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Should incomplete tag requests be closed as duplicates?

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I took a look at this question and discovered that it has been closed as a duplicate. I believe this is incorrect, and that the post should be closed as needing details and clarity.

Let's see the flags' descriptions:

  • a duplicate: This question has been asked before and already has an answer.
  • Needs details or clarity: This question should include more details and clarify the problem.

I think it's pretty clear that it makes no sense for the question to be closed as a duplicate. For this question, the OP is requesting that a tag be made for Pymoo. It does not already have an answer; the "duplicate" of simply talks about what a tag request should contain, not whether a tag should be made for Pymoo. The question does, however, not contain all the details that a tag request should have.

Now, Alexei Levenkov disagreed with me and said this:

In general I'm in favor of not starting re-close for a different reason and I think duplicate of FAQ actually more beneficial to OP than downvotes/"not enough info" close votes...

It may be somewhat beneficial, but it simply doesn't match the specifications of being a duplicate. I believe it would be far better and clearer to close the question for needing details or clarity and then leaving a comment saying,

Please improve your question according to these specifications.

Plus, I think starting a re-close is perfectly justified so as not to confuse future readers who may legitimately want a Pymoo tag, and then check the duplicate and find nothing about it.

What do you guys think?


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