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How to clarify a question closed as site specific
My question How to handle an unnecessarily complex question was closed as site specific. I didn't intend it as such, as any Stack Exchange site can have the kind of overly complex question the meta ...
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Why is my question still on hold despite of being narrowed down and added explanation?
I asked a question several days ago, and soon after being posted it was set to "on hold". The reason being that it was too general.
I tried explaining more and the question itself got edited as well, ...
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Should I reword this question to try get it reopened?
This question was put on hold because it wasn't clear what they were asking. I had an idea what they wanted so I asked if my assumption was correct (I asked it before it was put on hold). They have ...
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Invalid reasons given for putting my post about modifying an XAML document on hold
I received the following reply to a post:
"put on hold as too broad by Robert Harvey♦ 11 mins ago
"There are either too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for this ...
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Appeal to reopen a closed question about Nanigans API
I'm about to appeal to reopen a question
This question is:
a specific programming problem
practical, answerable problems that are unique to the programming profession
I see the question as pretty ...
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Why was this Question Regarding GCC and Clang on Linux Deleted? [closed]
This question was a genuine inquiry for me when I was studying programming in C and considering switching to Clang which appeared to me more user friendly and more newbie friendly than GCC. I did in ...
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Why is this question about testing pdf generation "too broad "
Any recommendations for how to test generated PDF's? has been considered as too broad and i don't understand why. testing generated binaries is really common problem. probably regardless of used ...
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Questionable edits to this question
I recently came across edit history for a recent question.
The most recent 2 edits are a little odd, and I think they should both be rolled back. In both cases, the editor (not the OP) changed the ...
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Why is this question about the usefulness of nulls "primarily opinion-based"?
When is null useful? has been closed as primarily opinion-based, and I can't understand why. Look at the first answer:
For example, if you have a model where you aim to produce little or no garbage,...
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Question put on hold by moderators. Why was that since question has not met an answer? [duplicate]
It was me who asked this question. It was a duplicate but it had not satisfied any solutions of the original question. I mentioned it over comments and even then it was put on hold. A lot after that I ...
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How to seek attention to reopen a closed question?
I have a question on Stack Overflow which has been closed and despite me amending it multiple times, I couldn't get 5 votes to reopen it. From the FAQs, I've learned that one moderator's vote is ...
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Comments about question put on hold
Original question found here
Comments:
To those who have put the question on hold I do apologise, I am new to the forum and fairly new to programming. I can't see however why this question is not ...
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Why can't I add an answer to my own supposedly "non-constructive" question? [duplicate]
I asked the following question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15578937/is-there-any-way-to-use-java-without-using-classes
I found several technical, perfect answers to my question after a long ...
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Please specify why my question is on hold
I don't find any post talk about running of TCP port on long polling. Why my post is on hold?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20736575/how-to-scale-up-a-web-server-supporting-long-polling
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Why is my question put on hold? [closed]
I posted this question:
Google Map based on ASP.NET/SQL database field "Google Map Link"
I don't know the reason why this question is put on hold?
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