[This question][1] was closed as off topic, but was not migrated.  I (incorrectly) decided to vote to close and migrate to Stack Overflow, but the question was not migrated for quality reasons.

I understand [Jeff saying][2] "don't migrate crap", but can someone actually give guidelines on when questions that could otherwise be migrated should simply be closed?  This seems to be a point that close-voters tend to miss.


  [1]: http://superuser.com/questions/586949/program-works-wrong-it-doesnt-count-c
  [2]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/91411/why-was-this-question-closed-as-off-topic-without-being-migrated/91446#91446