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Replacing our "research" close reason
Dictionaries don't necessarily answer super basic grammar questions, so the new close-reason wouldn't easily apply to those types of 'too-easy' questions. Are we just going to migrate those all? AFAIK,...
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Replacing our "research" close reason
I wholeheartedly support this observation and the proposed change.
It should be noted that this is very close to how that very closing-reason was originally devised here, as General Reference.
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Replacing our "research" close reason
In one of your suggested CV reasons (I guess it would be "usage guidance"?), you included this text:
Make sure a link to that dictionary has been provided in the comments before closing.
I ...
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Replacing our "research" close reason
There are two distinct, although related, questions here: (1) Is the show-research reason for closing used too much, and, if so, how should its use be limited; (2) Should that reason (perhaps narrowed ...
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Replacing our "research" close reason
I also wholeheartedly support this change. I think that the high closure rates can make ELU appear hostile or unhelpful for new users. "Difficulty" per se is a completely arbitrary and ...
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