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Reasons for closing questions: too little effort

This is, in a certain way, a reiteration of Henri Menke's question/request "Please add more off-topic close reasons". At the moment of writing this, this question has one highly voted answer, which ...
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Is a showcase of preambles off-topic?

Would it be off-topic to have a question where people can showcase good preambles for some specific purpose (like assignments, books, lecture notes, letters, articles etc.)? I am thinking about a ...
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Is asking questions about TeX jargon on the main site okay?

An aspect of learning about the concepts that underlie TeX and LaTeX is learning how to apply terms correctly that are TeX jargon. Is it on topic to ask about how to apply terms of TeX jargon or about ...
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How broadly do we define "friends" of TeX?

The original title of this site was, as I recall, "TeX, LaTeX, and friends". That seems to have now been trimmed down to just "TeX - LaTeX", but other variants such as ConTeXt are still on topic. How ...
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Acceptable Questions and User Opinions

This meta question arises from the closure of my question. I am not going to try to reopen the question, because I am not a close/reopen button lover. Just let the question be part of the silent ...
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Off-topic closure: why so few specific reasons?

I just found this question through review -- a first post. The question is perfectly clear: the user has a problem and is asking for a solution. So it is not unclear what you're asking. I cannot say ...
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