# What's the issue with this question about symbolic logic?

The question Logic inference about ducks was asked two months ago, and closed last month. I don't understand why. It is about how to correctly symbolize a statement, using symbolic logic. It's a good question, because it invited talk about the distinction of $$\oplus$$ and $$\lor$$, as well as showing how the same statement can be stated in multiple ways.

It was apparently closed on the grounds of being off-topic. I've heard of instances where a close reason is chosen willy-nilly due to a lack of agreement between the closers or a lack of an accurate option for closing. If the former, than I'd say the closers ought to sit down and really figure out if the post is supposed to be closed at all, and if the latter, then their own idiosyncratic view may be the reason for the closing of a rule-wise acceptable question.

So, if the post was indeed off-topic, I'd like to know why. If it wasn't, I'd like to know what the actual reason(s) were.

• Well, this comment is applicable again. Jan 14 at 19:28
• That questions that are nothing but a statement are discouraged, That is discussed long ago (here) Jan 14 at 19:31
• Nothing "willy-nilly". You answered a very low-quality question, which, as ArcticChar mentions, was a problem statement, and you did it for them. The Question was correctly closed, as it should have been two months ago. Please also review, Enforcement of Quality Standards. Please do not answer such question. Jan 14 at 20:44
• Also, @user, Please read How to ask a good question, to better understand the definition of a "good question", on math.se. Jan 14 at 22:58
• And you left out the Important message to the asker: "Please provide additional context, which ideally explains why the question is relevant to you and our community. Some forms of context include: background and motivation, relevant definitions, source, possible strategies, your current progress, why the question is interesting or important, etc." I realize you can not now see that, but you and the asker saw it plain as day, prior to its deletion weeks later. Jan 14 at 23:03
• @amWhy That message is viewable by the post author and users with the close/reopen votes privilege only. Jan 14 at 23:30
• And that's why I posted it here, in the event that was the case, dear @ArcticChar ! Jan 14 at 23:46