Questions tagged [specific-question]
This tag is used to query the community on the specifics of a particular question asked on Stack Overflow or its Meta.
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How to discuss with close voters whether my question was correctly closed as off-topic when the close banner doesn't say who the close voters are
My last post on Stack Overflow has been closed as off-topic. I tried to reopen it explaining my reasons, but it seems to remain closed.
I really would like to understand why my reasoning is wrong, but ...
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Was the deletion of my question fair or justified?
I understand perfectly well why source code is required in questions. Most questions, but why all of them?
The question describes my situation: MessageBox.Show("Message") was added to the ...
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"Is there any way we can help Stack Overflow Website get back up?" is using [stack-overflow] tag. How to proceed?
Yesterday, the following "Advice" question was posted
Is there any way we can help Stack Overflow Website get back up?
It's tagged stack-overflow. The tag excerpt says that this tag should ...
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Why was my question about Cursor IDE prompt history closed as off-topic?
I recently asked a question: Where can I see the prompt history in Cursor?. The question was closed as:
This question is not about programming or software development. It is not currently accepting ...
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How can I improve my allegedly "unfocused" question?
A recent question of mine was closed as "needs to be more focused": How do I use default/system colors for extending my standard UI?
I would like to improve the question, but I am not sure ...
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Popular but poorly-phrased question accumulating answers - can/should we do something about it?
Consider this 'question':
CUDA driver version is insufficient for CUDA runtime version
The title is the crux of an error message people often get when trying to run something CUDA-related. However, ...
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What's the current approach to handle harmful, but highly upvoted answers? In the likes of "take pain killers when consuming broken glass"
TL;DR: What's the current stance on: How can we deal with hugely upvoted, bad and outdated answers?, focusing on bad/harmful/dangerous, ignoring "outdated".
Trigger for this question
I'm ...
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Why was this question closed as seeking off-site resources?
I asked Retain the exact modification timestamp of a file in a Git repository recently and it got closed because:
This question is seeking recommendations for software libraries, tutorials, tools, ...
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How can this question about compilation load and build interface design for a C++ library be made suitable for reopening?
My attention was drawn through some side conversation about some main-site comments to the post My library is mostly header only, with a large, required section that only needs to be compiled once. ...
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Potentially inappropriate closure of a PowerShell question as "not about programming or software development", reopening denied
The post in question is this (self-answered) question of mine:
Scripted installation of the Active Directory (ActiveDirectory) PowerShell module on Windows 11
It was closed as "not about ...
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Is a link to a stackblitz not enough for a minimal reproducible example? [duplicate]
My Vite question was closed because it does not include the:
desired behavior, a specific problem or error, and the shortest code necessary to reproduce the problem.
However I've linked a stackblitz ...
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Can I get my question re-opened?
My question iOS app crashing in simulator after SwiftData refactor was closed as
Closed. This question needs debugging details. It is not currently
accepting answers.
I wasn't able to look at the ...
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How to add novel information to a community-effort/locked post
How to check whether a string contains a substring in JavaScript? has a community effort lock on it, preventing any new answers from being added. I can see why this probably happened, as it seems to ...
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The cleanup of a JS substring question years ago seems to have lost lots of valuable information
It looks like How to check whether a string contains a substring in JavaScript? was made into a community wiki post, and most of its answers have been deleted, causing only 3 of the most useful ones ...
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Why is Postman not considered a tool used primarily by developers?
Here's my question: Can Postman manage mTLS negotiation using client cert from Windows keystore?
What is Postman if not a tool for developers and development? How can a tool have 12 thousand questions ...
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