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Can flagging off-topic MSE questions be made easier?
We see lots of questions posted on MSE that aren't anything to do with the running of the network and I habitually have to click a few times to get to the correct reason for flagging.
Would it be ...
user960635
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Can we have an auto-comment for the Off-topic flag
There are a lot of questions here on MSE that really deserve to be on any other "main" site in the network. They are usually met with a ferocious amount of downvotes, and usually closed (quickly).
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Improve migrating questions between Stack Exchange sites
This question is related to Move questions between Stack Exchange sites but as I don't want to bring back a 7 years old topic for an improvement, allow me to make a new one.
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Add a "this question is not about [X]" option when flagging a question as off-topic
Suppose you find a question titled "How tall is Jackie Chan?" in Stack Overflow or any other SE site. It is off-topic. So you flag it:
This question doesn't fall under any of these. So you have to ...
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Add site recommendation when flagging off topic [duplicate]
There's an option "This question only pertains to a specific site" when flagging "off-topic".
Is it possible to add a box which asks you about the site that the question belongs to, and auto posts ...
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Allows users who can only flag a question to close it to choose "off-topic" without a sub-closing reason
In Stack Exchange sites, the Help Center has a "What topics can I ask about here?" which lists the topics that are allowed in question, but also which topics are not allowed. For example, for Drupal ...
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Allow user to flag a question as belonging on a specific site specified by user
If a user wants to flag a question as off-topic and belonging on another site, they most likely follow the path illustrated here to do so. If the site they had in mind is not in the suggested list (...
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Why has the flag for simply off topic (non-programming) been removed?
For example, this post seems off topic to me, but there's no good flag to close it. It's not unclear, it's not too broad, it doesn't fit any of the "off topic because" scenarios; it's just not about ...
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Better flagging as off topic
Related: No custom off topic message when flagging on SO
I recently noticed something: The off topic subreason chosen by flaggers doesn't make any difference at all. Specifically, the subreason ...
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Flag to close dialog should have freeform off topic reason
See this meta post too
Currently, users with <3k reputation, while flagging to close as off topic are presented with the custom close reasons and "belongs elsewhere" close reason.
However, the ...
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Is an option missing in the new off-topic reasons?
I really like the new option structure when flagging - I have in particular missed the "Minimal understanding" option.
However, I think that one option is missing. If we look at this ...
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Add "Flag as Other" checkbox to "Vote to Close as Off-Topic" dialog
Ok, after seeing the idea here, and following the chain here, and seeing it here, I think I have the best time/stress saving option for closing as off-topic.
How about we put a checkbox in the close ...
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Off-topic flag should allow "other" choice text entry [duplicate]
Right now, when I flag something as off-topic, I can choose from a pre-defined set of "blessed" SO sites to suggest for migration.
I see there are already a lot of questions about this design choice ...
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provide more site proposals for Off Topic flagging [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
More options when flagging for migration
Issue
When raising a flag for off-topic questions, the list proposing the available stackexchange websites for migrating the question ...
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Why does the "off topic"-flagging-UI not include all SE-sites? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
More options when flagging for migration
The window to flag a question for being off-topic only includes a small subset of SE-sites. Why not include all sites (or all sites ...
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