<p>I agree that this is common. </p>

<p>I don't find it especially troubling on the whole. If a question is unacceptable on any ground, it doesn't belong. If you throw something out, it is secondary why you do. </p>

<p>At the same time, <strong>good (concise, precise, informative) feedback will tell the OP what was wrong (and help them to do it less often in the future)</strong>. In addition, that feedback <strong>may remind others of the boundaries we have (and, more optimistically, of where they tend to be drawn)</strong>. </p>

<p>But the mix of reasons can imply some inconsistency. Whether the inconsistency is problematic is a deeper question. </p>

<p>Example 1: a question is, according to different voters, too broad <strong>and</strong> unclear. This can often happen with poor questions. Anything close to How should I analyse my data? can be a poor question on both grounds: it is too general without more specifics on the problem and it can be unclear what kind of answer is expected. </p>

<p>Example 2: a question is, according to different voters, too much focused on code in some software <strong>and</strong> deserves migration to Stack Overflow. This is a common clash. Sometimes a visceral "No! this is really a programming question" can disagree with a recommendation to migrate. The need here is to look closely to see if at the heart of the question there is a reproducible code example that would be acceptable on Stack Overflow. That's a tough call unless you have some familiarity with what does and does not go down well there. </p>
