I was referring to a question here: 

[How to correct a junior, but encourage him to think for himself?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/131746/how-to-correct-a-junior-but-encourage-him-to-think-for-himself/)

This was closed as off topic! 

If you see it received 38 reps and there were great participation, about 10 answers. 

How can a "good question" be closed? I agree that one can say similar thing *can* happen on other industry; but that doesn't mean this is not what programmers face.

Isn't this being harsh just for the sake of being definition of off-topic?