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Stack Overflow only accepts questions about programming that are tightly focused on a specific problem. Questions of a broader nature—or those inviting answers that are inherently a matter of opinion—are usually rejected by the site's users, and marked as closed. The sister site softwareengineering.stackexchange.com is intended to be a venue for broader queries, e.g. general questions about [[software development]].<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=How do I ask a good question?|url=https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask|access-date=2021-04-26|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425190449/https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask|url-status=live}}</ref>
Closing questions is a main differentiation from other Q&A sites like [[Yahoo! Answers]] and a way to prevent low quality questions. The mechanism was overhauled in 2013; questions edited after being put "on hold" now appear in a review queue.<ref>{{cite web|title=The war of the closes|date=25 June 2013|url=https://stackoverflow.blog/2013/06/25/the-war-of-the-closes/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803223431/https://stackoverflow.blog/2013/06/25/the-war-of-the-closes/|archive-date=3 August 2019|access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> Jeff Atwood stated in 2010 that duplicate questions are not seen as a problem but rather they constitute an advantage if such additional questions drive extra traffic to the site by [[Search engine optimization|multiplying relevant keyword hits in search engines]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Strangedupe: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love Duplication|url=https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812004558/http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/|archive-date=12 August 2016|access-date=19 March 2017|work=stackoverflow.com|date=16 November 2010}}</ref>
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