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What specifically was "not constructive" about the following question based on the definition above? I think this was a completely baseless closure.
Was Eric Flint's 1632 the only SF&F work/universe where fan fiction is considered canon?
The question did NOT generate "opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion". It did, however, generate a very precise solitary answer, which completely answered it and provided useful information.
The only discussion it generated - in comments - was definition of "fanfic," which I think most reasonable SciFi&F people don't consider controversial and was very precisely defined in the question itself to avoid any ambiguity; and, moreover, fanfic questions were explicitly agreed on meta to be on topic previously.