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Recently, I've seen several questions in the close queue that simply ask for a script to be written to perform or automate a particular task. These questions are currently closed as too broad with comments that say that "we're not a script-writing service". I think it might be a good idea to add a new close reason for this.

Stack Overflow has this close reason as one of the off-topic options:

Questions seeking debugging help ("why isn't this code working?") must include the desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the shortest code necessary to reproduce it in the question itself. Questions without a clear problem statement are not useful to other readers. See: How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable exampleHow to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example.

I suppose it would be a good idea to compose a new off-topic close reason because this is a fairly common close reason.

Recently, I've seen several questions in the close queue that simply ask for a script to be written to perform or automate a particular task. These questions are currently closed as too broad with comments that say that "we're not a script-writing service". I think it might be a good idea to add a new close reason for this.

Stack Overflow has this close reason as one of the off-topic options:

Questions seeking debugging help ("why isn't this code working?") must include the desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the shortest code necessary to reproduce it in the question itself. Questions without a clear problem statement are not useful to other readers. See: How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example.

I suppose it would be a good idea to compose a new off-topic close reason because this is a fairly common close reason.

Recently, I've seen several questions in the close queue that simply ask for a script to be written to perform or automate a particular task. These questions are currently closed as too broad with comments that say that "we're not a script-writing service". I think it might be a good idea to add a new close reason for this.

Stack Overflow has this close reason as one of the off-topic options:

Questions seeking debugging help ("why isn't this code working?") must include the desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the shortest code necessary to reproduce it in the question itself. Questions without a clear problem statement are not useful to other readers. See: How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example.

I suppose it would be a good idea to compose a new off-topic close reason because this is a fairly common close reason.

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Add a new off-topic close reason for questions asking for scripts

Recently, I've seen several questions in the close queue that simply ask for a script to be written to perform or automate a particular task. These questions are currently closed as too broad with comments that say that "we're not a script-writing service". I think it might be a good idea to add a new close reason for this.

Stack Overflow has this close reason as one of the off-topic options:

Questions seeking debugging help ("why isn't this code working?") must include the desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the shortest code necessary to reproduce it in the question itself. Questions without a clear problem statement are not useful to other readers. See: How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example.

I suppose it would be a good idea to compose a new off-topic close reason because this is a fairly common close reason.