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5 custom close reasons is the max allowed. Although some of the current reasons overlap a bit, they all come up often enough that I wouldn't choose to get rid of them. I think the "Questions seeking …

I sometimes have trouble deciding whether "Not a real question" or "Subjective and argumentative" is the best description of why I'm voting to close. That's what happened for me in this case, but reg …

This is similar (but not quite a dupe, I think) to a question I asked a couple years ago: Are problems that turned out to be typos "Not a Real Question"? In that post, I suggested closing this type …

I didn't see your answer before it got deleted, but as other have said, giving a clever answer by posting a picture is always likely to get deleted here. A few smart-aleck-y answers slip through, but …

As others have said, just pick the reason that seems the best to you, it'll work out in the long run. However, there was a question yesterday where I cast the last close vote and mine made it a tie …

Now that there's a re-written shopping question close reason, the generic "not relevant to system administration" close reason has moved up. Is it possible to move it back? i.e. so that it's just abo …

I totally agree that there are a lot of questions where the minimal understanding close reason would apply and is better than any of the other canned reasons, but on the other hand, I don't think a mo …

We have the "insufficient info to troubleshoot" close reason: Questions seeking installation, configuration or diagnostic help must include the desired end state, the specific problem or error, su …

[Most of this post blatantly ripped off from MDMarra's] https://serverfault.com/questions/590349/compiling-newer-version-of-apache-in-fedora-14 ... is the question that prompted my post, but this ha …

Further to the other answer, when multiple close reasons are selected by close-voters, only one (whatever gets the most votes) is shown. There was a close-vote for the reason mentioned in the other a …

It seems to me that "Not Constructive" is being overused... I was thinking about this after having a question of mine closed: What are the benefits of "enterprise-level" virtualization? And now t …

Is this considered a bad thing? i.e. if someone goes through a specific user's questions and casts a close vote on all (or most) of them? ...'cause I'm pretty sure someone is doing that to "Sandra." …

I usually pick "Not constructive" for shopping questions, because I think it's a better fit than "off-topic." It's worth keeping in mind that only one close reason is shown, but the 5 people who vo …

General Reference is not well-liked on SF.SE. Among other things, there's little agreement on what "standard Internet reference source" means. Wikipedia and IMdB are about the only widely accepted …

There've been a bunch of discussion lately on meta.SO about this type of situation: someone posts that they think their downvoted/closed/deleted questions were ok, and they think it's mean/unfriendly/ …