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When flagging a question to be migrated, why are some Stack Exchange sites excluded?
Why are these not options to migrate to when you are flagging a post as off-topic?
Stack Exchange sites are only allowed so many migration paths, and we have to demonstrate that we regularly have a ...
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Where to ask questions with a historical element
I don't really see anything about programming there. Yes, fork is relevant, but you're not asking about fork, you're asking i) whether rsyslogd is indeed a session leader and your book is wrong; ii) ...
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Why can we not vote to migrate a question to superuser.com?
Standing on the shoulders of giants, I'll mention: When flagging a question to be migrated, why are some Stack Exchange sites excluded? (with its link to some good reading at What is the reasoning ...
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Add askubuntu.com to Closing > Off-Topic > Migration
I will repeat the arguments Michael made in the duplicate, just to point out that nothing has changed in the intervening time. There have been a grand total of 10 questions migrated to AU in the past ...
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Is migration to Stack Overflow blocked?
The most likely cause, IMHO, is that the OP's are/were question-blocked on SO. The FAQ on migration says, in part, regarding blocked migrations:
What causes a migration to be blocked and what happens ...
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The migration target Askubuntu should be available
Above and beyond Why can we not vote to migrate a question to superuser.com?, there's some previous history here:
(2010) - How did Unix/Linux survive Area51?: "Eventually there was a vote about ...
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Should off-topic questions in the Jenkins tag be migrated to Stack Overflow intead of Super User?
IMHO this meta is the wrong place to discuss whether Jenkins is more suited to SU or SO. That is a question for their metas. Once discussed there, this meta should simply have an announcement post ...
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Migration to security by default too?
Users with 10k rep can see a history of outgoing migrations and recent statistics.
There was a single migration in the last three months.
Even accounting for the fact that some migrations may be ...
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Is it appropriate to suggest another community in a tag wiki to help get answer quicker and/or avoid a migration?
Quick answer: no, not really.
There are two issues here:
Each site has a different scope. Yes, there is overlap. Everything on Unix & Linux (U&L) is also on topic on Super User (SU). ...
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