Questions tagged [vote-to-close]
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Should questions that portray a clear opinion be closed as opinion-based?
This was inspired by this question. The topic as such is not necessarily opinion based and could be answered by citing scientific studies. But the author already has a clear opinion on the matter and ...
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Hiding the usernames of persons who have voted to close a question. New Practice?
I recently had a question closed here and noticed that the usernames of those voting to close was not displayed. Is this (not displaying the usernames) a relatively new practice?
It has occurred to ...
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How to deal with a question closed as duplicate when the OP marks several old questions as duplicates?
I have noticed this happening on several occasions. One example:
A user posts this question which is marked as duplicate two days later
The OP goes ahead and marks several related questions as ...
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Should I be shy about making significant edits to improve a question? [duplicate]
If someone posts a very biased question that is likely to be quickly closed but I can see a way to heavily change the question to be objective (while preserving some of the intent) should I do so?
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Repeatedly closing and reopening of (highly) controversial questions
Philipp cast a cast "2x-power" close vote on a recent controversial question on Trump's tax returns, meaning there were already 3 such votes. This was a minor exercise of mod extra powers. I'm not at ...
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Is it OK to vote to close and answer a question at the same time?
Currently, this question has something peculiar: a user has voted to close it and also provided (a good) answer. I have seen this a few times, but cannot find another example.
It seems quite strange ...
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Does serial close voting by tag matter?
During my review of close votes I have noticed that there is a significant fraction of questions tagged israel (example 1, example 2).
All these questions seemed fine for me and for the community as ...
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Should lack of “good-faith effort to learn (..)” be linked to a clear part of the question?
I have stumbled across this question which received 3 close votes from which 2 are "The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or ...
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Apparent close votes discrepancy
I have encountered the following discrepancy related to a closed question:
Question was normally closed by 5 regular users (not hammered by a moderator). However, review history reveals only 2 votes.
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Strange non-correlation between close/reopen votes and up/downvotes
This question was closed as offtopic, but received no downvotes. On the other hand, this one received no upvotes, but 4 reopen votes.
Should not be a correlation between downvotes and close votes? ...
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How can we tell when a question about the views of a politician is 'opinion based'?
I recently posted the question Why did Theresa May propose a free vote on fox hunting in her manifesto? and it had a mixed response.
On the plus side, there was a decent answer and upvotes. On the ...
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Should we allow link-only questions?
In Is there any validity to the Claim that Hillary Clinton got bribed by India?, the question is of this form:
Link
Headline claim.
Questions saying essentially please go to this article and tell ...
