Questions tagged [close-reasons]
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Problem with the "Closed" message?
Part of the "Closed" message is shown below, followed by a current example.
Change the sentence "I don't know you" into a compound sentence
In my opinion "... and clarify ...
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Replacing our "research" close reason
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We have a massive problem with close votes. There's no sense in placing blame — we've been on this path since before even I joined the site, and we all thought what we were doing was best ...
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Should there be an increasing number of close votes required to re-close a question that has been reopened?
This question was closed with three votes for "insufficient research" - although I'm unclear why, because even after doing all the "research" suggested in the answers, the correct ...
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How is this question opinion-based?
How is this question opinion-based? ("May I have a mango!" is it an Imperative, Optative or Interrogative sentence?)
There is nothing that seems inherently subjective about it, nor does it ...
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Why the phobia of anything linguistic?
Wanting to learn about sentence diagrams, and on the recommendation of an English teacher, I picked up the book "Syntactic Analysis: The Basics" by Nicholas Sobin. The thin book is, as it ...
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Why was this question closed as 'opinion based'?
This question was closed as being "opinion based," and I am interested in knowing why. The main part of the question is as follows:
I am trying to find a word that can be used in formal ...
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Is there a need for an addition to the "reasons for closing" for questions that are based on misprints or false assumptions?
I propose another reason for closing a post: “The question is based on a misprint or other error in the example, a false assumption, and or the acceptance of incorrect guidance.”
There are numerous ...
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If a question is too easy, should it be closed, or should it be migrated to ELL?
I've noticed that, when a question is too easy and the answer can be quickly looked up, people respond in one of two ways:
Migrate the question to ELL, since it's too easy for EL&U.
Close the ...
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Are we no longer allowed to recommend migration to ELL in closing?
I went to vote on closing a question today and found I could not recommend migrating to ELL.SE. So I voted for Opinion-based instead, as I will continue to do, until the option returns, or a better ...
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What is wrong with a discussion of opinion?
The question I raised here has already suffered one vote to close - for being "opinion based".
Does not "opinion" lie at the heart of the way language develops? There seems to me a ...
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my Question about adjective-adverb "double duty" got closed
The post desriptor as simultaneously an adjective and an adverb, retaining truncated into one-ish. E.g.: "ornate, ornately furnished" ↦ “ornate, -ly furnished” got closed on the basis of ...
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My questions are wrongly closed and I am not allowed to ask questions, even before my questions were answered [duplicate]
I have a question about my English Language & Usage Stack Exchange post: If an apple is bad and there are 5 apples (of the same type of the apple mentioned before) that are bad, then which of the ...
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What makes a question about historical usage of a word off-topic?
The question about the historical usage of men to refer to human beings generally was closed as off-topic. It seems to fall under usage and perhaps even etymology, two of the listed acceptable topics....
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Why was this question about a single word's pronunciation ("whinge") closed as off-topic?
I noticed that How is "whinge" pronounced? was closed as being off-topic.
I once noticed somebody spelled "whine" as "whinge" and thought it was an egregious and ...
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Why is a question about pronunciation "opinion-based"?
A while ago, I asked this question: Is the diphthong /aʊ/ generally realized as [ɑʊ] in British English? [closed] (now closed). I did not receive any answer which is fine but I don't see why this is ...
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Single-word-request rule clarification needed
My question Alternative to trumped was recently closed for being opinion-based. However, the tag single-word-requests has 300+ pages of questions similar to mine.
Why is there the tag single-word-...
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Why can edits to a closed question be rejected as "should have been written as a comment or an answer"?
Although a long-time reader of various SE sites, I'm new to active participation and still learning the rules and conventions. My question here is about the possible stock reasons for rejecting edits ...
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The "needs improvement" close reason doesn't contain an option for migration
When I click the "needs improvement" option I don't see any option to migrate to another website. Is this a mistake?
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Why was a question about the origin and meaning of a phrase closed because the origin is known?
Note: The question in question has been reopened.
The question 'What’s the origin/meaning of “from belt buckle to shoe sole”?' was closed because
Mr Biden consistently gives the origin - his uncle. ...
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What's an example of a good proofreading question?
I see a lot of potentially poor quality questions when I go through the review queue, but I don't know how I'd recognise a good quality proofreading question. The close message says a specific source ...
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Close reason. Unclear
My meta-question is about this question
Please pardon me for any mistake and kindly correct me.
I believe Unclear is synonymous with Vague.
I do not understand how is my question vague.
Am I not ...
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There should be a close-vote option labeled as: "there is no discernible research done before asking the question"
I have heard about cases where people have voted for the closing of a question based on different reasons than the one they clicked on when close-voting. The reason for this is because their reason ...
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Cross-posting on ELL: which to close first?
Recently, we have seen a spate of cross-posted questions on ELL and EL&U (such as this one on EL&U).
I can understand the frustration of a new user looking for an immediate answer to their ...
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What is the best way of dealing with the questions that are too localised?
I understand that once upon a time, there existed on the menu of possible reasons for closing a question one that was labelled too localized. While the label may not have been perfect, it was ...
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How to change a closure from "proofreading" to "duplicate"?
Ed Chu's question Is “I was having a walk” correct? has been closed (with just one vote plus mod) for supposed "proofreading". I think the proofreading flag was inappropriate here, as the question is ...
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When you don't remember a "word"
What's that word?
It's happened to everyone one of us, and it happens to each and every one of us more and more frequently as time passes by.
What was that great word I read the other day?
You ...
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Are menu titles off topic?
A recent question asking for a suitable "one-word menu title" has recently been closed ("off topic"). One of the reasons given in a comment is
"...because each word request needs to be set in a ...
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Why did this question get migrated?
The question What is the moment when all oscillators aligned to make a jump called? was migrated without my knowledge. It seems perfectly fine on this site. The consequence is that it got rejected ...
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Closed as dupe points to closed as too broad
Closed as dupe points to closed as too broad. How is that helpful to anyone?
My knee-jerk reaction is to vote to reopen the more recent one. Any better ideas?
Example: Not a jack of all trades! i ...
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Can moderators change a close reason from 'Please show your research...' to 'Duplicate of...'?
Last week, I asked this question: Can moderators redirect links from badly chosen duplicates to actual duplicates?
The answer (from moderator MetaEd) was
Moderators have the ability to edit the ...
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Can moderators redirect links from badly chosen duplicates to actual duplicates?
The question Subject-verb agreement when using singular they? recently popped up in the Reopen Votes queue because the poster returned and edited it in hopes of getting it reopened. It had been closed ...
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Potentially improved "proofreading" close reason (for the banner)
So, under this question
making an appointment with a psychologist
I would like to request an appointment with my psychologist and I was wondering if the following sentence is correct:
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Is it possible to write a more accurate Close message?
In a recent question closure, the reason box displayed was:
Questions on choosing an ideal word or phrase must include information on how it will be used in order to be answered. For help writing a ...
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Inexplicable closing for proofreading
This is the question:
Verb do + verb to be + ing form
Definition of proofreading: "Proofreading questions are off-topic unless a specific source of concern in the text is clearly identified."
The ...
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You gotta tell me, what's "balled" got to do with it?
One downvote... fine. Normal stuff. Two... again normal (for me it is). But three downvotes for this question?
The balled (headed) eagle?
Is it because of the title? That's the only fathomable ...
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Is this a valid close reason?
This question has been closed, but the reason for closure that had the most votes was:
Other: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because ... 3
How is '...' a valid close reason? Why ...
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Close window oddity
A week or so ago we updated some links under Closing → Off-Topic.
After that, I started noticing something odd under "off-topic because...":
The close reasons change order.
The number of ...
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Please consider reopening these 3 recently closed questions
What's not clear / POB about the first 2 of these recently closed questions? Q1 is clear enough and Q2 is objective enough (even without my edits) that the reasons for closure have been weakly applied ...
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What widely-accepted standards should be used to judge whether a single-word-request is too broad?
This question is an off-shoot of this Meta question focused on the deletion, and consequently on the closure, of a particular single-word-request question.
Deleted Upvoted and Popular Question: Why?
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Let's update some links
Under Closing → Off-Topic, please update:
http to https.
meta.english to english.meta.
for ELU.
Meta ELU's looks okay.
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Reviewing Close Votes
I've been reviewing close votes that don't seem to fit any of the available categories for voting to close. The questions are reasonably good, there's enough background, they don't need to go to ELL (...
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Why are word choice questions considered appropriate for this site but sentence structure questions are not?
It seems to me that questions regarding word choice and sentence structure are both primarily opinion-based and generally do not have a single right or wrong answer. I'm curious as to why a question ...
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How to vote to "Leave Open" without going through every question on the Close queue
From time to time I find a post marked [Close] which I think is deserving of a longer life. It has been mentioned in the past that some people go directly to the Close queue and flip through all the ...
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Can this question be salvaged?
I read what I thought was an interesting question, which got what I thought was an answer-material comment. The question had one close vote, but seemed to be in a bit of a gray area. I edited the ...
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Amend the “proofreading” close reason
Does the community welcome a proposed change to this close reason which would broaden and clarify it, with the goal of making it more generally useful both to questioners and to people voting to close?...
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Has the insufficient research close reason been retired?
I don't mean to pick on any of our users or mods, but I must admit that I do not see the merit in answering this question when it showed zero evidence of research: Within or inside? (it has since been ...
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Reasons for dupe-close on question with the tag question-tag?
Can someone tell me why this question on question-tags was closed as a duplicate of this other one?
As far as I can tell, the new question (though not particularly well-written by the standards of ...
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Duplicate Question Confusion [duplicate]
I recently posted this question and it received very good answers. One user suggested a dupe for this question, and I agree with the designation. However, I much prefer the answers on this question ...
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Are 'symbols' and their etymology/usage on-topic?
Recently, this question of mine was closed as off-topic:
Where does the @ symbol come from?
As far as I know (and some commenters have agreed) the use of symbols in English if on-topic.
My argument ...
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Why was "Logical fallacy: X is bad, Y is worse, thus X is not bad" closed?
Logical fallacy: X is bad, Y is worse, thus X is not bad was closed because:
This question does not appear to be about English language and usage within the scope defined in the help center.
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