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IANAL, but there are two cases: 1. Posts with proper attribution In the scientific tradition, everything that is quoted should be cited. If you copy a paragraph from Wikipedia, mention where it comes …

You're absolutely right. If the answer's sole purpose is to request further details, then it should have been a comment. Examples: Please foo that bar and then post the results. Can you try yaking th …

Well, to answer this one: The amount of low quality posts is 19,726 and rising. I think that's a part where we could really do better. I've started to increasingly downvote lazy, bad, poorly wri …

To extend upon what Sathya ♦ said: If you are comparing two specific models, your question will very likely be closed as too localized. If you ask about how you choose between models, without mention …

There are 11 questions tagged sas. 2 of those are for the application 9 are for Serial Attached SCSI drives. It seems to me that the case is clear. Even if SAS questions were server-centric, if we …

As KronoS said, you probably want to give us a more concrete example. However, if you have useful information to add to a question on Super User, which also happens to solve the problem (even if indi …

Someone sees a religious text, and either vandalizes it or asks another question with some text from a competing religion... or any other multitude of disruptive behavior. Might be, but if that h …

I think every week or so, we get the occasional "How do I copy my entire hard drive?" question. The answers are always the same, in the sense of suggesting software like Acronis TrueImage or Clonezill …

Here are the requirements for attribution: Visually indicate that the content is from Stack Overflow, Meta Stack Overflow, Server Fault, or Super User in some way. It doesn’t have to be obnoxious; …

Personally, I don't think there's much use in creating that tag whatsoever. We already have: tweaks. Still, it is very broad, and somewhat redundant. Adding the tag tweaks (or system-tweaks for that …

Is discussion of techniques for removing DRM permitted? … Most importantly, Jeff (the founder of this site, yknow), stating: Unless it is a clear call for warez, discussion of DRM should be given the benefit of the doubt. …

You don't even propose any arguments why your question should not be closed, but here it goes: Your question is too broad. You ask (at least) three question at once, only some of which really can be …

Can I consolidate my reputation from that site to this? No. Every Stack site carries its own reputation for your account. This is simply because you can be an expert on cooking, but at the same t …

Do you have actual numbers supporting this? Are there social forces that make it more likely questions get marked as answered from one site to the other? Yes, no. Well… Stack Overflow has a long …

There are various ways. Some I can think of: The question happens to attract enough views on the front page and is subsequently closed The question is flagged by a user and the flag is handled by a …