Questions tagged [broken-windows]
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How should mods of per-site-meta with low / slow participation handle posts that if posted here will be negatively received?
TL;DR: I'm a moderator in Web Applications, and I was elected in 2020.
When I have considered to take a tough decision, like suspend a user, I have discussed it privately. One of my major concerns is ...
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unfairness in stack exchange sites? [closed]
Before you continue reading, I will be suprised if you can give a reasonable answer to this question, that supports the moderators over at stack overflow
ok I admit, I'm not an expert on stack ...
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Why is my question put on-hold since there are plenty similar ones? [closed]
Do you know is there anything different between my question (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29206889/are-there-any-examples-of-using-the-state-design-pattern-in-net-framework) which is put on-...
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Close voting and comments that challenge consistency [duplicate]
When I vote to close a question and leave an explanation, a common response is
Here are dozens of older questions that meet the same criteria. Why don't you close all of those?
Should I respond to ...
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Why was my question closed and down voted, but not this one [duplicate]
Recently, I overreacted over a question ban thanks to this question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21531621/ada-vs-pascal-for-general-and-systems-programming
(Question Deleted), but I was ...
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Why was a 3 year old question which was voted up heavily and viewed over 9000 times blocked? [duplicate]
I posted this question in 2009 when Apple was still short with documentation about iPhone development and there were very few book or blogs related to development. I posed the question so that iPhone ...
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Question asking for tool or resource [closed]
I came across this question (deleted, 10k+ link) on Stack Overflow, where the user seemed to be asking for a tool. Needless to say this violates the rules and I decided to flag it. However before I ...
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Should I flag old questions?
After reading of: Should I vote to close old questions? I wonder if the answer also applies to flagging of old questions.
I have the subjective feeling the longer the time between the question and ...
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Should I vote to close old questions?
I just stumbled upon a question from 2009 (that's what I mean by 'old'), and it's this one for reference.
I think we can all agree that by Today's standards this question would be closed (with a ...
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Why my this question has been closed when there are many like it at SO? [closed]
There are hundreds of questions regarding make my code DRY in SO. I don't know why my question has been closed?
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What makes my question "Not Constructive"?
I recently asked the question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12402645/why-is-there-no-filepath-class-in-the-net-framework
It was closed, and I can see that it could be perceived as soliciting ...
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Why is the difference between these two questions? Why is one closed, and one open? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are there some type of questions that are open and highly upvoted, while others of that same type are closed? Can someone explain?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...
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Why are there some type of questions that are open and highly upvoted, while others of that same type are closed? Can someone explain?
I am posting this question just to get a better understanding of the questions that can be asked on Stack Overflow.
I find that Language Books/Tutorials for popular languages can several answers ...
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Why is "The Definitive C++ Book List" question allowed, but other book recommendation questions are not? [closed]
Why does The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List get a pass, but I can't ask my own book recommendation question?
Can I ask my own book recommendation question in a way that is acceptable to the ...
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How can we discourage book recommendation questions?
The issue of book recommendations has been raised before (to name a few examples); however, I'm raising it again because the problem doesn't seem to have gone away. books has over 2,500 questions, so ...
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