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Nah I'm pretty sure people just wanted it to remain on Stack Overflow. A lot of people can't accept that there exists a diversity of Stack Exchange Q&A sites for various topics, and insist that SO be a catch-all for questions of any sub-topic of software development.
– BoltClock's a Unicorn
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:47
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@BoltClock'saUnicorn I get that. There are lots of those people. But since when did we start pandering to their vision for SE? Why don't we just let this proposal through while we're at it?
– Caleb
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:49
@bolt I don't know, we've had 3 people within the last day or so posting feature requests for a separate site where they can ask their bad, off-topic questions.
– Cody Gray - on strike
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:49
@Caleb: Yeah, I'm all for it, we could rename it to "Garbagecan SE" or something and use it to keep all those users away from the main sites which do not bother to ready anything...
– Time Traveling Bobby
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:51
Can't the mods at the receiving end on migration manually reset the vote on a migrated question? Or are the votes locked in?
– Old Checkmark
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:56
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@OldCheckmark Votes are locked in. Migrated questions with negative votes rest to zero but positive vote counts get locked in and even mods can't reset this. Please see the linked question and vote up so we could someday get a tool to fix this!
– Caleb
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:58
@Caleb: We haven't - I don't see anybody on the mod team or The Meta Police having voted to reopen the question. I'm just saying. No need to get defensive. (Wait, that sounds familiar...)
– BoltClock's a Unicorn
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:58
@Caleb: Also, you most likely want to read this, and then follow the linked questions down into that rabbit hole...it goes deep...very deep...
– Time Traveling Bobby
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:59
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@OldCheckmark The feature request is about auto-resets but one way they could fulfill it is with a manual tool too. At least the more people that think its an issue the more likely it will get some sort of solution.
– Caleb
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 10:04
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This question is not suitable for Programmers. Like Stack Overflow, we don't do work for people. We have the guidelines about explaining what research or work has already been done to solve the problem and expect the asker to have a "minimal understanding of the problem being solved". This question, in its current form, is purely asking for someone to write an algorithm and would be closed on Programmers.
– Thomas Owens
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 11:27
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Your premise that it's off topic is wrong, from the FAQ: What topics can I ask about here? but if your question generally covers... a software algorithm. Do I like the presentation? No, we really don't need a picture of croissants, and it's goofy, but there's a legitimate on topic question there.
– casperOne
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 11:35
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@MarkBooth I fail to see how the question in its original or current form is a shopping question. If the question was "what kinds of algorithms can I use to solve this type of problem", then that's a shopping question. As it stands now, there's a specific problem and answers are being provided. It's also on topic because while about algorithms, it's an algorithm that a program can be written for to solve the problem as presented. Right now, the answers are not recommendations, but actual algorithms.
– casperOne
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 13:37
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The OP specifically says "I want an algorithm to decide" based on these criteria, so there are many equally valid answers. Not only that, but the most highly voted answer would be more suitable on workplace than on Stack Overflow.
– Mark Booth
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 13:49
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@MarkBooth That's splitting hairs when dealing with algorithms. You're automatically throwing algorithms into the same bucket as shopping questions. Many of the questions on Stack Overflow that are more code-based have different code that solve the same problem, but those aren't shopping questions.
– casperOne
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 15:26
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Good - you should always think twice when migrating anything. There should be a good reason for it, something valuable that would be lost but for the migration. If you don't think the votes are justified by the quality of the question and/or answer, then... Don't migrate.
– Shog9
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 15:41

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