Why was my question (whose title I rewrote 2 minutes ago) closed as 'off-topic', when it resembles these others that were resolved by users' suggestions of apps?
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This question and answer may be helpful: How do I ask a question that may require recommending a product? – ale Nov 22 '16 at 20:39
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I was one of the close voters.
- You were specifically seeking for an app, which is discouraged for reasons mentioned and reproduced
Questions asking us to find or recommend an app, device, ROM, accessory or off-site resource are off-topic for Android Enthusiasts as they tend to attract opinionated answers and spam and become obsolete quickly
Asking for a way or means to achieve your aim, is broader and covers all approaches to solve ( apps inclusive but barring programming / ROM modding, etc) .
If the intent of OP is to specifically seek an app based solution, then SE Softwarerecs is the right place. Here it is about posing a problem and asking for solutions, and those who respond may well offer app based solution or something in addition to app . See this question for example. It was also voted for closure but edited by me to make it a non app seeking question and answered . OP now has a method to help him involving a hybrid approach of using an app and other means resulting in a win - win outcome for the OP and the site
There are older questions on the site, which seek apps specifically and have not been closed. My guess is that these pre-date the current policy
Edit: To sum up , questions on this site are liable to be closed if they specifically seek app based solutions, whereas solutions can include app based approach
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3Yes, we definitely got a lot of "offline maps" questions early on in the site. If any that are still around are off-topic, please flag them and we can close or lock them. – Matthew Read Oct 31 '16 at 14:37
