# Question voted for close

This question of mine has been voted to be closed. The reason stated there is because some user thinks it's off topic. Is it really? In my opinion, it's not, but I maybe wrong.

What do you think?

• There is a statistics stack exchange. Maybe that's more suitable? – Fengyang Wang Aug 9 '14 at 18:47
• It is not clear what the people who voted to close believe "off topic" to mean. It is a clear question, definitely on a serious mathematical topic. – André Nicolas Aug 9 '14 at 18:53
• The voter for "off topic" selected "no context" as the reason. I initially voted with this person (becoming the 2nd close vote), because I mis-read the question to be "how should I prove a), b), c)" (because that's the format a lot of users asking homework questions use.) Upon closer examination, I've retracted my vote. I suspect the original voter also misread the question. I wouldn't worry about it, if I were you--quite a few close-vote reviewers have voted to "leave open." – apnorton Aug 9 '14 at 18:58
• Ok. Thanks everybody. ;) – An old man in the sea. Aug 9 '14 at 18:59
• @Andre: I do think it's pretty likely that they believe it to mean that this looks like yet another "here's my exercise, do it for me" problem. And I agree that it does look like such a thing if you just give it a cursory look over. (I did vote to leave open as well) – user14972 Aug 9 '14 at 19:01
• @Hurkyl Well, I wouldn't know since I'm selfstudying. But wouldn't be strange I post a HW question in almost mid August? I don't know many(or any) universities with classes in August. – An old man in the sea. Aug 9 '14 at 19:03
• @Hurkyl: Voting to close has become fashionable, so people do it early and often, without necessarily reading. – André Nicolas Aug 9 '14 at 19:06
• @Anoldmaninthesea. This is a bit off-topic, but consider summer sessions, online schools with year-round schedule, the Antipodes... – user147263 Aug 9 '14 at 19:09
• @900sit-upsaday hum... ok. – An old man in the sea. Aug 9 '14 at 19:22
• As a tangential matter, the tag order-statistics seems out of place on this Question. Order statistics have to do with ranked/sorted observations, not with "order" of moments, etc. – hardmath Aug 10 '14 at 12:02
• @Anoldmaninthesea. MSE has participants from different countries. In the Philippines, for example, practically all universities (for now) have a school year that starts in June and ends in March (with summer sessions from April to May). – Joel Reyes Noche Aug 11 '14 at 0:55

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