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This is the nuclear option. If all else fails, it will be the solution.

That said, I'd like to try a few other things first, and see how they work out.

First off, we have a gigantic backlog of questions with pending close votes on them. Many of these may need to be closed, but few should be migrated. A recent change to how migration works removes that possibility for about 8.5 thousand questions with outstanding votes - that's a pretty sizable chunk.

Second, I've implemented this suggestion:

This is fairly subtle - but it's worth a shot, since a reoccurring complaint is that folks on SO don't understand the scope of this site. I'll be watching to see if it has any effect.

The % of worthwhile migrations does seem to be fast-diminishing, but there are still a number of questions sent over from SO that are not only accepted here, but do fairly well - up-voted, answered. If this becomes such a small portion as to be expendable, then so be it.

Small update: so far, this is not getting better, week-to-week. It's getting worse. A lot worse. Last week saw over 70% of migrations rejected. I'm becoming dejected.

Server Fault has been removed as a migration path on Stack Overflow.

This is the nuclear option. If all else fails, it will be the solution.

That said, I'd like to try a few other things first, and see how they work out.

First off, we have a gigantic backlog of questions with pending close votes on them. Many of these may need to be closed, but few should be migrated. A recent change to how migration works removes that possibility for about 8.5 thousand questions with outstanding votes - that's a pretty sizable chunk.

Second, I've implemented this suggestion:

This is fairly subtle - but it's worth a shot, since a reoccurring complaint is that folks on SO don't understand the scope of this site. I'll be watching to see if it has any effect.

The % of worthwhile migrations does seem to be fast-diminishing, but there are still a number of questions sent over from SO that are not only accepted here, but do fairly well - up-voted, answered. If this becomes such a small portion as to be expendable, then so be it.

Small update: so far, this is not getting better, week-to-week. It's getting worse. A lot worse. Last week saw over 70% of migrations rejected. I'm becoming dejected.

Server Fault has been removed as a migration path on Stack Overflow.

This is the nuclear option. If all else fails, it will be the solution.  

That said, I'd like to try a few other things first, and see how they work out.  

First off, we have a gigantic backlog of questions with pending close votes on them. Many of these may need to be closed, but few should be migrated. A recent change to how migration works removes that possibility for about 8.5 thousand questions with outstanding votes - that's a pretty sizable chunk.  

Second, I've implemented this suggestion:

This is fairly subtle - but it's worth a shot, since a reoccurring complaint is that folks on SO don't understand the scope of this site. I'll be watching to see if it has any effect.  

The % of worthwhile migrations does seem to be fast-diminishing, but there are still a number of questions sent over from SO that are not only accepted here, but do fairly well - up-voted, answered. If this becomes such a small portion as to be expendable, then so be it.  

Small update: so far, this is not getting better, week-to-week. It's getting worse. A lot worse. Last week saw over 70% of migrations rejected. I'm becoming dejected.

Server Fault has been removed as a migration path on Stack Overflow.  

This is the nuclear option. If all else fails, it will be the solution.

That said, I'd like to try a few other things first, and see how they work out.

First off, we have a gigantic backlog of questions with pending close votes on them. Many of these may need to be closed, but few should be migrated. A recent change to how migration works removes that possibility for about 8.5 thousand questions with outstanding votes - that's a pretty sizable chunk.

Second, I've implemented this suggestion:

This is fairly subtle - but it's worth a shot, since a reoccurring complaint is that folks on SO don't understand the scope of this site. I'll be watching to see if it has any effect.

The % of worthwhile migrations does seem to be fast-diminishing, but there are still a number of questions sent over from SO that are not only accepted here, but do fairly well - up-voted, answered. If this becomes such a small portion as to be expendable, then so be it.

Small update: so far, this is not getting better, week-to-week. It's getting worse. A lot worse. Last week saw over 70% of migrations rejected. I'm becoming dejected.

Server Fault has been removed as a migration path on Stack Overflow.

This is the nuclear option. If all else fails, it will be the solution.

That said, I'd like to try a few other things first, and see how they work out.

First off, we have a gigantic backlog of questions with pending close votes on them. Many of these may need to be closed, but few should be migrated. A recent change to how migration works removes that possibility for about 8.5 thousand questions with outstanding votes - that's a pretty sizable chunk.

Second, I've implemented this suggestion:

This is fairly subtle - but it's worth a shot, since a reoccurring complaint is that folks on SO don't understand the scope of this site. I'll be watching to see if it has any effect.

The % of worthwhile migrations does seem to be fast-diminishing, but there are still a number of questions sent over from SO that are not only accepted here, but do fairly well - up-voted, answered. If this becomes such a small portion as to be expendable, then so be it.

Small update: so far, this is not getting better, week-to-week. It's getting worse. A lot worse. Last week saw over 70% of migrations rejected. I'm becoming dejected.

Server Fault has been removed as a migration path on Stack Overflow.

This is the nuclear option. If all else fails, it will be the solution. 

That said, I'd like to try a few other things first, and see how they work out. 

First off, we have a gigantic backlog of questions with pending close votes on them. Many of these may need to be closed, but few should be migrated. A recent change to how migration works removes that possibility for about 8.5 thousand questions with outstanding votes - that's a pretty sizable chunk. 

Second, I've implemented this suggestion:

This is fairly subtle - but it's worth a shot, since a reoccurring complaint is that folks on SO don't understand the scope of this site. I'll be watching to see if it has any effect. 

The % of worthwhile migrations does seem to be fast-diminishing, but there are still a number of questions sent over from SO that are not only accepted here, but do fairly well - up-voted, answered. If this becomes such a small portion as to be expendable, then so be it. 

Small update: so far, this is not getting better, week-to-week. It's getting worse. A lot worse. Last week saw over 70% of migrations rejected. I'm becoming dejected.

Server Fault has been removed as a migration path on Stack Overflow.