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Question about optimizing compilers for a server was closed although it precisely fits SF's ...

The first line of your Question is "I am looking for a $PRODUCT that supports $FEATURES". I'm not sure how you could possibly interpret that as anything but shopping. Iain lays out why putting "serve …
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Choosing the appropriate close reason

We've complained before about the similarity of the close reasons. It's pretty much craps, whatever you feel like voting for. The fine line, NARQ is when you can't actually figure out what the questio …
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Why was my rsync filter question regarding a business merger closed?

The smart-mass answer is that 5 people with 3k+ rep thought it should be closed. The mod answer: I have no idea what they were thinking and have re-opened it. I see no reason it should be closed. A …
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Mis-closed question: I am a sys admin, this topic is "on topic", and I did perform research

You are correct that your question is not off-topic. But, it also doesn't show any details or research on your part. It has several lines of exposition, followed by a single short question: "How do I …
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I think we're overdoing "that's not professional" comments

I sort of agree with your thoughts... One notable exception however: Using old software, out of support, shouldn't make a Question automatically off-topic. But when that lack of support is the heart o …
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Why isn't SE, Inc. bothering to *explain* all the changes in close vote reasons?

First, SE didn't make the changes, the Moderators did. Second, as Falcon mentioned they're "cleaned up" versions of what the community thought were the most needed close reasons. We had to fit a cert …
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Secure alternative to ssh gets closed as too localised?

"Too Localized" probably wasn't the best reason to close the Question, that much I can agree with. However, the question is really asking for two possible answers. It's a shopping Question, "I'm loo …
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Moderator deleting my questions

"Cache" isn't taken up by programs. It's taken up by the OS itself. It will hold anything it reads from disk in the cache until someone else needs that memory, literally anything else, so it's just li …
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