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Why was this upvoted answer deleted by a moderator? [duplicate]
I asked a question and set a bounty for 50 points. Then someone posted this answer which seems reasonable to me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/79783501/1175080
It does not cite sources as requested in ...
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Clarification for closed question needs debugging details (or MRE)
Intermittent NoSuchMethodError in WebLogic application
The question is about a Java runtime error that happens very rarely (once in few years). It seems to be a code error, not environment or data ...
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Question needs more details or clarity feedback [duplicate]
Recently I found a problem which was already solved (at least answered) in SO 16 years ago. So I had interest if this problem had a better solution nowadays.
My question (Paginable ...
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What to do if a question is still closed even after the edits? [duplicate]
One of my question was closed recently as there was a typo in the SQL query (I wasn't fully aware of the syntax) but I've edited it and it's been 2 days yet it is still closed.
How to get hourly ...
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Why has my Staging Ground question received no review for a year?
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At staging-ground/78708157, I asked:
Do any browsers support rendering webpages from data encoded in a URI?
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Sometimes, I want to share a basic, pure HTML file with someone, which I ...
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Is a question about the configuration options for command line tool that launches cloud server really not about Software Development? [duplicate]
I posted this question, How to start a Hetzner cloud server with disabled ipv4 using hcloud server create?
I'm really surprised it got closed for not being related to software development.
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Where do questions about setting up developer tooling belong?
This question on Stack Overflow How do I use Claude Code with an existing Anthropic API Key? was closed as off-topic.
It was about configuring Claude Code (Anthropic’s developer CLI/IDE integration) ...
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Advice on question improvement
I'm not a rookie, I can usually craft a question that meets standards, but what's wrong with Chat response when using function tools?
Maybe the code is obtuse, or the JSON response is too large.
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Closed question about reducing transparency with CSS
The question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79771763/reduce-transparency-with-css got closed with "This question needs details or clarity" and downvoted ("This question does not ...
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How can I delete a reputation killing question? [duplicate]
Some weeks ago, I asked a question about virtual functions in C++.
Some people disliked the question and gave me no fewer than 9 downvotes.
As this question is heavily reducing my reputation on the ...
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Why was https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79764139/ closed? [duplicate]
Why was How is Apache httpd content negotiation set up on a directory? closed? The boilerplate reason doesn't make sense. Writing and publishing a type-map file or an appropriate .htaccess file is ...
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Why is my AI-related Python question considered off-topic?
I just posted this question: How to make sure my AI code correctly uses Google search? and it was downvoted and closed very quickly afterwards. No notes, nothing.
The reason stated was that it was off-...
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I cannot see a reason why https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79751545/ was closed
I posted On Ubuntu, my new Lucee installation does not recognize my ROOT/reports file yesterday. The edited revisions seem trivial to me (replacing lower case with upper case, replacing a symbol with ...
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What is wrong with my question about Eclipse Lun3r and WebAssembly? Are questions like "How is it possible that this works in an old browser?" bad?
I am talking about this question: https://stackoverflow.com/q/79546110/8902065
It received one downvote and it was deleted. I don't see why. My question is essentially how is it possible that my ...
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How can I improve my question on git and GitHub?
My question How can I undo pushing 12k duplicate commits to GitHub if I can't fix the local state? shows research effort and contains enough detail so that it should hopefully be clear and useful. ...
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