Questions tagged [closed-questions]
Anything about questions that were closed by community or a moderator
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Is it even possible to reword my question to be relevant?
So this is my question. Now I get why it was put on hold and I am not going to dispute that.
Though I would like to point out that I am not asking for a product recomendation, service or learning ...
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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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Question on hold not notified
One of my questions was put on-hold, yet I wasn't notified. Is this the expected behavior?
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My question still on hold after adding details?
I have asked this question and it got put on hold for the lack of details and for asking many question.
I have edited it to one question and I have added the details that have been requested from me ...
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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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What's too broad about my question?
I have a question about my Super User post: How to protect my files against application? (Sandboxing?)
First, I'm not complaining, I'm just trying to understand.
Second, I already edited the ...
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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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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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If a question is put "on hold" but I have answered, should I remove the answer?
Context:
You will notice on the topic What is Facebook's privacy policy regarding photos? that it has been put [on hold]. However it was done after I had posted an answer.
Question:
At the time,...
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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 are questions which are on hold, never deleted?
So today while working on bad tags (Looking at you delete!) I found two questions on hold
https://superuser.com/questions/1201542/how-to-password-protect-file-on-delete
which I believe add nothing ...
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Why was my post about Windows 3.1 icons found in Windows 7 placed on hold?
I have a question about my Super User post: Why are there Windows 3.1 icons in Windows 7?
I recently posted a question about icons I had located in C:\Windows\System32\MorIcons.Dll. Almost as soon as ...
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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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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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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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please review hold on my blocker question
https://superuser.com/questions/1057348/blocker-setup-to-protect-non-technical-users has been rewritten with objective criteria.
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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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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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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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Clear question with examples closed as unclear
I’ve come across this question Non-intersecting values in columns in Excel which was put on hold as unclear what you're asking.
What is not clear with this question? It is well explained and even ...
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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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Edited question to bring it into scope, how does one get the "on-hold" removed?
I edited a good (in my opinion) question from another user in order to bring it into scope. My edit was approved, but the question is still on hold.
What is the right way to bring someone who can ...
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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 ...
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Why is this question on SQL migrated?
I've asked a question about SQL, not asking for a piece of code per se, but more of a general advice.
I hesitated between Stack Overflow and Super User, tried a search on the topic, found thousands ...
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Why questions like "Developer laptop SSD and HDD setup" are closed?
I want to ask why this question is closed:
Where to put Visual Studio and SQL Server databases - SSD or HDD?
I would like to discuss about topic like this and share my experience related with using ...
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Questions put on hold and then deleted tell the user to edit the question or comment, neither of which is possible
Questions put on hold and then deleted tell the user to edit the question or comment, neither of which is possible.
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Why was this question on parsing a pdf closed?
re: https://superuser.com/questions/822541/breaking-articles-into-sentences-for-easy-reading about breaking a pdf into sentences
The original wording of the question included the option for a ...
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Question about converting a multi-page PDF file to PNG files - can it be reopened?
This is about my question: How to convert a multi-page PDF file to PNG files, with one PNG file per page of the PDF document? - which has been recently closed as off-topic for "seeking product, ...
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Why was my 'statistics' based question closed?
One of my questions:
How is UEFI pronounced? was closed because it apparently was primarily opinion based. Know that it had the potential to flagged as such, I specifically worded it to ask for 'most ...
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How to reopen a question?
If a question is closed but then later the edited, how do you go about re-opening it?
I came across Unable to open Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 in one of the review queues. Originally, the question was ...
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Why my question was closed?
I'm referring to this one.
The reason was "Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on ...
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Appeal regarding the closure of a question
I asked a question and it was closed as being primarily opinion based. I frankly don't see how and am willing to listen to anyone who is willing to explain how a question about latency in RAM is ...
