Questions tagged [close-reasons]
about the reasons for which a question may be closed as off-topic
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What do we do with an older question when subsequent events make it counterfactual?
For example: Why doesn't a conservative majority SCOTUS repeal Roe v. Wade?
It was originally asked back in 2014, and I think that it was a perfectly reasonable question to ask at the time. But then ...
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Abuse of privileges to close or review questions
The reason
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or
discredit a specific political cause, group or politician. It does not
appear to be a good-faith effort to learn more about ...
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How to draw the line between questioning and discrediting a policy?
My question seeks to understand the logic behind urban irrigation policies recently proposed in California. Inherent in this question is the fact that certain aspects of the policies don't seem to ...
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What's wrong with my question?
Yesterday, I asked this question:
Could a party other than Ukraine really be shelling the Zhaporizhye NPP?
which has gotten a couple of reasonable answers (one of which I upvoted). However, it got 7 ...
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What does opinion-based exactly mean in this community? [duplicate]
My question was closed as opinion-based. I cannot understand how can this question be opinion-based.
How does Liz Cheney's losing the Republican primary impact the future
of the GOP?
The question ...
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Should 'What has Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky said about Putin, the invasion, etc?' have been deleted?
Note: I heard downvotes in a yes/no question in a meta post are a 'no' answer.
1st question: Why deleted?
https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/74692/what-has-russian-world-chess-champion-...
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How is this site moderated for exclusion of and ousting of people? [closed]
I would like to know how contrast about who should win an election, who is the one out, and who holds a view that is not eligible to stand, is dealt with on this site. Perhaps, it is the role of ...
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Can you reopen the question "What war crimes has Ukraine committed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine?"
Part1. Can you reopen the question "What war crimes has Ukraine committed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine?"
Part2. Question was reopened and then edited to be shorter and then ...
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Why are most "Why did country X...?" & "Why does country X think...?" left open yet if it's an individual it's closed (we can't get into their head)?
I'm just starting to understand what is and is not on-topic here and what is close-able, should be closed, leave-open-able and should be left open, so I'm hoping answers here will give me some more ...
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When are media sources considered propaganda and the questions citing them will be closed?
A single user with close privileges closed this question: What are the implications of the sabotage by Russian FSB of the plot to assassinate President Zelensky of Ukraine?. The stated reason in the ...
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Unverifiable questions
I remarked that many questions in this forum are closed as unverifiable (e.g., this one). I am aware that this is the standard policy, since Stack Exchange is intended to be Q&A community. However,...
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Question labelled bad faith post without much reasoning
I had posted this question, it was closed with reason said that it is bad faith post. I am in disagreement with this, one of the replies hinted there maybe some underlying racism in my post, but I ...
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What kind of "details" can I add and what further "clarifying" might be necessary to get one more reopen vote?
Politico's "Sinema rakes in Pharma and finance cash..." A salient issue and an exceptional pattern of donations, or just cherry picking of statistics? may be a bit atypical here. It ...
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When are list questions too broad?
I noticed there's a flag on this question: A list of UK businesses whose owner supported Brexit. Basically, it warns that this list question may not be a good fit for the site.
Doing some research I ...
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Why was my question closed as opinion based?
A while ago I posted a question about the 2020 Bernie Sanders
Presidential Campaign's strategy of expanding the electorate:
Is expanding the electorate a foolish strategy in American politics?
The ...
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Why do some "Why do (group) think that...?" questions do very well and others quietly collect close votes?
Why do Republicans prefer President Trump to President Pence? (+9/-3)
Why do Republicans oppose the Voting Rights Advancement Act? (+20/-3)
Why are right-wing politicians in the US typically pro-...
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How do you determine a “primarily opinion based” question
Note: for the rest of this question I will be shortening “primarily opinion based” to “POB”
see also
How do you tell if a question is POB or if it is asking for information from polls?
Example: this ...
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What is a "push question"?
I've seen the term used, multiple times, in comments, as a reason to close a question, and in general I do not disagree with the closure. However, the official reason for the closure is never because &...
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Why was this question asking for specific literature recommendations closed?
This question What books on the political philosophy from the Enlightenment period can you recommend? was closed as off-topic. I have voted to reopen. The history and philosophy of politics is surely ...
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Is the question opinion-based?
Just saw that my question was closed for, apparently, being opinion-based.
Therefore, I wonder what makes a question an opinion and why would my fit that category.
I do see this question as objective.
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Should questions that portray a clear opinion be closed as opinion-based?
This was inspired by this question. The topic as such is not necessarily opinion based and could be answered by citing scientific studies. But the author already has a clear opinion on the matter and ...
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Does "political cause, group or politician" include national governments?
In the Question closed message:
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician.
does "political cause, group or ...
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Why was this answer on "Why don't Presidential debates disable the candidates' microphones while it's not their turn to speak?" deleted?
I answered the question Why don't Presidential debates disable the candidates' microphones while it's not their turn to speak? with this answer.
It was an answer and had an answer in it. But then it ...
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What does it mean when a question is closed as a duplicate by the "community" robot?
Question 57192 was deleted as a duplicate by a single named user and a robot named "community". While there is some overlap between the old question (on qualifications in general), I think ...
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How do I prove my question is asked in good faith?
A couple days ago I asked this question: Has Biden apologized for saying a neoconfederate organization had many fine people?. The close reason given was “The primary purpose of this question ...
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Is asking about the motivations of large groups, with documented opinions, off limit?
From Why do BLM protestors continue after all four police involved in the killing of George Floyd are facing charges? :
Might as well quote the whole thing:
Why do BLM protestors continue to riot ...
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Tara Reade question and Politics.SE standards
I am frustrated with how users have reacted to my question and answer regarding the Reade/Biden issue. The reaction was negative. First there was a vote to close, and then it was reopened, but ...
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Why was this on-topic question closed for being off-topic?
Here is the post in question. This is the report I got for the reason it was closed:
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers.
The primary purpose of this question ...
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Was I wrong to VTC this question?
This question asks for what would happen in a "hypothetical scenario" in which presidential elections were suspended or otherwise could not take place in the US due to a coronavirus pandemic. I ...
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Why are we closing questions for being susceptible to opinion on a site about politics?
This question about fascism and President Trump was closed and deleted because "answers will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise".
This ...
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How does "Primarily Opinion-Based" work on this site?
I am new here and I’d like to understand how you define a POB issue on a site that focus on politics.
Politics by definition is a matter of personal ideas and opinions, at least in countries where ...
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Repeatedly closing and reopening of (highly) controversial questions
Philipp cast a cast "2x-power" close vote on a recent controversial question on Trump's tax returns, meaning there were already 3 such votes. This was a minor exercise of mod extra powers. I'm not at ...
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Please review this post, closed based on differing opinions
Please review the following question for being closed without good reason What safeguards has the DNC added to prevent a situation like what they did to Bernie Sanders in the last election?. This ...
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Is there a way to get information on my closed and deleted questions and answers?
Is there a way to find a complete list of:
Questions and answers of mine that were closed and deleted.
The Politics SE users and/or moderators who voted to close or delete the questions or answers.
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How can we improve a question closed as partisan?
We have this close reason:
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician. It does not appear to be a good-faith effort ...
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Explain how the accusation of "It does not appear to be a good-faith effort" is different from "assuming malicious intent"
A user voted to close a this question citing
"The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician. It does not appear to be a ...
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How does the stack choose which reason to cite for "on-hold?"
When a question is put on hold, assuming a mod hasn't closed it, five members have voted to close the question for reasons.
How does the stack choose which reason to cite? Is it a majority based ...
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Why is this question about the political reason for the U.S. copying the stripes of the EIC flag "on hold"?
Placing this question What were the political reasons for the U.S. using the stripes of the British East India Company flag on the U.S. national flag? "on hold" for the reasons stated
"The primary ...
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Deletion of answer which provides accurate attribution for origin of U.S. flag should not have been deleted and should be immediately un-deleted
What are the flags beside the US flag at Trump's inauguration day? asks
What are the flags beside the US flag at Trump's inauguration (marked
by an arrow in the picture below)?
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Asking about President Johnson's reason for voiding of Sherman's Order No. 15 does not try to "promote or discredit a specific political cause"
This question What are the primary source records which document the reasons for President Andrew Johnson's voiding of Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15? asks
What are the primary source ...
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Should we explicitly disallow "has X happened before" questions?
There are some minority of them that are legit and good questions. But from my observations:
A vast majority of them seem to (and many clearly are) attempts to merely present one political side or ...
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Was the act of deletion for a unlikely Racist slur itself also an act of unintentional racism?
Note: the links below won't work for users without enough reputation points to read deleted answers. I've used '___' to obscure a term the moderator believes to be a slur.
Phillip's comment provides ...
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Should naive, but technically correct questions be closed?
During close review process I came across this question and I did not know what to do (I skipped it): it sounds kind of silly (thus many downvotes), but it seems to be technically correct (it is about ...
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Should lack of "good-faith effort to learn (..)" be linked to a clear part of the question?
I have stumbled across this question which received 3 close votes from which 2 are "The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or ...
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onhold and deletion of questions: voting based on political bias and user beliefs
I have noticed what seems to be a strong political bias in votes on politics.stackexchange in general and, more importantly, in [on hold] votes. I have following questions concerning that:
What is ...
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Please reword the "good faith" close reason
We recently changed the custom close reasons, and one of them reads:
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician. It ...
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Did we lose the "not about politics" close reason?
Previously we had a close reason which read:
This question does not appear to be about governments, policies and political processes within the scope defined in the help center.
This seems to have ...
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What custom close reasons should we have?
Update: The two most upvoted close reasons have now been enabled. Let's see how they work out in practice. We re-added the auto-generated "not about [site-topic] as described in the help-center&...
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Is it ok to consider a question not being too broad if it received good answers?
During reviewing I met questions like this one.
Looking at the question alone, it is clear that it is too broad. However, it received a good answer (7-2 votes) that shows that it is answerable (...
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Adding Law and Economics as question migration targets in Closing -> Off-topic -> Migration
When trying to close an offtopic question, I see only the following option:
belongs on meta.politics.stackexchange.com discussion, support, and
feature requests for this site
From various ...
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