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Why was my question closed as opinion-based?
My question about edge computing was closed as opinion-based.
Here is the relevant help page:
Opinion-based - Discussions focused on diverse opinions can be great, but they just don't fit our format ...
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I asked a question for my work. Is this not 'managing information technology systems in a business environment'?
So I asked this question about a system I use for work: Wget and Curl complain about expired ceritificate, but it's not expired?
It got closed with the following reason:
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If this question is off-topic, where is it on-topic?
This question:
Google Calendar alternative for an NGO who wishes to publicly share an activities calendar
which is somewhere in the convex hull of SF, SR, SU and maybe WebApps, has been closed as off-...
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Where this is a web hosting control panel?
Override template homedir on FreeNAS 11.3 joined in Active Directory
FreeNAS/TrueNAS is an enterprise grade storage system. This is not even near as a web hosting panel. Sorry for the honesty but ...
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Why should questions about interactions between my server and bots off-topic?
I understand that this site has an established history of prejudice (🙃) towards questions about shared hostings or control panels. However, I still can't see how these questions (1, 2) not comply ...
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Where do questions regarding labs for enterprise equipment & software belong if not SF?
So this is in regards to https://serverfault.com/questions/733438/nested-esxi-vlan-trunking-not-working, which was closed because it was considered off topic. I had a chance to discuss this with EEAA, ...
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Why were my questions deleted and account suspended?
I was recently blocked from serverfault for 1 month. Apparently for asking questions (gasp).
I have asked 5 questions over a period of many months, and all have been closed/deleted (all unfairly in ...
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Mis-closed question: I am a sys admin, this topic is "on topic", and I did perform research
I was directed to post my request for re-opening of a question from Comms Room here.
The following question was closed as off-topic, but it is not off-topic as defined.
"Questions must be relevant ...
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Is nginx off-topic?
In reviewing today I happened across this question which has been closed as off-topic. The question is a pretty simple one about Nginx modules and administrative control panels, and I'm baffled as to ...
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Close votes should be blind, in order to preserve objectivity and original thought [closed]
If you watch the frequency of close votes, I presume you would find that close votes cause close votes. That is to say, a question might receive its first close vote on its third day of existence, ...
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On-topic question closed as off topic?
As a user of Stack Exchange sites for a while now, I have often been frustrated by the lack or predictability in whether a question will be up-voted, down-voted or closed.
In general, I do not ask ...
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What makes this question “not real”?
I'm having a hard time understanding why this question was closed
https://serverfault.com/questions/449735/inconsistency-in-a-popular-postfix-tutorial-about-directory-structure-for-virtua
Of course ...
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Secure alternative to ssh gets closed as too localised?
https://serverfault.com/questions/345962/alternative-for-ssh
This is an interesting question from several angles:
someone in Iran is asking a question on ServerFault
it asks about alternatives to ...
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Deleted post: why mine, and not many others on the same question?
This answer on a question about what seems to be a rogue IT security adviser was deleted.
My guess about the closure is because it repeats another answer. However, it's just a guess. It would be ...
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