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Closure reason doesn't make any sense to me
In this Meta question, what you said about your question on the main site is: "This is clearly a technical inquiry asking for an explanation"
But your question on the main site did not read ...
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Closure reason doesn't make any sense to me
I have reopened the question.
Please see my two comments on the question - one of which asks for more information from you.
The vote to close reasons are very broadly defined and the system does not ...
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Should "what is the name for parts that do X?" be on topic?
In the past I have treated "Should "what are parts that do X called?" as legitimate questions as they are not shopping questions. That being said those who write this question sometimes ...
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Should "what is the name for parts that do X?" be on topic?
If you read the history of "shopping is off topic", you will see that decision was made to prevent specific abuses and specific content problems, neither of which actually turned out to be ...
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Remove all [tag:custom]-isation
I agree, this tag serves no purpose and should be cleaned up.
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Should "what is the name for parts that do X?" be on topic?
Figuring out what components are available to purchase (and how their specs might combine to make a complete solution) is a big part of my initial circuit design work; this involves a bunch of time ...
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Should "what is the name for parts that do X?" be on topic?
It should be on-topic if the design focus is clear (as opposed to the shopping focus).
One example from my own questions is here, where an experienced user remarked that it was borderline on-topic.
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What happened to Hoagie?
I know it's usually policy not to discuss specifics of bans
Correct. The more details we give of any suspension, the harder it can be for other site members to view that person in the same way, if ...
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