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5 votes

Question quickly downvoted and closed. Can someone explain why?

I can't speak for others, but I voted too localized. This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraor …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
4 votes

I don't understand why a question is not a REAL question?

I didn't vote to close this question, but I probably would have, if I had seen it. Here's why: The essential answer to this question is: Move MySQL to a new server. Tell your application to conn …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
5 votes

Can you help me formulate a better question (re: server security)

Actually the primary problem here is that the question is overly broad. From the FAQ: Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
8 votes

Why was my question on high-performance-networking put on hold?

I didn't touch your question, and didn't even read it until now, but I do want to make the following observations: First, the question says nothing about bandwidth delay product, TCP slow start, or …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
6 votes

"On Hold" question presented for Editing Review

Closing a question is not necessarily forever. If it can be improved, it should be.
Michael Hampton's user avatar
3 votes
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Reopen locked question

I can't even tell why that question was locked to begin with. So I've unlocked it. Have a ball.
Michael Hampton's user avatar
0 votes
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The reason for closing my question about a VNC server problem is false

I saw this, didn't vote to close this, and I disagree with the close reason. So I voted to reopen it. That said... It apparently wasn't clear to several people from reading just the question itself …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
5 votes

What makes this question “not real”?

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 …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
3 votes

Why was this question closed as off topic?

I won't speak for any of the five people who voted to hold the question, but... My primary problem with this is that, by your own admission, it's a purely hypothetical question. You aren't actually t …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
6 votes
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What do I do with this [x-post] question

Cross-posting is generally frowned upon when your question is open on one site, since the community there sometimes will migrate it to another site. In this case cross-posting just creates duplicates …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
7 votes
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What is a proper question that is on topic?

I closed the question, so it's only fair that I weigh in. The distinction here is not that cPanel is off-topic per se; good questions involving cPanel are certainly possible. The distinction we make …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
4 votes

Why was my post closed by a moderator?

Everyone makes mistakes, myself included. This does indeed appear to be a business printer, and so I've reopened the question (and removed an inappropriate tag). You may still want to improve the qu …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
8 votes

Where should I ask this question

I deleted your question, for these reasons: It's not really on topic. is not about: consumer workstations or networking (which belong on our sister site, Super User) The tour also m …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
13 votes

Which other site should “unprofessional” people fly away?

When a question is closed, it's important to act on it right away. A closed question with a score of zero or lower can be automatically deleted after nine full days if it is not reopened. And the best …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
5 votes

Why were my questions deleted and account suspended?

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 …
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