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How 'Off-Topic' can someone go
I think it was considered too localized because the problem was a missing join condition.
The scope of the site states
dba.se is for those needing expert answers to advanced database-related ...
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How can this question still not be clear enough?
My suggestion would be to add information currently only found in comments into the body of the question, then flag out-of-date comments as obsolete. At the moment, you are asking people (including ...
Paul WhiteMod
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Can/should this question be prevented from deletion?
Clear the migration history and let the community decide
A moderator can prevent the Q & A from being auto-deleted by clearing the migration history. This would make it appear as if the migration ...
Paul WhiteMod
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Can we open "Launch Python Script from Insert Trigger"?
As I write this, the question has three of the five reopen votes needed to reopen. I don't personally feel strongly enough about it to cast my own 'vote'.
It also has two of the three delete votes ...
Paul WhiteMod
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How 'Off-Topic' can someone go
The question is pretty basic - essentially it is asking how to write a simple join.
Our on-topic help centre page says:
but, dba.se is not the right place to ask questions about...
Client-...
Paul WhiteMod
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Closing questions as off-topic when they belong on our site
Question #1 - while it is certainly not strictly about Java, the question is framed in the sense of a programming question, which is on-topic for StackOverflow.com, and since it doesn't reference or ...
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Can this be removed from hold? If not, what else is needed please?
The question you've asked is not a 'bad question', it just isn't a good fit for the Q&A format here on Stack Exchange — note this from the help centre (linked in the close banner on your question):...
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Are trivial questions 'too localized'? Any need to improve respective close reason message?
Not all closures will fall precisely into the exact interpretation of the wording jammed into generic close reason text. No matter how much we fiddle with that text, someone is not going to be happy ...
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Can/should this question be prevented from deletion?
For the opposition: Don't delete it.
People are going to Do Dumb Things when they can. When they can't Do Dumb Things they want to do, they're going to try and find a workaround. Smart People™️ ...
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Are trivial questions 'too localized'? Any need to improve respective close reason message?
Assuming the 'too trivial' premise is correct (if it is not, please disconsider), perhaps we could improve the close reason to:
"Too localized - this could be because your code has a typo, basic ...
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Closing questions as off-topic when they belong on our site
First question: would be on-topic for DBA if it wasn't also about how to interface this query to the Java code. Therefore I felt it was a better fit for SO.
Second question: I have no idea why I ...
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Closing questions as off-topic when they belong on our site
I voted to close the individual questions because of ....
It contains references to Java and in the statement it is asking for the syntax of a Java/INSERT statement with specific variables:
The ...
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AppArmour question - why was it closed?
It was bumped to the home page by the Community User as an old question with no answers at a positive score. The point of bumping is to reassess the quality of the question and its answers.
On ...
Paul WhiteMod
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Can/should this question be prevented from deletion?
This doesn't seem to be an "example of scenarios we as DBAs work hard to prevent". It is most likely an example of a person having not a slightest idea what he/she is doing on a local workstation; ...
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How 'Off-Topic' can someone go
I think he's wrong, but Paul White said it very clearly: the question is too basic... [for some]. I think this adds tremendous confusion and dissuades people from using this site. As a member of the ...
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