I'm gonna go ahead and post my suggestion for what should be done; if you agree, upvote, if not, post your own solution. :)

I think that General Reference should be eliminated based on two main reasons.

1. It's usefulness can be easily covered through other close reasons. As Gilles said, expanding Too Localized beyond just "space and time" would enable it to cover questions that are just too simple, while Off Topic could cover things easily answered by iMDB. Our site isn't about who acted in what, eliminating the "Who played character X in movie Y?" questions.
2. In its current form, it's too subjective and confusing. If it's around, users will still assume that it's the same thing it was before, and use it the same way: subjectively. By getting rid of it, we are simultaneously preventing its misuse and encouraging closing for more objective reasons instead.

While keeping it and attempting to limit its scope is a valid solution, I think the better solution is to eliminate it. By eliminating it, we do not lose any functionality, and simultaneously simplify the closing process for all users.

I'm gonna go ahead and post my suggestion for what should be done; if you agree, upvote, if not, post your own solution. :)

I think that General Reference should be eliminated based on two main reasons.

1. It's usefulness can be easily covered through other close reasons. As Gilles said, expanding Too Localized beyond just "space and time" would enable it to cover questions that are just too simple, while Off Topic could cover things easily answered by iMDB. Our site isn't about who acted in what, eliminating the "Who played character X in movie Y?" questions.
2. In its current form, it's too subjective and confusing. If it's around, users will still assume that it's the same thing it was before, and use it the same way: subjectively. By getting rid of it, we are simultaneously preventing its misuse and encouraging closing for more objective reasons instead.

While keeping it and attempting to limit its scope is a valid solution, I think the better solution is to eliminate it. By eliminating it, we do not lose any functionality, and simultaneously simplify the closing process for all users.