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How this (migrated) question is related to the site?
I just came across a question [1] that was migrated here from superuser.
It seems that this question is more about an upgrade of Moodle that encountered problems, rather than a problem with a web ...
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My question is on-topic here, isn't it?
I posted the following question yesterday:
Automatically fill From: field and add today's date in email's body, with Gmail Canned Responses
I was initially unsure if this would fit WA or SU, ...
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Migrated question from SU about Google Calendar rejection “is wrong” (IMHO of course)
The question How can I embed a Google calendar with Material Design? originally was posted on SU then migrated to Web Applications the rejected with the following reason:
This question appears to ...
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Old notable question closed as “Off topic” in December 2017
This question I asked in 2012 has more than 282,000 views and it was still getting upvoted till early December:
Is there any service that provides accurate driving directions to a location at a ...
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Overzealous app recommendation closing/deleting
So, here's a question that was closed for being an app recommendation request, and then later deleted. Since only 10k users can see it, I'll quote it here:
Is there a way (an app maybe) to find ...
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Vote to delete “What's the best invoicing webapp?”
This question has the following close reason:
closed as not a real question by phwd♦ Feb 28 '11 at 20:19
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is
ambiguous, vague, ...
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What makes a Google Sites question off-topic?
I'm trying to interpret why my question was closed. My question involved my attempt to implement something on my Google Site. I was viewing the Google Sites system as a web application, and therefore ...
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Please remove the lock on “What's the best invoicing webapp?”
What's the best invoicing webapp?
For some reason, this received a historical lock way back in 2011. Whether it deserves it or not, we're trying to burninate finance, and the lock prevents anyone ...
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Considering “scope” for a specific example
I came across these two Qs, one immediately after the other:
How does this website manage to avoid its content being copied and how to copy its content (asked Aug 30 '12 at 22:07)
How to download ...
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What's the point of keeping a merged question with deleted target?
Want name only to appear after signing into gmail account, not my email address is locked:
merged by phwd♦ Mar 30 '11 at 2:36
This question was merged with Display name instead of email ...
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How is this SSL question off topic?
I recently asked about using Comodo's SSL Analyser which despite being a simple one, is still a web application to check SSL certificates. The FAQ here AFAIK is about using web applications?
So, I ...
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What's wrong with this question?
So I made a question which is basically the same question as one which it was voted up but at the same time with a relevant difference, but it keeps getting votes down. I see no reason why it is ...
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Why was my question about Wunderlist migrated to Super User?
I asked a question about Wunderlist not working in Firefox in private mode. This question was migrated to Super User.
I'm not complaining about it, but as a new user to this Stack, I would like to ...
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Please Undelete my Question [closed]
I would have asked this in the chat room, but it appears to be dead.
I recently asked a question on the main site, which I deleted to migrate over to SuperUser.SE as I was told it was more suitable ...
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How should I have edited this question differently?
Recently I discovered that a new bang had been added to DuckDuckGo, and I was curious about how long the new bang has been around. A Google search led me to this question:
Is there a way to get the ...
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Is this question really opinion based?
For my question, I noticed that it was getting no attention when I realised that it had been closed because of being primarily opinion based.
This does not appear correct to me (or Rainbolt, the PPCG ...
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Was a question migrated to Web Applications by mistake?
When I reviewed this question: feed XML to google calendar on Superuser Q&A, my review was that it would be a better match for Stack Overflow Q&A because of the XML topic, but it got migrated ...
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How to improve 'Online libraries or collections for (contemporary) books?'
How can my question be emended to consist with https://webapps.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic? Please also advise if this can be migrated to another apt SE site.
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How/why was this question deleted?
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/61330/does-searching-a-keyword-on-google-make-the-crawlers-look-harder-in-the-future (only available to Moderators and 10k+ users)
It was migrated here ...
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Why is my question closed as off topic?
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/45373/what-are-allowed-characters-in-emails-addresses?noredirect=1#comment36164_45373
How is it off-topic ?
What can be modified in the question to be re-...
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How can this Q about Outlook mail forwarding be off topic?
I recently asked this question relating to Outlook mail forwarding functionality. I guessed it would relate to webapps.stackexchange.com since the Outlook email sending tool is not listed as off topic....
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Why no bounty for a +2 accepted answer?
I'm just curious as to why no bounty was awarded for an answer with two upvotes and that was accepted by the author? How to get weekly data from Foursquare
It's my answer (sorry I'm super lame) and ...
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Why is this question non constructive?
Why is this question non constructive? The question is specific. It doesn't solicit debates or arguments. An app either sends to Facebook and Twitter or it doesn't. Isn't this consiered like a fact?
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Question closed as “exact duplicate” but is not an exact duplicate
This question was closed as being an "exact duplicate" of this question.
However:
The question that was closed is a specific question: what is the solution to the specific problem of finding threads ...
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Why close and not migrate off-topic question?
Just came across this question. It has been closed as off-topic. While I agree that it's surely off-topic, what I’d like to know is why was it closed and not migrated to Stack Overflow? They could ...
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Reopen a question
Who can view which circles in Google Plus?
I just was notified that the above question is popular. It should be reopened. It is NOT a duplicate. I am asking if there is a way members of a circle only ...
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What would make my question more constructive?
Any suggestions for what would make my question more constructive?
Web apps/services to outsource various website functionality
I am really not smartassing nor promoting my website, I am just ...
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Facebook question closed as duplicate of earlier version, which was closed as NARQ
My question, Facebook likes constantly changing, was closed because it was ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form:
I rewrote ...
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Why was my question better suited to Super User than here?
I was wondering why my post was migrated to Super User?
Generally, what kinds of web application questions belong here and what belong to Super User?
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Did my question get deleted?
I think I had a question here: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/8017/is-it-still-possible-to-separate-work-from-home-life-with-gmail-etc-how-do-you-d but that now doesn't resolve and I can'...
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“What are some sites?” or “Let's make a list of X!” type questions
Here is a question
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/620/what-are-good-qa-websites-out-there
entitled "What are good Q&A websites out there ?"
To me this seems to have nothing at all ...
