Questions tagged [closed-questions]
This tag is for general questions about questions that have been closed because they are off-topic or otherwise do not meet the criteria defined in the FAQ.
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Can somebody explain inconsistencies in closing questions? [duplicate]
I asked this this question about the existence of a specific Google API which was closed with the reason "We don’t allow questions seeking recommendations for software libraries, tutorials, tools,...
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Why is my question about library design choices opinion-based? [duplicate]
First, for reference, the question Why is the STL so heavily based on templates instead of inheritance? doesn't seem to have been deemed opinion-based. It asked about a design decision taken in the ...
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What should the protocol be for handling requests to refund bounties if the question is closed?
This is inspired by this global meta post that came up today. In it, an author was genuinely unaware that the question they asked was off-topic and it got closed while they had a bounty on it, and ...
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What’s happening to SO?
I’ve been around on SO for a long time. I saw it gain its reputation for being unforgiving and unwelcoming. I saw it try to course correct. I’ve also very recently watched it strangled at the hands of ...
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Are questions regarding software protocols truly "not related to programming"?
I submitted a question asking the difference between two content types used in HTTP requests and the when/why to use one over the other. My question was closed as off-topic, as it is allegedly "...
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Duplicate vote followed by off-topic vote in Staging Ground closes a question as off-topic for reason duplicate
When 2 reviewers both cast duplicate votes on a Staging Ground post, the question is marked as a duplicate as expected:
When a question has a duplicate vote and then someone casts an off-topic vote, ...
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What details do I need to add to question about C++ in Arduino?
What details do I need to add to question about C++ in Arduino: What modern C++ libraries/functions does Arduino C++(Arduino IDE 2.3.2) have and does it depend on the performance of the ...
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How to reopen an incorrectly closed question in Staging Ground? [duplicate]
I have a question that (IMO) was incorrectly closed in the Staging Ground. If the post had made it to the public site, it could be voted on to be reopened, but as far as I can tell, a post closed in ...
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Question is closed [duplicate]
ALL,
This is not my question, but I'm curious...
How to support several languages in a wxWidgets based application
The reason for closure - "Update the question so it focuses on one problem only.&...
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Why was my question on an issue with an SDK closed as not about software development?
I asked this question about port forwarding with the node ngrok sdk. The question shows code in a minimal form and is about express and ngrok.
However, just a day after posting I got 2 close votes, 2 ...
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What is unclear about this question? It was closed without comment or down votes and the moderator keeps referring me to Meta
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: How can I determine the type of a tuple's elements directly from its type name in Swift?
What is unclear about this question? It was closed without ...
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Why was the question deleted if it didn't ask for recommendations?
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: Are Qt and wxWidgets suitable for mobile and desktop game-development?
Screenshot for <10k users:
Why was the question deleted if it didn't ask for ...
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Can my C++ question be undeleted & reopened?
Here is a link to my question.
There are a couple of other questions on the same topic as mine, but they don't answer my question. My question was an attempt to understand how to read a std::optional ...
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Started bounty on someone else's interesting question, then question has been closed before end of bounty
I have found this interesting question (I am not the author) : Cut a video in between key frames without re-encoding the full video using ffpmeg?.
It was quite upvoted, which shows interest by other ...
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What part of this question is unfocused?
For reference: How can I make garbage collection steal less of my resources during spikes in allocations?
My question is very specific: how can I prevent Go's garbage collection from breaking down in ...
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