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This question just popped up on the close vote feed:

How many files can I put in a directory?

It's 5 years old and about file systems.

In my opinion it should be closed, it's not programming related, however it's got over 250 up votes.

Thoughts?

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    Why do you think it is not programming related? Unless you are generating files programmatically I guess you are unlikely to hit these limits. – Martin Smith Aug 23 '14 at 13:39
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Just because a question is highly upvoted doesn't mean it shouldn't be closed. What is and isn't on-topic on Stack Overflow has changed over the years and as more sites have been added into the Stack Exchange network, which can make older, upvoted questions off-topic or otherwise close-worthy. If you feel it should be closed, vote to close it.

In this particular instance I agree with you - the question should be closed as off-topic.

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    5 years old question is too old to migrate – gnat Aug 23 '14 at 10:23
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    @gnat Fair enough, thank you for bringing that to my attention - I'll remove the reference to it. – JonK Aug 23 '14 at 10:25
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    I completely disagree. This question looks absolutely programming related, and on topic. It talks about files being uploaded to a web site, names being stored in a database, etc. It seems obvious that this is about files that are created and managed programmatically, and the question is how to do that properly without running into trouble because of system limitations. – Reto Koradi Aug 23 '14 at 17:24
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    @RetoKoradi If you feel that it was incorrectly closed then it is within your power to cast a vote to reopen the question. However I disagree with your assessment. The focus of the question is not a programming question, it is tangentially related at best and as such it is off-topic. – JonK Aug 23 '14 at 17:42

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