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I'm for this. In my mind there's nothing touchy or controversial about deleting bad content. Our reasons for closing Ubuntu+1 are fairly solid: it's a moving target and it makes for bad questions. B …

Well I'm reversing those decisions because yes, development is very much on-topic here. To be clear these two examples are borderline generic (there's little to do with Ubuntu here) and I'd welcome pe …

I do think this is a major flaw in the duplicate system on Stack Exchange. It's good enough for us because we know what a duplicate is. But for non-users, they're not necessarily going to notice the " …

I've reopened it but this should be something that's easier to just talk to Canonical about. I suggest you just ping them a quick email now and you'll probably know before an answer is posted here. J …

If you're sure it's a problem represented by that bug, answer it. I've reopened it to allow that. I consider this a much healthier option to just shutting the question down. I've been through the rea …

I disagree with the tone of Byte's answer, on a couple of counts: There's a ton of on-topic space around pre-release Ubuntu. The benchmark is "Can it be answered and will it likely still apply come …

There's certainly no question about propriety. If your question should be closed, it probably should be closed. But there are a few options: Delete. If you completely messed up and your question was …

You had me sold by the third paragraph :) I've reopened it. I'm not saying: Woohaa! Let's handle feature requests! I need to be clear on that. We don't. This particular question isn't really a feature …

Fair point. I've edited the message to point to the /help/on-topic/ page.

Chrubuntu is stock Ubuntu with a different install vector. Everything but installing it is on topic. That's the current policy boiled to the bone... But on closer inspection (and with help from t …

Off-topic is considered a negative close reason, whoever started it. In the future, if you post something that you're not sure about, just delete it. You should be able to undelete it later on if you …

It's a little bit chatty, a little bit faffy. That's probably the reason is was closed originally. It would probably be better if it were something along the lines of What are virtual desktops and wh …

We can merge anything as long as one of the questions is closed. The "type" of closure makes no difference. Just some context (that you cannot see) about this question: Op asked in August '11. Op f …

There are a few things going on here: The server will allow submissions up to 4 hours after closure. The client-side javascript polls the server for question status roughly once every 45 seconds. If …