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Mark Henderson Mark Henderson asked: Question: Is Super User our dumping ground for all the crappy off-topic questions that we get?


Ward Ward answered: NO WAY! We do our best not to migrate crap.

Ward Ward continued: I rarely see migrate to SU... lots of straight close as OT

ErikA ErikA answered: No - it's a destination only for questions that are on-topic for SU.

WesleyDavid WesleyDavid answered: Of course not. =) In fact, I think we need to coordinate with them more to know what should just be closed as off topic and left with a link to the canonical SU answer for that questions.

Ben Pilbrow Ben Pilbrow answered: NO. NO. NO. More than once I've posted comments begging people to close as OT and not migrate to super user. I firmly believe in "Don't migrate crap" and I think my past actions really show that

Bart De Vos Bart De Vos answered: No, it's not our dumping ground. Most of the time when it's crap, it gets closed. Not migrated

pauska pauska answered: No, we're SO's sewer.. I never migrate crap, ever.. and I get the feeling that our user's are quite picky on that

Chris S Chris S answered: I don't think any site migrates crap like SO.

freiheit freiheit answered: No! Don't migrate crap. Only good questions that are on-topic for a destination should be migrated.

voretaq7 voretaq7 answered: Yes. And it shouldn't be.
I'm not a fan of dumping everything on SU. Sometimes there are better fits (U&L) and sometimes the question is crap and should be closed OT, but it's accumulated too many votes and winds up on SU.
As a mod I'd be more inclined to mod-hammer things OT if I think moving them to SU would be "dumping".

MDMarra MDMarra answered: No, it's not. In fact, I'm 10k (though inactive) on SU, so I know how frustrating it is to have crap dumped there. Just like any other site, SU should be respected and crap should be outright closed here. We need to respect their FAQ, just like we want SO to respect ours.

Iain Iain answered: No, definitely not.

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