<p>To my mind, <em>elementary</em> is too slippery a criterion for closing.  I don't doubt there are many questions that are elementary for @MichaelChernick that would be over my head, and I don't necessarily think they should be closed.  Below the pictured comment, he replies, </p>

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  <p>Elementary questions are likely to have been answered many times in possible duplicates.  </p>
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<p>That seems true, but in my opinion it is incumbent on him to find those duplicates and close the question in that more specific, and more specifically relevant, manner.  </p>

<p>I am sympathetic that duplicates can be hard to find.  I often suspect there should be a duplicate, but can't find one and don't end up voting to close, or even post another answer that may cover material already covered elsewhere.  It is hard to say that that strategy is always better.  Nonetheless, I don't think 'too elementary' is a justifiable close reason.  </p>
