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Are We Makingwe making it Too Temptingtoo tempting/Easyeasy to Send Inappropriate Postssend inappropriate posts to MSE?

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This "question" (asking for generalized help with a long list of elementary topics) is clearly going to be unwelcome almost anywhere, yet two users voted to close with a suggestion to "see math.stackexchange to ask general questions in mathematics".

I feel like I see equally good examples of the same phenomenon at least a few times a week.

I'm sure there are some times when it's appropriate to suggest that a userusers ask their question on MSE, but by making it so easy to click thoughtlessly on this suggestion, I fear we're doing more harm than good. Should "see math.stackexchange...." be eliminated from the vote-to-close menu?

This "question" (asking for generalized help with a long list of elementary topics) is clearly going to be unwelcome almost anywhere, yet two users voted to close with a suggestion to "see math.stackexchange to ask general questions in mathematics".

I feel like I see equally good examples of the same phenomenon at least a few times a week.

I'm sure there are some times when it's appropriate to suggest that a user ask their question on MSE, but by making it so easy to click thoughtlessly on this suggestion, I fear we're doing more harm than good. Should "see math.stackexchange...." be eliminated from the vote-to-close menu?

This "question" (asking for generalized help with a long list of elementary topics) is clearly going to be unwelcome almost anywhere, yet two users voted to close with a suggestion to "see math.stackexchange to ask general questions in mathematics".

I feel like I see equally good examples of the same phenomenon at least a few times a week.

I'm sure there are some times when it's appropriate to suggest that users ask their question on MSE, but by making it so easy to click thoughtlessly on this suggestion, I fear we're doing more harm than good. Should "see math.stackexchange...." be eliminated from the vote-to-close menu?

Changed "his" to "their". Assuming that MO users are male contributes to bias against women in mathematics.
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This "question" (asking for generalized help with a long list of elementary topics) is clearly going to be unwelcome almost anywhere, yet two users voted to close with a suggestion to "see math.stackexchange to ask general questions in mathematics".

I feel like I see equally good examples of the same phenomenon at least a few times a week.

I'm sure there are some times when it's appropriate to suggest that a user ask histheir question on MSE, but by making it so easy to click thoughtlessly on this suggestion, I fear we're doing more harm than good. Should "see math.stackexchange...." be eliminated from the vote-to-close menu?

This "question" (asking for generalized help with a long list of elementary topics) is clearly going to be unwelcome almost anywhere, yet two users voted to close with a suggestion to "see math.stackexchange to ask general questions in mathematics".

I feel like I see equally good examples of the same phenomenon at least a few times a week.

I'm sure there are some times when it's appropriate to suggest that a user ask his question on MSE, but by making it so easy to click thoughtlessly on this suggestion, I fear we're doing more harm than good. Should "see math.stackexchange...." be eliminated from the vote-to-close menu?

This "question" (asking for generalized help with a long list of elementary topics) is clearly going to be unwelcome almost anywhere, yet two users voted to close with a suggestion to "see math.stackexchange to ask general questions in mathematics".

I feel like I see equally good examples of the same phenomenon at least a few times a week.

I'm sure there are some times when it's appropriate to suggest that a user ask their question on MSE, but by making it so easy to click thoughtlessly on this suggestion, I fear we're doing more harm than good. Should "see math.stackexchange...." be eliminated from the vote-to-close menu?

added (close-reasons) - and (math-stackexchage) - both tags seem suitable to me; feel free to edit further if you see better choice of suitable tags
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