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Why are questions asking for resources about conceptual problems that age well off-topic?
From Can I ask for resource recommendations here?:
Resource requests are asking for specific resources that are relevant to the broader concepts. Links to tutorials and blogs can stagnate: if you ...
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Why is the question asking about guideline on modelling a domain unfocused?
The question Is there any guideline on how to choose the objects to be modelled? is closed for being unfocused:
If your question has many valid answers (but no way to determine which, if any, are ...
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How to improve my question "Structure of enterprise application with interchangeable technology interface underlying in C# with DDD approach"
I think this site is about design and best proactive in software engineering as you can see in https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
and question must be good question as you can ...
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Why was a terminology question closed as "opinion based"?
I asked a question (link) about the origin of a term which I see frequently while programming. It was just a personal curiosity, but this type of question seems in line with many other questions on ...
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What's not focused about my idiom-adoption question?
I've recently asked:
Pros and cons of using the "die" idiom in C++?
and the question was closed as unfocused. It has an answer and some comments, but no comment explaining why it is ...
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Can I ask whether coding patterns are good or bad? If so, how should I ask?
I have a hard time with asking “is it okay”/“is it good practice” questions in ways that the community deems suitable for this site.
I see popular and high-scoring questions about good/bad practices ...
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How is asking, "Is there formal terminology for storage of key value pairs?" an opinion based question?
"Formal" being the working term here.
I did not ask what people "informally" thought. I asked
Is there formal terminology for storage of key value pairs?
And it gets closed for ...
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How to get at least a couple of examples of a topic on which "whole books have been written"?
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/416068/what-are-the-tried-and-working-software-development-metodologies
Nowadays all the rage is agile, marketed as superior to waterfall. So ...
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First off-topic close reason text should be updated for new Stack Overflow phrasing
Recently, Stack Overflow changed the "mcve" (Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Example) phrase to "mre" (Minimal Reproducible Example). While the old links still work, the new canonical link is to ...
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Why was this question directly closed as primarily opinion based and directly removed? [duplicate]
I have recently asked Is there a short term to describe long technical terms abbreviations? which is related to software development terms such as i18n.
I have quickly got an answer that pointed to ...
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What is wrong with this question
I asked following question on enquiring about the approach I should adopt while writing tests for controllers in REST api application? Within few hours it was downvoted three times but none of the ...
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Question marked as opinion-based—I'm seeking facts and references
I'm a little confused as to the nature of the 'opinion-based' categorization. I asked this question: Is there a design rationale behind the PHP-Style Nested Webform pattern?. I pointed out that this ...
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Why is this question considered opinion based?
This question essentially has a yes/no answer. From responses so far it seems like the answer is 'no', and the only way it could be 'yes' is if someone has specific knowledge about NuGet processes ...
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Is this question opinion based?
Is this comment acceptable under your C coding standards?
As my comment states
I am not asking if they think it acceptable, but, rather if their
organization permits it. Which, while arguably ...
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Custom Close Reason Updates
First: We have a fourth custom close reason added.
One of the most common close reasons that isn't accounted for by one of the current custom close reasons is for questions seeking legal advice or ...
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