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Please reinstate "must know what you are talking about" close reason

Sadly, I don't think this is going to fly as it will hurt people's feelings which goes against company policy. Your best bet it to roll your own by choosing Close -> A community-specific reason -> Oth …
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We should bring back the "question must show a minimal understanding" close reason

I'd like to see it make a come back, there are far too many people asking questions that are basically HALP ! I have no idea what I'm doing or where to start. Please guide me. The quality of questions …
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Where do questions regarding labs for enterprise equipment & software belong if not SF?

You can rent a server from OVH (others too probably) for about 100USD per month, they list ESXi as a virtualisation environment they have available for preinstallation. The setup above is much closer …
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Question closed because it was not in a busness enviroment, but i'm doing it for a company?

Your question was closed because it it not about MANAGING information technology systems in a business environment. Your question looks like your're trying to learn about developing web pages with C# …
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Proposed close reason: Ask your vendor/sysadmin

I don't think that this is a good thing. We don't have many slots for canned closed reasons and I don't see this being used often enough for it to be given a slot. On top of that it's kinda like RTF …
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Using "not a real question" as a close reason on questions that have answers

Yes we should however there are currently several things which work against this People don't always read the question correctly before making a decision - everyone needs to be more careful. The UI …
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Is nginx off-topic?

Nginx, it's installation, configuration, management, trouble shooting etc are definitely topical. I think that the question you link to has fallen foul of being a product recommendation/shopping req …
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Question about optimizing compilers for a server was closed although it precisely fits SF's ...

Sysadmins generally don't get involved with choosing development tools, although, once one has been chosen, keeping it up to date and and managing it's lifecycle would likely become part of our duties …
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Choosing the appropriate close reason

In the scheme of things question which aren't a good fit for SF get closed for mostly the correct reason and very few people will care if some are incorrect. Just vote as you see fit, others will do …
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14 votes

Question that cannot be answered?

Write your own answer explaining what you/Microsoft did and then accept it.
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Deleted post: why mine, and not many others on the same question?

Your guess is likely wrong. I flagged that answer as 'Not an answer' as fails entirely to answer any part of the question. My flag is marked as valid. There is nothing wrong with duplicate answers, t …
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