Questions tagged [migration]
"Migration" is the process of migrating off-topic questions from a Stack Exchange site to another.
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How to migrate a post that doesn't belong here to Super User?
So I ran into a post about a Lenovo laptop that obviously needs to be moved over to Super User.
So I clicked to close it and selected the Community Specific option and then to suggest moving it to ...
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Migration To Ask Different - specific question
My question results from the question here which has a answer saying that this has been asked and answered on Stack Overflow.
OK all normal and a common occurence.
However in this case the question ...
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How to get a question migrated?
I asked a question about extension/app/freeware options on a mac for a particular use case, and a user suggested I might be better off at Software Recommendations.
I didn't know about that site at ...
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Migrate a Q&A from another Stack Exchange site (eg. Super User)
I had a question to an Apple-specific problem and found the answer on Super User. I think the answer should be on this site and is general enough to be useful to lots of people.
What is the best way ...
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Question migrated to meta and remains on homepage
Is this expected behavior?
When I click on the link on the homepage it brings me to meta, but why does the link stay behind?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/131360/similar-group-like-...
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Don’t migrate cross-posts
I flagged this question as being off-topic, and later I noticed that the same question had been cross-posted to Stack Overflow. I then added a comment to the Ask Different question stating it was a ...
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Which sites should be in our primary migration paths?
When you select "off topic" as a reason to close a post on most of the other established Stack Exchange sites, you're presented with a menu similar to this:
As you can see, there are a few pre-...
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How to move a question to a different site without migration privileges?
I've asked a question here that has gotten very little response, and I think it would do better on superuser.com. First, am I right? If so, how do I go about moving it, since I don't have the rep to ...
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Do questions retain votes when migrated?
I just saw this question pop up with -6 votes.
How does iPhone's facetime work even when the phone function is off?
Did it get all those votes before or after it migrated here? If before, wouldn'...
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Question about a Windows driver -- here or Super User?
Someone recently asked the following question:
Radeon 5730m on Windows XP
Hey all,
I've recently installed Windows XP SP3 32bit onto my iMac via Boot Camp - I'm having some trouble getting graphics ...
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MacOSX programming question here or at stackoverflow?
I wonder if I should ask a MacOSX programming question here or at stackoverflow.
What is the rationale for asking here versus there and how does that decision work with the discouragement of cross ...
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