Questions tagged [close-reasons]
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Why was the question about Nikolai Gogol's family name closed?
I've noticed that per-site metas are often littered with complaints/questions about question closure- so here's my own contribution to that genre.
I'd like to seek clarification on the closure of this ...
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Is this proposed 'duplicate' question marked both wrongly and in a worse direction?
On Where can I find all Hitler speeches in original German?
it was proposed that this would be a duplicate of Where can I find a reliable archive of Hitler's speeches?
To this duplicate proposal ...
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I added explanation of this question
https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/69367/what-could-have-the-carthagian-do-to-prevent-their-genocide
People think I want to "blame" Carthagian by asking those questions.
The issue ...
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How could I improve this closed/deleted question about colonization?
The automatically/by-roomba deleted question is:
How/Why do mainland people end up in an empire's colony? Eg Spaniards in the Philippines?
I thought it was pretty good.
But moderator MCW♦ said in a ...
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Does a question about "where a people may come from originally" fit to History Stack Exchange?
I have a question about my History Stack Exchange post: Where were the ancient Israelites before they came to Israel (if they were new inhabitants at all)?
I am confused what is happening here. I ...
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How is my question about slave clothing opinion-based?
My question was closed because it was seen as opinion-based. I am struggling to see how my question as it currently stands is opinion-based. There are many questions about slavery on this website and ...
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When do we consider a question to be easily answered by "a simple search"?
Our help-center lists explicitly one symptom that makes a question "off-topic":
It is not about:
Questions answered by a simple Google search or to be found in a Wikipedia page
I see 'a ...
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Is there a notability criterion or not?
Did Lisa Chester miss her father's funeral?
I hate to have to ask, as the question is not worth much to me, but it's so unpleasant to see a question closed for an ambiguous reason.
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Shouldn't we actually give the 'single link' that answers an off-topic "too basic" question?
While reading the question
What were the main causal forces leading to rise of fascist movement and fascist government in Germany?
I see this now closed - after almost 4 years in "open" ...
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"Why Japan cannot 'apologize' enough for World War 2?" being put on hold for "off-topic" (too basic) and swiftly deleted?
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Now the question is deleted! From what I can tell it now has a +7/-6 vote. I believe that those who vote to delete the question owe us an explanation.
Here's my question, "Why Japan cannot “...
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Why was my question closed even though it perfectly lies within the boundaries of history?
I asked this question some time back-
Why is the Easter Island such a frequent participant in Japanese Comics?
The question was closed and my comments weren't answered. I clearly stated that I am ...
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Is recent history on topic?
Everybody has read the What topics can I ask about here? page as we all need clarity on whether a question will be welcome before developing it. The rules forbid questions about "the future", they ...
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Is it time to update our custom close reasons?
There are three slots of custom close reasons. Currently, we only use two:
Questions on social sciences other than History are off-topic here, unless they also involve history in some fashion. While ...
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Site policy for very heavily-trolled topics
What is the site policy for dealing with questions on very heavily-trolled topics, like Hitler and The Holocaust?
We've long had problems with these particular topics, as they seem to be magnets for ...
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Making this post more clear?
How accurate is the portrayal of Leonardo Da Vinci in Voyager
How do I make this more "clear", I engaged with the question asked in the comments but it the got closed with no information.
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