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The Question-Close Police
I don't understand the zealotry people display in telling others that
their question was crap.
I'm sure there are varied reasons why some folks vote to close so aggressively.
Some seem to enjoy ...
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Can we improve the text of the "real questions have answers" close reason?
How about a bit of rephrasing
Questions require a goal that we can address. Rather than explaining the difficulties of your situation, explain what you want to do to make it better. For more ...
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The Question-Close Police
I think there is a tension between to goals of different people on this site. Some long time contributors see this site as a effort to build a corpus of great questions and answers. They protect the ...
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We should have a flag or close reason of 'Trolling'
Technically not feasible. We have used all of our custom close reasons (cf previous discussions on adding extra reasons) and I'm not even sure it's possible to modify the flag types.
More to the ...
LilienthalMod
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What details or clarity does the question about teammate vs volunteer need?
With all due respect, your question in it's current form is meaningless.
It does not specify a region (in certain regions the terms "teammate" and "volunteer" may have important ...
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Should we have a "too trivial" close reason?
If it's something that concerned the OP enough to ask, then it's a non-trivial problem worthy of an answer.
Everything is "trivial" once you know it, but everyone's gotta learn it somewhere; That ...
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The Question-Close Police
If people put as much energy into editing questions as they did either lamenting or defending the number of closed questions on The Workplace, we'd have a lot fewer closed questions and a lot more ...
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What is a workplace?
I believe this page explains it pretty clearly.
Finding employment (resumes/cv/cover letters, recruiters, hiring-managers, interviews, negotiations, etc.)
Maintaining employment (promotions, ...
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May I ask what the going rate is for a particular position?
From one of the places you linked: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
What questions are off topic here?
Questions seeking advice on company-specific regulations, agreements, ...
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How is this offtopic?
The problem is the "correct" procedure for reporting in sick is usually specified by the company and should be described in the contract or company handbook. Or at the very least agreed between a ...
motosubatsuMod
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Suggestion for new 'hold' reason
I don't think we need a new close reason - the "Unclear" close reason already includes questions that require more information.
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to ...
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Separate Legal Advice from Company-Specific in Reasons to close
Back then when these close reasons were merged to meet particular system limitation, they seemed like a sensible mix to me and I expected to get used to it. Time has shown though that I was mistaken.
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Should a question be marked as duplicate even if it would help later users?
I don't see the problem.
If answers to the other question do not solve your problem, edit your question explaining why, and ask to reopen it. (Your question is not closed as of now, though.) You ...
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Can we remove the legal advice from the off topic close reason?
I agree, because there are areas which require legal advice where someone working in HR can answer easily. Someone who has worked in publishing, such as myself, can answer questions about copyright ...
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Can we improve the text of the “Advice on what to do” close reason?
Questions asking for the community to make a specific choice, such as
what job to take or what skills to learn, are off-topic. Also
questions that present a scenario and then ask the community ...
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Can we improve the text of the "real questions have answers" close reason?
How about:
Questions must have a constructive goal. Rather than explaining why your situation is terrible, or why your boss/coworker makes you unhappy, explain what you want to do to make it better....
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May I ask what the going rate is for a particular position?
There is no "going rate" for a position. Despite popular belief, it's almost entirely dependent on the company and how well your skill set matches their needs.
There may be exceptions for legally ...
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We should have a flag or close reason of 'Trolling'
No. "Trolling" is a very broad, loaded label with extreme prejudice built into it.
Just as some people will quickly call anyone who bothers them politically either a Nazi or a Commie as an easy way ...
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Reopen a question which is on-hold
Your post has several problems that have not been resolved so I stand by my close vote:
it's too long: long questions aren't by definition bad, but you're burying the lead, your title is meaningless ...
LilienthalMod
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Should we have a "too trivial" close reason?
is about some common social convention
The entire workplace is based on common social convention's.
I could (I won't) make an valid Argument to Close every question, based on some common social ...
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How to get more specific with a PIP question, without leading the question?
Your questions is currently closed for being unclear. However, I think while not perfect, it's fairly clear what you are asking so I have voted to reopen.
That being said, I don't think you're going ...
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Is SE Workplace intended for general questions (not related to a specific, individual case)?
Both are correct reasons to close, there is a specific close reason for companies:
Questions seeking advice on company-specific regulations, agreements, or policies should be directed to your manager ...
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The Question-Close Police
Offer letter gives different commission structure than talked about in interview
is CLEARLY off topic. Any question that asks us to make a decision for the OP is off topic, PERIOD We are not an ...
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Should this question be closed and if so, what is the appropriate reason?
Note: In this answer, I am quoting parts of the question and responding to them, so "you" refers to OP of the main question, not of the meta question.
No matter how we spin it, the present version ...
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Should we have a "too trivial" close reason?
On some Stacks, there is an expectation that the asker will make at least some effort to research the question themselves and only ask SE if they couldn't find a usable answer that way. In those, any ...
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Why is this question about interacting with the opposite gender on hold?
It is too broad. There are literally books written on this very subject, and a whole discipline of the topic taught in college.
If there is a specific thing that the OP is having difficulty with we ...
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Why is there no "Unrelated to workplace" close-reason?
Other, please specify: Well, I'm using this but is it the good choice?
Yes, this is the good choice.
Or should I flag it for moderator's attention instead?
If you are reaally unsure then you ...
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