Questions tagged [close-reasons]
For questions and guidance about closing/migrating questions, and why.
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Does OP decide where to ask and community decide if on-topic locally only? Is this question off-topic here?
An exchange below Has the patent process been patented? about a close vote goes something like:
"...voting to close "because it belongs on..." is generally not a valid close reason in ...
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Dealing with questions that show no effort
It's not an epidemic yet, but we've had two questions in two days about copyright that suggest the asker hasn't read anything about the subject. I mean, if they typed the word into any browser bar ...
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Are questions that do not specify a region considered too broad? [duplicate]
Laws are obviously different around the world. From country to province to territory to state, even from county to county. When asking questions about laws that can have different answers based on ...
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Question closed without any real information why?
My question was closed as being off-topic, but no explanation was given. Please help me. The question is here.
It asked about the law on fence heights. As of now the council have failed to reply ...
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How to get a substantially altered question reopened
Questions can be edited. An edit might simply be tidying the question up - e.g. correcting spelling, punctuation or grammar - or it might be a more substantial edit designed to make the question ...
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Off topic exchange with opensource.stackexchange
I'm a regular contributor to the beta of opensource.stackexchange, and we semi-regularly have questions which we close as off-topic because they are about copyright in general and don't really pertain ...
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Why was this question about an "open ended interview" closed
The question Was the "open-ended interview" practice really legal? was closed by three users, one a moderator, as needing "details or clarity". The question seems quite clear to me,...
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Why was my second question regarding the Theft Act closed?
The reasons for closing Why potentially guilty of theft if you pick wild mushrooms on someone’s land for reward, but not if to deprive land owner of opportunity to pick? feel unjust.
Does this ...
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Legal theory and deference of a corporate law question de lege ferenda to https://money.stackexchange.com/
I earnesty appreciate https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/43507/limited-liability-and-moral-hazard is interdisciplinary.
What is legal theory? https://www.geo.sunysb.edu/esp/files/scientific-...
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How to improve these questions deemed 'primarily opinion-based' or 'unclear'?
I do wish for objective answers; so how can the following be improved? Law does depend on opinion; so why were these deemed 'primarily opinion-based' or 'unclear'?
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How to reopen these questions on laypersons' instructions of lawyers?
Should questions asking about dealing with lawyers (but not about the law itself) be on-topic? attests to the suitability of the following. So can they please be undeleted and reopened?
Can they be ...
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Do we really not have an "off-topic" close reason?
I just went to VTC this question about Apple and Google terms of service, and discovered that we do not appear to have a "this question is not about the law" close reason. The apparently-...
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Why was second question about Offences Against the Person Act 1861 closed as duplicate?
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 — How's s 47 "in at least one respect, the narrowest offence of" ss 18, 20, 47? is about s 47. Why was it closed as duplicating Offences Against the ...
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Does editing a post to remove a picture imply that it is clear?
Should one edit a post that they have marked unclear?
Class action left handed lawsuit?
I keep getting pictures edited from my questions. They editor said that the pictures taking up more space then ...
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Why was this question closed without any comment?
I have a question about my Law Stack Exchange post: Does using ads and making the app contain a book of affiliate links make someone an intermediary?
The question referred to above (kept unedited) ...
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Question on ending a marriage improperly closed as a request for legal advice
This question Divorce without the process of divorce; is it possible to obtain a dissolution after 15 years? was closed as a request dfoer specific lewgal advice. It turns out, as the answer by ...
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