Questions tagged [closed-questions]
Anything about questions that were closed by community or a moderator
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My question incorrectly marked as duplicate
recently I asked a question here WiFi keeps reconnecting when ICS is active on Windows 10 and its been marked as a dupe by mistake
cause even though it has a lot of similarity to USB WiFi Adapter ...
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What do I do when a question was closed for “needing clarity”, but doesn't state what needs clarification?
I recently asked a question that was closed about 1 minute later due to it needing "details or clarity".
However, there weren't any comments in the closure remarks, and there were no ...
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1answer
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Asking question about Outlook.com
I asked a question concerning Outlook.com.
As I was not sure whether Superuser was the proper place, I did some research and realised that there is a dedicated tag:
outlook.com. The tag is relatively ...
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A hidden passive-aggressive attitude toward questions
Some moderations to close a question do not make sense here. The reason stated for the closing of question the at the top of the page, for example, says this question needs clarity. The OP has asked ...
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Question closed because I don't know what commands I can use on this case
I have a question about my Super User post being deleted: Need a command to find and move (and mix) subfolders (and its content) to another subfolder on the same parent folder, all matching specific ...
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Not sure why closed as “opinion based”
I have a question about my Super User post: ACPI thermal zone driver in Windows 10. Not always available
My post has factual information we have found and possibility of factual answers to the ...
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2answers
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Is it opinion based to ask for reasons for a specific technical decision?
Sorry for another "it-is-so-unfair-that-my-question-was-closed-bwaah" question, but hey, it is what it is, so here goes:
Today I submitted a question asking for reasons to equip an external ...
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2answers
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Is it possible to accept answers in closed questions?
Out of curiosity (since I don't have any closed questions), is it possible to accept answers on closed questions?
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1answer
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“How to obtain a Laptop without hidden surprises” - suggestions improving the question
How to obtain a Laptop without hidden surprises was closed within minutes of posting with the stated reason:
Questions seeking for hardware shopping recommendations are off-topic because they are ...
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Why is my website question off-topic? Where should I ask then?
I just posted this question and readily it gets flagged as off-topic. The question is about websites that work as proxies. Super User seems to me a good place to ask, but anyway suppose that it's not ...
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Anyway to contact moderator? I believe they closed my thread because of misunderstanding
I'm talking about this thread Where to get boot image for Windows
I'm looking for boot image FOR Windows, not boot image OF Windows. The moderators closed the thread for "duplicate" and ...
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Question 1553415 and 1553653 re-open request
Not focused: What explains this poor intercontinental internet bandwidth? (Asia to Europe)
Marked as duplicate: Why is this international internet traffic routed so inefficiently?
I had a question. ...
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Why is my firewall question off-topic?
Question is Block TCP/UDP high-latency connections
I thought it clearly fits "personal and home computer networking" category, as listed in Help Center.
Other questions on intersection of gaming and ...
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Why was this access question closed as off topic, and what community would be better suited for it?
I posted this here earlier, but it was closed as off-topic. I figured since it was access related, which is software related, this was the best fit community. If that is not the case, could someone ...
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Make question about Java MaxHeapSize more focused
This question about Java MaxHeapSize was closed because it needs to be more focused. How can it be made more focused?
"Needs more focus" is defined here as "has many valid answers (but no way to ...
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1answer
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How do I get feedback as to why my question was flagged and closed?
I posted a question which was flagged as off topic and then closed.
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they become outdated quickly and ...
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0answers
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How to answer a question that was migrated away, then closed and migrated back?
In this question: my php script does not work, the answer was migrated away correctly to Stack Overflow.
Stack Overflow closed the question being unclear as I was adding my answer and that action ...
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2answers
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Did I do something wrong with my question?
I just got a question removed, without any comment or explaination.
I'd like some opinions to know whether I did something actually wrong, or if my question might have just been hastly judged, due to ...
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Asking detailed and varient of an old(9 years) closed question
I have come across a problem which was already asked here in a very general way in 2010. That question was closed citing as overly broad, vague, ambiguous etc. Now, I have tried many things on this ...
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Question put on hold as too broad
I don't want to be that guy who complains about a rightful disciplinary action against him. But I really don't know what I did wrong here. I asked a question about a problem I'm currently encountering ...
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Why is the question about knowing which window manager too broad?
How to know the window manager a specific program uses?
Why is this question too broad? I only ask one question at a time, which is specific and answerable. I think this kind of question is very good ...
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Closure of question and rude approach
My question here has been closed. Rename files 000…001…002… to 001…002…003 as too broad. From my point of view, it is clear what I am asking. I'm asking of a simple way for these files to be renamed, ...
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Why has this question on BlueJeans people account inference been placed on-hold as off-topic as “not about computer hardware or software”?
Regarding the question: How does BlueJeans estimate the number of meeting participants?
Why has this question on BlueJeans people account inference been placed on-hold as off-topic as "This question ...
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Closure - How can I find reputable manufacturers that sell (online) Windows laptops with Chinese keyboards, in Canada?
I have a question about my Super User post: How can I find reputable manufacturers that sell (online) Windows laptops with Chinese keyboards, in Canada?
I just thought to seek your feedback, as this ...
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Why was that question was declared off-topic?
I thought all questions about browser add-ons where on topic.
In that case, I’m failing to understand, why this question is not in the scope of this website :
Does Encrypted Media Extensions is ...
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1answer
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Reevaluate closure of question 515115 (meaning of cylinder light on computer) – not a typical “guessing game” question
Question 515115, "What does this light shaped like a cylinder mean?", was closed by a moderator as off-topic on the grounds that it is a visual identification question.
However, I have several ...
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How to close the question that you had answer already?
I have a question about my Super User post: Windows 10 Creator Update Version 1703
I have get the answer i was expected so how can i close this question?
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1answer
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In the middle of writing answer on a question when it's closed and losing the answer content?
Scenario
A moderator, review voters, etc. initiate a status change of a question to "closed", "off-topic", and so forth. At the moment of the approved change someone was already in the middle of ...
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Why was this question about recovering metadata from an image file closed?
The question Recover metadata information from photo was closed as off-topic.
IMO the question is asking how to recover (meta)data from an image file, not about the camera used to capture the image.
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Why was this question closed as “Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations”?
I asked the following question:
Is there a list of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems that
Dragon Professional Individual intentionally do not
support?
http://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/...
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2answers
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Why close a straightforward question about master and slave drives?
This is regarding a question about master and slave drives. By the time Gareth completed an edit, the question was rather straightforward.
Being familiar with the technology, I found the question ...
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1answer
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Why does the Community user mark questions as duplicates?
I recently came across this question which has been marked as a duplicate. What's strange is that this question has been marked as a duplicate by the Community user:
How can Community mark a question ...
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Question about computer software with 37 up-votes closed after six years?
Concerning question Can I create a new session in another tab or window in Google Chrome?
This is surprising to me for multiple reasons.
It's not off-topic, but it was closed
It was deleted
OK, let'...
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Windows question closed as duplicate of Linux
How to reorder the files of a FAT32 file system?
This question was closed as duplicate; however this does not make sense. The closed question is for Windows, and the supposed duplicates are both ...
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Chrome 'backspace key navigation re-enable' question dupe closure should probably be the other way around
How can I re-enable backspace navigation in Chrome? (2016-06-04, 6006+ views) is currently closed as a duplicate of Re-enabling backspace as "go back" in recent Chrome (2016-08-09, 630+ ...
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Dealing with low-quality questions that end up on Hot Network Questions
I've often commented on chat that "HNQs seem to straddle the line between the septic tank and greatness" - well not exactly but various things to that effect.
I came across a situation where a fairly ...
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How is this question primarily opinion-based?
I just noticed that the question When unplugging a USB external hard drive, is it safer to unplug the cable from the computer, or from the external hard drive? had been closed as "primarily opinion-...
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How is this question off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/1028107/fatal-error-when-running-the-game-war-thunder
The purpose of Super User is for asking for help on the topic of hardware issues or software issues. Last I ...
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I have an answer for my “too broad” keyboard question that was closed yesterday - shall we re-open it, or forget it?
So my question What could have caused the * key on my numeric keypad to stop working in Windows 7? got deleted yesterday as too broad. I just voted to undelete it today, because I figured out the ...
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Why was “How do you configure a Windows machine for a Linux user?” closed as too broad?
Why was How do you configure a Windows machine for a Linux user? closed as too broad?
I can see that it might appear broad. It is broad. But there's a distinction between broad and too broad — broad ...
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This question was closed-as-dup but the accepted answer is out-of-date
Google brought me to this question:
Is there a way to identify the busy (CPU-consuming) tab in Firefox?
But that question is marked as a duplicate of this one:
How to find out which firefox tab is ...
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1answer
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Why is a question on Inkjet refill Off Topic for Superuser?
How do I refill a CD887A inkjet cartridge?
My question is on Inkjet Printers and how to refill them with ink(a very common operation).
The Wikipedia definition of Computer Hardware includes printers....
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The process of closing a question is arguably rather hostile. Can we please find a better way?
Yes, I understand why questions are closed. I don't agree with many of the reasons for closing, but that's another issue. In any case, despite the somewhat-helpful information provided to the asker, ...
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2answers
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Downvoting a Closed Thread?
This is more of a overall StackExchange question than anything else, but it springs to mind that users can downvote a question that has been closed.
Why is this the case? If a thread was closed for ...
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Why was “What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default?” closed?
Why was What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default? closed?
The close reason is too broad, but I don't understand what makes it too broad. I'm confident that my four-...
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Question closed and Edit suggestion rejected
Can someone explain why this question was closed? To my opinion it was a clear question. However, since it was closed as unclear what you're asking I explained it with an example and the edit was ...
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How to handle questions closed as duplicates, when the duplicate has been closed and deleted? [duplicate]
I came across How should I dispose of all of this old hardware?, which was posted in July 2011 and closed after about an hour and a half, with two answers posted.
That question is closed as a ...
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Question closed as too broad because of the wrong belief?
I asked this question and was closed as too broad because of the statement that it would require upward hardware compatibility but which is wrong. (ᴡɪɴ9x still works natively on latest hardware with ...
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Help improve my question, or move to StackOverflow?
I'm seriously considering making a registry change in Windows that could impact a considerable number of all Windows users, which possibly would affect PCs either supported by, or using software ...
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Question incorrectly marked as duplicate
I recently asked https://superuser.com/questions/930988/where-does-chrome-store-credit-card-data, which was closed by a moderator, stating that it's duplicate of Google Chrome view saved form data.
I ...
