Questions tagged [vote-to-close]
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Are questions about using an oscilloscope on topic?
A reminder¹: Questions on how to use an oscilloscope is on topic on a QA website for electrical engineering professionals, students, and enthusiasts.
There is a Vote-to-Close reason that looks ...
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Add a 'Blatantly off-topic' close reason
Most Stack Exchange sites have a Blatantly off-topic close reason available, like this:
On EE, we currently have two specific close reasons related to off-topic questions. However, we're missing a ...
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I'd like us to participate in the three-vote close experiment
I often feel that questions linger too long before being closed, collecting answers making it difficult to edit a closed question. I would like EE.SE to take part in the recent site-wide "three-...
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How is this a use question and not design?
Qi Charging transmitter types was closed as a usage question when it's about using a semiconductor reference module in a design. Wouldnt that make any question on why a given electrical engineering ...
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How is it decided that a question is unclear?
I don't understand why this question has been closed as unclear. On the contrary, when I read it, it seem completely obvious and multiplying circuits are a more or less common topic. It gives a bad ...
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Explicit close reason: "OP bought undocumented stuff, asks us instead of seller for documentation"
There's numerous instances where inexperienced users bought things off the internet that didn't come with anything resembling sufficient documentation, often even of very basic things like operating ...
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Typical grace period before voting to close questions
On occasion, when I come across a particularly bad question (e.g. homework with no attempt; or requests such as "why doesn't this work", where no schematic or sufficient detail is given), I'll go ...
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Why does an open bounty make a question unclosable?
This question has attracted at least 7 down-votes (1 mine) and no up-votes and in my opinion seems overly broad and at least a bit off-topic. Comments from other users have indicated as much too.
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Is the strict attitude towards questions working?
I am mostly active on ServerFault, but have lurked here on and off. I'm also active on meta.SE and a few other SE sites.
On ServerFault and other SE sites, there are issues with question quality and ...
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How do close votes work?
Lets say someone has submitted the first close vote, and some of us with that privilege see that. But lets say that we press on leave closed. Does that negate that 1 close vote or does the system ...
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