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What criteria should we use when choosing close reasons for marginal questions?

From a purely technical perspective it doesn't matter - the close votes just count as close votes when it comes to weight. So if you want any guidance I'd suggest using whichever one you think gives ...
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Isn't this question not a question, or: Have I lost my mind?

I think your analysis is correct. But I confess, I still upvoted and starred the question. I think the answers are good enough to save the question, even though you're totally right that it's purely ...
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Voting for closure and migration of questions

We've requested it in the past, but migration paths can only be made with sites that are out of beta. Music Fans is very much still in the beta phase of its life cycle. If it gets out of beta I ...
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What criteria should we use when choosing close reasons for marginal questions?

I tend to favour the more severe or harder-to-fix close reason, to avoid setting false expectations. For example, if a question is blatantly off-topic, and can't be edited to bring it on topic (e.g. ...
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What criteria should we use when choosing close reasons for marginal questions?

It's always hard to shape an exact close reason out of the 6 default close reasons we are given. Even off-topic comes with different flavors. Equipment recommendations differ vastly than transcribing ...
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Which question about piano finger-sustain notation is "canon", and which is duplicate?

While the wording in the interface for a closed-as-duplicate question is "This question already has answers here", my personal opinion is that it makes for an odd user experience to close an ...
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Request for change of wording: "song" should be "piece"

While experts and professionals will know the meaning of "piece", those with less music knowledge will far better understand "song" - and we really want to make it easier for them ...
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