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Why this question is off-topic and migrated to U&L?
You're right, the question isn't off-topic. It was as migrated to Unix and Linux only because the OP requested it in a flag.
Usually if you ask for your question to be moved we are happy to oblige, ...
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Please migrate/merge #888497 onto Unix & Linux SE
I'm afraid we can do neither. Questions older than 60 days cannot be migrated and we can't merge without migrating.
Only questions which are less than 60 days old can be migrated; this rule also ...
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Migration Paths?
I definitely agree that more migration targets should be provided. There is only one path to Ask Ubuntu Meta currently and we can only ask for migration to different sites by raising a moderation flag ...
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Why this question is off-topic and migrated to U&L?
You should look at some of the questions we get here: Most end users don't know the difference between Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Kali, Mint, Elementary, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows. (And I've seen all ...
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How to migrate a question?
Flag for moderator attention. At the moment, migration paths to other Stack Exchange sites are not available to 3k users. 3k users can only migrate to here, Meta. With <3k rep, you can only flag ...
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Why are only mods allowed to vote to migrate a question to another site (not including the site's Meta site)?
My rationale to date for resisting open migrations is "because migrations are rubbish":
Cannot specify other SE groups for transfer
Activate migration paths to Unix and Linux, should we?
I maintain ...
OliMod
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What is wrong with migrating a question to another site?
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with migrating a question, but in a lot of cases it can fall under the don't migrate crap rule.
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How are migrated questions to askubuntu treated when are actually off topic?
Moderators are more than capable of handling questions in this case.
This question was migrated and before VTCers came by and addressed it, the bounty was posted. To that end, the bounty was removed ...
Thomas WardMod
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