How to deal with questions that turn out to be a result of the user overlooking something?

Question

Let's say a user asks a question and that question is because of an error on the user's part. Here is an example:

• Missed snapshot tab in virtualbox

Another example is when one asks a question like Can't find the Firefox preference tab. But then later on, the user finds the Firefox preference tab and answers the question himself. I've seen a lot of these questions over the past couple of months.

So, my question is, does these type of questions need to be deleted because it's a "user error" (no coffee / simply overlooked / 10 hours straight programming, brain is fried!, etc)?

Answer 1

Generally, we close those questions as "Too localized" as they are not particularly helpful to the larger audience.

Too localized

This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ.

You can flag those questions for closure when and where necessary.

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See also:

• What does each flag reason mean, and when should I use them?