This question: http://superuser.com/questions/596703/transfer-amazon-s3-data-to-mysql-database, was closed as Not Constructive. Before it was closed, I thought it might've made a good fit for dba.stackexchange.com, so I [asked in The Heap][1] and a moderator confirmed. I flagged the question for <strike>migration</strike> (I think I might have hit mod attention?), which was declined:

> Asked in The Heap if they wanted this question. Mod said yes. Would
> probably do better there. – May 17 at 14:42   **declined - flags should
> only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their
> intervention**

How could I have gone about getting a question like this migrated?

I realize odds are that if a question is not constructive on one site, it's probably not constructive on another, but this isn't _strictly_ true (this is why I asked in the Heap.) Aside from Programmers being the obvious exception, there are questions that are on topic for Server Fault and not constructive, but work for Sec.SE. [How does SSL work?](http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/20803/how-does-ssl-work) for example. And while it might not be the best practice, smaller SE sites tend to be a little less aggressive about `Not Constructive` than SU, SF, SO.

Speaking specifically about dba.stackexchange, I think at least a few of these are arguably `Not Constructive` under our standards:

[Should we periodically refersh the mirrored copy of a SQL server database?](http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/42563/should-we-periodically-refresh-the-mirrored-copy-of-a-sql-server-database)

[Why are numbers tables invaluable?](http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/11506/why-are-numbers-tables-invaluable)

[Which is better: One database per application, or just one database?](http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/42900/which-is-better-one-database-per-application-or-just-one-database/42909)

[Should I be regularly shrinking my DB or at least my log file?](http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/11330/should-i-be-regularly-shrinking-my-db-or-at-least-my-log-file)

[Why is database administration so hard?](http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/2905/why-is-database-administration-so-hard)

[Which database could handle storage of billions/trillions of records?](http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/38793/which-database-could-handle-storage-of-billions-trillions-of-records)



  [1]: http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/9474119#9474119