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Why was our site's 13-year-old, very first question closed by a moderator 4 days ago as "needs details or clarity" without a clear explanation?
I believe that it is OK as it stands so I have reopened it.
I've had a chance to discuss this with the other moderators, and there are ongoing discussions about the level of research that we expect ...
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What part of the question "How do I schedule a comment on Reddit?" needs details or clarity?
Which part of it is unclear?
Nothing is unclear to me, it is crystal-clear, and I therefore voted to reopen.
The potential answer or solution (whether built-in, third-party, APIs, scripting tools, ...
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Why am I not given the option to answer this question?
That question was autoprotected by the system for having 3 spam/non-answer posts added to it back in 2017. The reason the answer box wasn't available was that the system requires you to have 10 ...
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My question is on-topic here, isn't it?
Yes, your question is on-topic here. You might want to look at some of the other questions tagged gmail-canned-response; other folks have asked similar questions.
You might want to break your post up ...
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False grounds for "on hold"
I put the question on hold. Please see the Help, but specifically:
Don't ask about...
Creating or developing a web application
Your other question was marginally okay, because it was ...
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What's wrong with this question?
You're asking for an app recommendation. Those are explicitly off-topic here. You might try Software Recommendations, but be sure to read their question guidance, as they have stringent question ...
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Why was my question about Wunderlist migrated to Super User?
I was the one that migrated the question. In retrospect, I probably should have left a comment as to why I made the decision, so for that, I apologize.
You asked two sub-questions, and I will ...
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How is this SSL question off topic?
Questions about the web interfaces to particular online tools are really only on-topic here to the extent that they are about using the web interface itself. You are asking about the reasons behind a ...
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Please Undelete my Question
Your question isn't about the web portion of Dropbox at all. It's about the file sync service. Only questions about the web interface of Dropbox are on-topic here.
That Super User's community thinks ...
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Old notable question closed as "Off topic" in December 2017
It should not be re-opened as nowadays it's an off-topic question, actually it already has 2 delete votes. If it receive one more, it will be deleted.
IMHO the best way to proceed is to post a ...
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Question closed for "needs details or clarity" but it's so simple I don't know what more detail to add
Your question seems very clear and understandable to me, as someone who also uses Google Photos. I also don’t understand why a moderator closed it for needing more details or clarity. I support your ...
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How this (migrated) question is related to the site?
There are occasionally misunderstandings in terms of scope.
There may have been a time in the distant past in which such questions would be on-topic here, and many people on SE still haven't caught ...
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Migrated question from SU about Google Calendar rejection "is wrong" (IMHO of course)
The best solution is probably to delete the Super User post and repost here afresh.
Getting the current question back would either require the Super User mods to reopen and then re-migrate the ...
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Please help reframe this question
How would you reframe that? You're essentially asking for a recommendation for an app that would allow you watch something on TV without a television. Questions asking for recommendations are ...
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How should I have edited this question differently?
Your edit summary could have been a bit more detailed, but I think those two reviewers were incorrect.
We often guide people how to indicate that a question isn't a duplicate to another, and part of ...
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Question marked off-topic, don't see why
The close reason used by the moderator who cast the binding vote was:
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the issue could not be reproduced as of 9/8/2017.
Google-docs shared ...
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What makes a Google Sites question off-topic?
And deleted.
The close reason states:
"It is a question about creating/developing a web application."
I suspect that the people who voted to close read the the question as less about using Google ...
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Please remove the lock on "What's the best invoicing webapp?"
I've removed the lock.
With only a little over 2,500 views it's not really that historically significant.
I've also removed the tag.
ChrisFMod
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Considering "scope" for a specific example
How to download this webpage? is now closed.
Bearing in mind that this was over 5 years ago now, it's safe to say that the question likely fell through the cracks or was considered to be on the ...
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What part of the question "How do I schedule a comment on Reddit?" needs details or clarity?
The moderator who closed the question twice apparently did so because they felt the question lacked research effort (moderators, please let me know if I’m mistaken). Quoting the moderator's answer to ...
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Reopen "What do the red dashed lines mean in Google Maps?"
I agree that the question should be reopened, and I respectfully disagree with the closure of the question. The issue stated in the question is clear and understandable to anyone who uses Google Maps. ...
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Question closed for "needs details or clarity" but it's so simple I don't know what more detail to add
I voted to reopen the question. The question is crystal-clear to me. Showing research is not a requirement.
To address the comment that moderator Rubén left:
Please show what you have tried. Rubén ...
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Question closed for "needs details or clarity" but it's so simple I don't know what more detail to add
Your question does not lack details or clarity. Therefore, it should not have been closed by the moderators for lacking details or clarity.
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What's the point of keeping a merged question with deleted target?
It was merged into the other question which is now deleted. Have deleted the merge stub as well
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Is my question aboug Google Launcher off-topic?
Yes, the referred question is off-topic on this site.
While nowadays it's very common that popular "web applications" have a mobile app, this site's scope doesn't encompasses all the front-...
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34k views in less than a day? That's unprecedented
As mentioned in comment the question was seen on Reddit, Lobsters, Hacker News which I suspect is responsible for driving the traffic. We can't determine sources of traffic per question so that's ...
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Answers to my question
Tl;Dr the question doesn't look to be a high quality question, it doesn't look to be a good fit for this site as it's very likely that only the comments moderators might answer it. Also it looks that ...
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Very few views on my question?
We have a small number of questions and contributors around desmos (ref. https://webapps.stackexchange.com/tags/desmos/topusers) by the other hand the question description is very brief which might ...
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How can I edit my question that was closed as opinion based?
The question doesn't look to be a good fit for this site because it's about a specific case related to the Wikipedia's editors competency rules rather than about using Wikipedia.
You might ask on Meta ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible