New close reasons: unclear, too broad, opinion-based, and custom sub-reasons off-topic

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There will be changes in close reasons in the next few days:

“not constructive” and “not a real question” are replaced by
“unclear what you're asking”
“too broad”
“primarily opinion-based”
“off-topic” can be refined with predefined sub-reasons. These sub-reasons can cover common motifs that are not obvious from the site name, or cases where we would formerly have used “too localized”, which will disappear.
Closed questions will be labelled as “on hold” for 5 days, and “closed” afterwards.

Should we have predefined close reasons?

"This is Home Improvement, not Ask Amazon.", "Not enough information, contact a professional." — Tester101, Jun 13 '13 at 20:23
For the predefined off-topic list, we can go with the off topic bullets at diy.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic — BMitch♦, Jun 13 '13 at 20:30
A very nice set of close reasons - meta.robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/179/… — ChrisF♦, Jun 20 '13 at 13:33

BMitch · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-13 20:36:37Z

Here are the predefined close reasons from the help page:

The cost of a job or the price of tools as these will vary between locations and over time.
Shopping assistance, product recommendations, or brand specific advice.
Legal questions, including contracts with builders, contractor negotiation, and rental agreements.
Decorating advice.
Hobby projects.
Local building codes or advice limited to your area.
Ranting. Please try to ask your question without a long complaint.
Operation of major appliances or questions regarding small appliances.

I'd say that the below off topics that belong on another site don't need a close reason, we'll migrate them instead.

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