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Andy

00:55

So...who are the lucky people?

16 hours ago, by ArtOfCode

Ah, good. I have a reply to a ticket I sent in an the lack of mods. "We'll send out emails sometime on Friday."

Zizouz212

Did we just get a custom close reason?!?

Andy

Really? goes to look

Zizouz212

@Andy Oh dear...

Andy

We did indeed get a custom reason

Zizouz212

...

Not sure how I feel about that...

Andy

00:56

We have a custom close reason:
> Requirements are too broad — This is a community-run website to help users complete an exhaustive solution search given very specific requirements. Posts should detail why a simple product search did not work for you. Unfortunately the "requirements" listed are not sufficient to narrow down the possible solutions in any definitive way. See helping broad questions.

Zizouz212

And it's a tinyurl...

Andy

Based off this question: meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/189/…

heh. that means Robert ran out of characters

Though, I thought SE had their own shortener

Zizouz212

I thought you had a gazillion chars for close reasons?

Andy

400 I think

Zizouz212

Or is that bounties? I can't remember now...

Adam

01:02

What is SE's short URL? I've never seen it before.

I've always wanted .se to be a thing. Like hardwarerecs.se. That's not possible though.

Andy

A: What shortened URLs are available through s.tk?

General /: Stack Exchange /about: About /apps: Stack Apps /area51 Area 51 /attribution: Stack Exchange Attribution Policy /blog: Stack Exchange Blog /blogs: Community Blogs /careers: Stack Overflow Careers /chat: Chat /data: SE Data Explorer /elections Stack Exchange Moderator Candidate Stati...

s.tk apparently

Zizouz212

Robert is a traitor!!!!!!!!!

Andy

Hardware Recommendations doesn't have a shortened url

Zizouz212

Software Recs doesn't seem to have one either

Andy

The shortened URL in the close reason goes to this post, so everyone is aware: meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/186/57

Zizouz212

01:18

@Cfinley That linked post that you have pinned on the right... meta.superuser.com/questions/6166/…

Adam

I was completely unaware of that shortener. Good to know.

Andy

01:31

Okay, using the feedback below, I managed to work up a close reason that actually fits, while maintaining that helpful, prescriptive tone. I've had some really good luck with this format in general, so hopefully this will prove to be a user-friendly way to explain to folks why some questions are simply not quite ready for this site. — Robert Cartaino ♦ 6 hours ago

Cfinley

02:12

@Zizouz212 Thanks for posting that

@Andy Not I

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Adam

03:17

@Andy So the laptop carrying case question has been flagged as off-topic. I voted to leave it open. We'll see how this turns out.

Andy

03:34

That's cool. I'm not going to complain if it gets closed. It's out there as a test question.

Undo

04:32

@Andy If we're talking about custom URLs... thefinalfrontier.stackexchange.com

@Andy fwiw, getting the email is IIRC generally considered confidential

If for no other reason than not stirring up disgruntlement

9 hours later…

Andy

13:38

Good Saturday everyone

Undo

14:21

@Andy Same!

Journeyman Geek

Greetings from the future.

(Sunday's almost over here)

Andy

Send lottery numbers

Journeyman Geek

There was no lottery today ;p

Also, cow massagers are a thing.

imgur.com/gallery/1GlGMbY

Andy

That is a happy looking cow

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enderland

16:39

@JourneymanGeek which one should I buy? is that on topic here?

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JonasCz

18:08

You should buy the model with the integrated WiFi, camera and cow happiness sensor, so you can monitor how happy your cows really are :-) @enderland

Undo

18:27

cv-plz hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/754/1

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Q: Will I be able to reinstall games after XBOX 360 format?

I know it might not be the best StackExchange Community, but it's the best i've found I want to sell my x360. Do I have to format It or just remove all user profiles? And will the person that will by it, be able to reinstall games (from CDs) Thanks

hard-disk

JonasCz

I've seen quite a few questions like this. Asking for help with something hardware-related, but it's not asking for a recommendation. Perhaps we should have a specific close reason for questions like these..

Hardware Recommendations Meta

Q: Can we have a 'blatantly off-topic' custom close reason?

We got a custom close reason for unclear questions - yay! However, when we got this it deactivated the 'standard' blatantly off-topic reason, thereby making us have to use custom comments for questions like this one. Can we have a 'this just doesn't belong here' reason? The standard, boring on...

discussion close-reasons

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Adam

19:59

Ay, where da mods at?

Undo

@Adam We'll probably get 'em on Monday

Usually this kind of thing doesn't happen over the weekend

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Adam

21:22

So... any thoughts on this new question about time travel?

I flagged it as unclear.

Andy

21:40

OK, that'd fit under @Undo's blatantly off topic reason. I voted to close too.

I'd like a technical support close reason too

Adam

22:06

That would help a ton.

Hardware Recommendations Meta

Q: Is this question on-topic?

This question, Gaming PC from 2005, What Parts?, is rather unique on HR. It asks about common hardware from 2005. I think it is an interesting question, but I'm not sure if it is on-topic. It doesn't seem to have any specific guidelines, so I'm not sure if it should be closed. This type of quest...