For instructions and guidance on closing or migrating questions, and the reasons for those closures.
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Why My question was closed, [Reopened] [RECLOSED again]?
In my question I ask for practical tips for the mathematical research practice, if not personal,I look for some articles/websites/books/guides/faq related, or if was already asked on Math.SE, the link ...
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2answers
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Abuse of closing reasons?
I have a problem with some closing reasons, for example what is the probability that both the fuses are defective? is right now about to be closed as "not constructive" (per several users). I don't ...
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Why was this question closed? Is it unpopular, or am I missing something?
This is the question I am referring to:
Proposal: don't show poster's name until upvote/downvote
I suspect that this question was closed because it was an unpopular suggestion. Whilst I ...
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Adding a special close reason for exam questions
Over on this meta question, anorton wrote
I propose a policy that if someone reports that a question is part of a take-home test, we have a 4 step process:
We close the question as soon as ...
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Is it possible a question actually “too localized” in MSE?
According to the "close" box, "too localized" means:
This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an ...
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Closing questions that show no effort - official policy?
I can't figure out what I think about this. Again (http://math.stackexchange.com/revisions/351591/1) someone just copied and pasted a question without showing any work at all. There is nothing about ...
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1answer
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Question that is no longer duplicate (by deletion of “original”)
I was a little suprised to see a Question of mine about a MathJax error showing up in Related Links (for another meta.Math.SE question), because as I remembered it, it had been closed as duplicate.
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4answers
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Why was the soft question on the beauty of mathematics closed?
Why was the following question closed:
What was the first bit of mathematics that made you realize that math is beautiful? (For children's book)
I ask because I cannot find any discussion about ...
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migrated question incorrectly labeled as closed as off topic
I voted to migrate this question to physics.SE, as three others had done before me. I expected that it would be migrated once a fifth vote was cast, but when I checked on it I was suprised that it ...
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closing sloppy questions for being sloppy.
I wonder what the community thinks of adding the option to close a question when the person who posted it did a really sloppy job. With more and more students using math.SE I believe we see an ...
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Why was this question closed? (policy for reference requests)
As per the text of the re-open thread, it wouldn't fit to add this to that queue. However, I am curious to understand why this question was closed: Algebra and Geometry book.
I have no vested ...
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2answers
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Closed as not a real question clarification
This question is the first that I've seen that has been closed as not a real question when the post contains just maths and no words.
Should this type of post fall under this type of closure?
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Generalization case vs Particular case
Could the - generalization of a problem - post be a good enough reason in order to vote for closing
a question? I agree that in some cases is proving to be useful and the effort is significantly ...
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Should there be a “No longer relevant” closing reason?
Is it possible to add a closing reason which is along the vein of "No longer relevant"?
Such reason would be very useful for big-lists (which are not frowned upon here) when they become too big (i.e. ...
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3answers
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Is there a better place for a proof-asking question concerning floating-point?
My question has just been closed and I can live with it. However, I must ask where it would be better placed. It concerns floating point arithmetic, just as many other questions here. It mentions ...
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1answer
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On duplicates and linking to the original question
One of the purposes of Stackexchange is to create a sort of library of questions, which is easily searchable.
Surely this means that when a question is closed as an exact duplicate a link should be ...
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1answer
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How are the reasons for closing determined?
If five users with at least 3k reputation vote to close a question, it gets closed with the closing reason chosen by the majority appearing as the official closing reason. There are five possible ...
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4answers
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Voting to close as duplicate without taking the time to check if they are
This question has 4 votes to close as being an exact duplicate of this one. Within an hour of the question being asked, someone voted to close it as an exact duplicate AND Davide Giraudo pointed out, ...
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1answer
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Closing a question because its solution is subpart of another question
So, I've noticed a couple questions in the last few hours that have a few votes for close because they are "exact duplicates", but in reality, they are not exactly the same. I know my opinion on ...
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When to Cast a Close Vote
I'm having trouble expressing myself clearly about this issue, so please ask me to elaborate (or perhaps someone has better words than I).
This question about how to effectively teach mathematics ...
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mysterious closing of a question
This question was "closed as too localized by cardinal, Benjamin Lim, The Chaz, did, Zev Chonoles" on May 8th. A statement below it said:
"This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; ...
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7answers
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Voting to close a question because one thinks it is extremely specialised
My question was recently voted to be closed.
One member said it was because the question is extremely specialised.
I don't think it is extremely specialised.
It's a criterion of a prime being ...
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2answers
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General reference : not constructive or what?
I flagged this question since it could be answered by a simple Googling and especially from the Wikipedia article posted in a comment. This is what I discussed here and got no attention.
It can be ...
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1answer
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why don't we have a “general-reference” close reason?
I realized some SE sites like English Language and Usage have a close reason called "general reference". Why don't we have such a reason to close questions while it's obviously not the same as not ...
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“…its answers may be merged with another identical question. ”
When a question is closed, because it's an exact duplicate, it says:
closed as exact duplicate by Chuck Norris 8 hours ago.
This question covers exactly the same ground as earlier questions ...
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2answers
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Why was the Hamlet question reopened?
After the Why was the Hamlet question closed? reinvoked the interest of some users, the question was reopened.
I would like to open this to discussion, since I think that we should have let the ...
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1answer
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Why was the Hamlet question closed?
I was browsing some questions, and I noticed that Given an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite amount of time, would one of them write Hamlet? was closed because it was off topic.
While it is ...
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1answer
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Why was this question closed?
I am talking about this one. Maybe I am being stupid, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Could those who closed it please explain what I am missing? Or was it just a case of people not having ...
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2answers
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Use of “too localized” as reason for closure, perhaps too “subjective and argumentative”?
With respect to the stated reason for closure, I'd like to get some clarification as to what, precisely, "too localized" encompasses (at least a definition, or explanation, that is more specific and ...
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1answer
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Meta.Meta: Option to migrate questions to meta.stackoverflow.com?
Like the close as off-topic -> migrate to meta site option on math.SE, we need a migrate to meta.stackoverflow.com for some of the questions posted on meta.math. I would expect this would be needed on ...
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1answer
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Meta.Meta: Please add new close reason: Noise or Pointless
Like meta.stackoverflow.com, I think we need a "Noise or Pointless" close reason on meta.math.
(Note: I am talking about the meta site, not the parent).
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1answer
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Should the reason individual voters gave for closing a question be displayed?
I recently voted to close this question and was surprised to see my name listed as one of the voters who had given the reason, "Not a real question." (Now I realise, of course, that all the categories ...
