Change a "Vote to Close" default option

Question

As noted in this question, we sometimes get a message in the close vote review queue that:

However, there is no "Vote to Close" system option stating:

This question does not appear to be about home improvement within the scope defined in the help center.

As noted in the comments on BMitch's answer to that question, we can change our close options to suit our needs.

Since we already have a "Needs details or clarity" close reason on the main "Why should this question be closed" page:

I would suggest that we replace the "Not enough information" on the "community specific" selection:

With the "not in scope" message noted above.

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Piggy-backing off of Machavity's answer, we may want to change the verbiage in the "Why should this question be closed?" box by taking the text from the close option I suggested removing, so that it reads:

Needs details or clarity

Not enough information was provided to answer this question accurately. Please include the make and model of all devices and equipment, photos, diagrams, drawings, and any other information that might help people provide an accurate answer.

Then change that option to contain the fairly boilerplate "not within scope" close option found on many other sites within SE:

Not suitable for this site: This question does not appear to be about home improvement within the scope defined in the help center.

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As an update, other sites have a "not about as defined in the help center" close reason. For example, here's the message on [woodworking.se]:

It seems perfectly reasonable to have a similar close reason here.

Dredging this up again

This question was closed for precisely the reason listed in the first image at the top of this question. I never see this as a VtC reason. How did people vote for this reason?

Answer 1

I disagree, but for a different reason.

"Needs Clarity" is the old "Unclear" reason. It's a stock closure across all sites. Our "Not enough information" one is indeed too similar as-is. I think, however, it merely needs a verbiage update.

Images or other details needed. This question needs more details to offer an answer. A picture or diagram of the subject may suffice, as it can add details that might not otherwise seem important.

I would say maybe 60-75% of all the questions that get closed could benefit greatly from an image. A closure reason that explicitly spells that out would be helpful.

Answer 2

This seems like a good idea. I support your suggestion.

Answer 3

Questions that are "not in scope" should be closed with the "other" reason, by design, because that allows (and in fact, requires!) the user to specify why they think it's not in scope in a comment that is then added to the post - allowing OP to see why they think it's not in scope.

This is important, because otherwise you have the problem of questions closed as "not in scope" but with no explanation of why - which is extremely frustrating for users, particularly new users, who might not understand why their particular question isn't in scope.

On "obvious" questions - where it's something you just want to get closed quickly because, maybe, someone's asking a sports question or something totally spammy - you can just add the text "it's not a question about Home Improvement" yourself to the "other" answer (and many people who are mods or otherwise frequently do this have this set up to work automatically, I believe).

Answer 4

No. I don't want to change the close reasons this way.