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Why was my question about finding the specific name of an ontology closed as opinion-based?
Is it because of On the troubles of naming and terminology?
Name the ontology: eq; cmp; to_str; from_str
Off the top of my head here are the things often derived in serde (Rust), dataclasses (Python),...
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Are Programming Paradigms really off-topic on a site dedicated to Software Engineering?
I posted a question:
Did I Discover A New Programming Paradigm? where I introduce the reader to Declarative Domain Programming, a paradigm I am exploring for the last 5 years.
The questions got closed ...
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Can we reopen: Helper "wrappers" around listener registration methods?
I think the question below is ready to be reopened. We see implementation code and example usage:
Helper "wrappers" around listener registration methods
I've already up-voted and voted to ...
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Why question was deleted by a moderator. The deletion notice doesn't include rationale, and I cannot vote to undelete it. What is my recourse?
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When I visit softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/revisions/455243, I see that the answer has been deleted. However, the deletion notice doesn't contain rationale. In its stead, it merely ...
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Question closed without explanation - why?
I asked a thorough and well composed question that was closed as off topic despite fitting into the categories listed as on topic and not fitting any of the categories listed as off topic.
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Can opinion-based questions be migrated to SO Discussion?
This question has been deleted (for being opinion-based?). However it is suggested to be better suited in SO Discussion. Is it possible to migrate it to there?
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Were my comments deleted from this closed question, and if so, why?
I'm honestly trying to decide if I just hallucinated comments in my mind, but I swear I left a comment on Custom API Clarification just after I voted to close it. I thought I left a comment that went ...
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Are “root cause” questions opinion based?
A root cause is a fairly singular concept. The facts in the this case are well known. Yet the question is closed as being opinion based with no explanation. If there is another credible opinion about ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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How is choosing between Javascript or CSS NOT a good software engineering question
However, the question on this site was closed, 14 years ago: When a task can be accomplished by either Javascript or CSS, is it better to use CSS? .
This all seems very fundamental, and not opinion ...
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What do people use as basis for voting on this site?
I once commented on Cryptography Meta, that the answers there are generally theoretical (and bleeding edge) in nature, so people don't have a basis for voting, which results in 0-scored posts, unlike ...
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How can I improve my "design-choice" question?
My question recently got closed due to needing to be more focused,so I want to ask exactly what I should improve upon. In my view, I have put enough detail into the question, and described the problem ...
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I want to ask if there is an existing solution to the communication problem between desktop applications. Can it be submitted in software engineering?
May I ask if my following question can be asked in software engineering?
I plan to write multiple desktop applications using PySide. These desktop applications need to work collaboratively, so this ...
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How can I view my deleted questions?
Over the years I have asked some very popular questions on Software Engineers (formerly Programmers) which have been closed. I would like to review all of my past questions that have been closed but I ...
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Cannot flag or edit broken link in historically locked question
I recently took a look at Why is cleverness considered harmful in programming by some people? and noticed that the WordPress article it linked to does not exist anymore. I wanted to edit it or flag it ...
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