It was off topic. It shouldn't have been asked here, and it should have been closed here. Yeah, people with the appropriate amount of reputation missed it, and did not close or flag it. Its happened before [elsewhere][1]

So. Mistakes were made. Off topic questions were asked. Answered (Despite being off topic. Should it have been flagged?). Bounties awarded. Questions migrated. Bounties undone. 

Better awareness might have helped. If I'd seen it earlier I'd have considered refunding the bounty to start with. It was brought to my attention after the fact, and I'd assumed the bounty wouldn't have been refunded. 

So its fine. He would have gotten his SU rep back. You're down maybe a fraction of a percent of your overall rep here, and have a nice start on getting more rep on SO. 

If its off topic, and bountied, letting us know would be nice. Some users use it as a way to stop a question from being closed, and mods arn't omniscient. 



  [1]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/124246/already-awarded-bounty-refunded-on-question-migration/140184#140184