Questions tagged [custom-close-reasons]
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Should we have a custom close reason for homework assignment dumps?
Since the beginning of the north hemisphere term, we've seen a sharp increase in questions that consist solely of a dump of a homework assignment, where there is no question, only “solve this”.
Our ...
asked Nov 22 '13 at 22:15
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Should we have a close reason “shows too little effort”?
Some questions -- often, but not always, homework (or test) problems show little effort on the part of the asker. If the problem is clearly phrased, it's not accurate to close it for:
unclear what ...
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New close reasons: unclear, too broad, opinion-based, and custom sub-reasons off-topic
There will be changes in close reasons in the next few days:
“not constructive” and “not a real question” are replaced by
“unclear what you're asking”
“too broad”
“primarily opinion-based”
“off-...
asked Jun 12 '13 at 22:15
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Should we bring back the “not a real question” closing reason?
After my recent discussion starter (Towards a policy for hint-only answers) and some chat conversations, I think that the biggest problem we have with questions now is if they don't contain a (real) ...
