In response to my own question, based upon the discussion in the comments...

According to the About page, questions relating to anything in a development environment are off topic.

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When a question is closed as off topic, it gets the following explanation added

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When you click on the FAQ link, you are told this:

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The FAQ conflicts with the reason for closing message, because if you compare the type of question I'm talking about here to the explanation in the FAQ:

> If your question is about..

Yep

> and is not about...

Nope

> …then you’re in the right place to ask your question!

Adding three words `or development environment` to the FAQ will clear this up.

I'm not talking about an insignificant number of questions that are affected by this, I believe it a substantial proportion of questions in the Close votes review queue, that are closed as off topic.

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