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In this case, this user should have answered their own question, rather than leaving a comment. I haven't the slightest idea why they chose not to do so. In the general case, I feel that unanswerable …

Our custom close reason for shopping questions is confusing. It currently reads: Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become …

My suggested rewrite of this is: Requests for product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they attract low quality, opinionated and spam answers, and the answers b …

I've been thinking about this for a few weeks, and watching closed questions on SF fairly closely. It seems to me that closed questions not well-addressed by this close reason fall into one of two mai …

As part of our ongoing cleanup of old (and new) web hosting control panel questions, we need a custom close reason for web hosting control panels which explains the issue, why we are unable to accept …

I propose that the following close reason be used. Until it is installed as a custom close reason, it can be pasted into the Other custom box: Questions involving web hosting control panels are of …

I downvoted and voted to close this question because, in its original form, it was asking a question which was best directed to the author of the tutorial. The heart of the issue, of course, being the …

I didn't vote to close this question, but I came pretty close. I thought about it for a while. I'll take a wild guess at why some people voted to close it: The business context you mentioned in your …

The "not constructive" close reason is being removed and replaced with: primarily opinion-based Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to …

For the worst of the cPanel questions... Questions concerning the use of shared web hosting by end users or resellers, rather than the administration of web hosting, are off-topic. Contact your ho …

This not a professional variant refocuses on the question, not the user. (Blatantly borrowed from SO) Questions must demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved. Include attem …

There's no UI provided to us Moderators now have the capability to rearrange the close reasons. But we can't edit them; to change one, it has to be deactivated and a completely new one activated. Per …

I propose that we rip off SO again, and that this close reason be rewritten as follows: Questions seeking installation, configuration or diagnostic help must include the desired end state, the spe …

This current close reason is confusing and potentially misleading. Questions must demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved. Try including attempted solutions, why they didn' …

Since I was (somehow) involved in closing every single one of these questions, it seems appropriate to say a few words. In addition to voretaq7's excellent answer, I'll make the following observations …