Questions tagged [reopen-request]
Requests to have closed questions reopened by community or a moderator. Please include arguments – why should the question be reopened?
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Question which should have the answer "it is impossible"
I asked that question: https://superuser.com/questions/1842310/collaborate-on-a-ms-word-document-while-prohibiting-word-online
It has been closed.
But it seems, by reading all the comments, that the ...
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I genuinely don't understand why this question was deleted when I asked for it to be re-opened?
Several years ago I tried to ask this question about how to make the best of the space in my PC for more case fans.
I thought I had put quite a lot of effort into researching for myself and then ...
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Reopen request 1803702
The question is closed as a duplicate of another question. I have highlighted the difference between the associated question and my question. I have now significantly edited the question to ask how ...
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Why questions are closed and why asking new questions are banned?
Its good to organize and maintain the forum and make it look good and have question or research or knowledge sharing. As in stack exchange specially super user i have faced strict rules of closing ...
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Why my Questions closed is not opened after 2 times re-editing..why not admins re-edit themself?
I have edited two time and remove all questing leaving one and question still explained to make them understand what i am talking about still question is not opened and even banned to ask more ...
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Question considered "opinion based" inquiring about objective status of software project
Why is this question considered opinion based?: Project status of SUSE WebYaST
I believe that whether an organization maintains a project is an objective matter, and I would be pleased if the ...
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Question closed as unclear but an answer was already posted
This question.
The reason why the question was closed is "This question needs details or clarity". Let's follow the link.
Needs details or clarity - Sometimes we need more information in ...
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Question about Microsoft Outlook behaviour closed on assumption that I should contact Microsoft
I asked this question about an issue I am experiencing with software (Microsoft Outlook). The question was mod-closed under the assumption/reason that I should report the issue to Microsoft or more ...
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We have bad question closing habits
Not all of us and not all the time, of course, and I'm sometimes guilty of this too. I don't want to point the finger at anyone - just discuss what I think is a problem and how we can improve. The ...
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Improvements in the reopening system needed? [closed]
When a question gets closed, it can be asked for reopening, but in my experience that is very hard to happen.
Even if after editing it shows again in the main page, the tag "[closed]" acts ...
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Is a request for specific information about software error messages really off topic?
I asked for a comprehensive list of error and informational messages produced by Robocopy. I described my problem (a huge log file), my efforts to resolve it (numerous web searches and reading ...
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My question was closed as "opinion-based" despite not being opinion-based
My question Why do SSDs tend to fail much more suddenly than HDDs? was closed by a mod as "opinion-based", despite being in no way opinion-based. It asks for factual reasons why SSDs tend ...
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Does having the same answer as another question automatically make a question a duplicate?
I'm thoroughly confused regarding the the closing of:
How to fix wsl2 not opening graphical apps?
by a single gold-badge as a duplicate of:
How to skip update to Windows 11 on Windows insider program?
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Why does the community have such vague rules that any administrator can adjust almost any question to fit them?
I wrote a question about computer hardware. A smartphone (tablet) is a computer these days. However, this question is "off-topic".
Let's admit. However, why then there are topics like this: ...
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How is my question about the Windows Registry off-topic?
I've got the question
https://superuser.com/questions/1651185/does-windows-have-any-protection-against-programs-that-refuse-to-uninstall (deleted automatically by Community, only for 10K+ users)
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