it won't be constructive on any site -- all SE sites have the same general criteria for what makes a good question. If the OP wants to edit their post and improve it, then it could probably be migrated if it met SE's criteria. | |
| May 24, 2013 at 18:22 | comment | added | rtf | This doesn't make sense to me. The question is considered not constructive for Super User. Why couldn't we have done the migration for the user considering the question was likely to be (and was) closed? | |
| May 24, 2013 at 18:20 | history | answered | Oliver SalzburgMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |