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I voted to close as not constructive, but you can substitute with off topic as well, which would probably better suit the actual question. The question is neither about computer software nor hardwar …

Let's be clear though: Nobody wanted to close the question. The question would have been migrated by five users, plus had a flag sitting on it to move it to Stack Overflow. We wanted to migrate it th …

Over the last months (years?), we've definitely changed our minds and raised our bar when it comes to shopping (or product) recommendations. I'm looking for a simple yet effective software to wate …

Can someone please explain to me how they are exact duplicates when they have nothing in common except that they have something to do with hidden files? They aren't. I've examined both questions …

I rewrote your question to focus on the actual problem and getting it solved rather than asking for what text editors might exist. Usually, you want to just state your problem as precisely as possibl …

It was closed because it's been cross-posted, and there's no point in having questions accumulate answers on both sites, where they diverge and the information is spread across the whole Stack Exchang …

There's not a lot to fix here. As far as I can see you've phrased the question correctly. You even specifically say: i.e. the answer should be applicable in any case; I'd like this question to pro …

Since you gave us a real problem to work with, this question is now specific enough so as (hopefully) not to end up in an endless list of answers with network monitoring tools. In essence: Ask about t …

In January 2012, I didn't happen to be a moderator yet. Since the ♦ is added to the user names wherever they're displayed, this also retroactively affects all "closed as" messages, leading to: cl …

That is the way to go. You can always edit your questions into better shape. Per our FAQ: Closed questions cannot be answered, but are eligible for improvement (and eventual re-opening) through ed …

I would like to start off with the "negative" aspect of questions being closed. Yes, I agree that the [closed] might look negative and can scare away people. The team acknowledged that – and they are …

Who defined what is "most common"? For that you'd have to run surveys with a representative sample of people in a representative sample of countries and then ask them how they would pronounce the four …

I voted for the same reason as Daniel. We traditionally classify PCs and Macs as computers, and we generally have no problem with home networking equipment. I wasn't aware of the community decision h …

The reason for closure is a bit misleading here. I would close it as not constructive: […] this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. The fact …

Your question does not relate to any actual computer hardware or software issue, and it's asking about best practices that are common for system administrators. There are two issues with this: Aski …