Timeline for What is a "closed" or "duplicate" question, and how does question closing work?
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| Jun 26 at 18:52 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2022 at 1:20 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
SE just deregistered the write access for the apps - RIP
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| May 25, 2021 at 13:09 | history | edited | 41686d6564 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
This is already mentioned in the third bullet point (added in previous revision).
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| S May 25, 2021 at 12:29 | history | suggested | Firestar464 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
new test (https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/364007/testing-three-vote-close-and-reopen-on-13-network-sites?cb=1)
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| Aug 18, 2020 at 19:19 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
It isn't merely an experiment that SO's threshold is set to three, but a permanent feature. Other experiments aren't tracked here anyways.
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| Aug 18, 2020 at 17:54 | history | edited | user313042 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
more sites than just SO have the threshold set at 50 close votes/day, better to track this elsewhere and link to it here if needed; Stack Apps has the threshold set at 12 close votes/day; more sites than just SO are experimenting with a lowered threshold for close votes, better to track it elsewhere
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| Aug 18, 2020 at 5:17 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jul 18, 2020 at 22:26 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Remove further references to "on hold" and add new names of close reasons
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| S Jul 18, 2020 at 22:26 | history | suggested | Anthony Lahmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2020 at 13:30 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 13, 2019 at 14:35 | history | rollback | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog |
Rollback to Revision 51
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| Aug 13, 2019 at 6:15 | comment | added | ivan_pozdeev | @Braiam the "When the review is complete with consensus for close" section in meta.stackoverflow.com/a/300851/648265 | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 19:56 | comment | added | Braiam | @ivan_pozdeev where's that side note? | |
| Aug 9, 2019 at 17:26 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2018 at 1:05 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 6, 2018 at 9:06 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | @MaskedMan Yes, I also believe that we should better communicate to new users that editing within five days will lead to the post being reviewed for reopening. There is a link in the closure notice that says to edit, but new users may assume that that does nothing. You should post a request about this. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 9:03 | comment | added | Masked Man | @Sonic I have read that post years ago. Still doesn't answer the question of why "closed" is at all needed. There's nothing special about 5 days, posts can be improved any time. Also, 5 years later, it is still called "closed" everywhere else, and about that "welcoming new users" thing, there is absolutely nothing that makes it clear that editing the post may lead to reopening. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 7:38 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | @MaskedMan For more info on why they implemented the system that way, see Every "close" has its thorn: replace "close" with "on hold" for the first five days. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 7:35 | comment | added | Masked Man | @Sonic OK, so why not get rid of "closed" altogether? Also, remind me again, what is the comment automatically posted when a user casts a close vote with a custom reason? When the question is put "on hold", does the banner make it obvious to a "new user" that it can be reopened? | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 7:18 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:29 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Dec 3, 2017 at 9:48 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add more information (recommend closure flags, etc.)
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| S Oct 3, 2017 at 3:16 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
expand some sections; clarify that 20k+ users can only immediately vote to delete if the question scores -3 or lower
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| S Jul 22, 2017 at 21:15 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
update for new info; update FAQ with 4-hour grace period
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:36 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| S Apr 1, 2017 at 10:36 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Update for new behavior, and add paragraph about "marked as duplicate" (since different from "put on hold" or "closed")
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:31 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 9:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| S Sep 27, 2016 at 17:37 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 13, 2015 at 0:07 | comment | added | ivan_pozdeev | The only place I could find is a side note in meta.stackoverflow.com/a/300851/648265 though I can bet I saw this information before. My guess about Robert Harvey's motive for deleting is to not include information that's not very useful and very prone to becoming outdated. | |
| Aug 12, 2015 at 22:59 | comment | added | IMSoP | @ivan_pozdeev As I said, "If so, what is the current answer to that question, which is still listed as belonging on this page?'" | |
| Aug 12, 2015 at 18:58 | comment | added | ivan_pozdeev | @IMSoP the text is out of date. | |
| May 5, 2015 at 14:19 | comment | added | David Price | Why does it seem like a question can be put on hold by multiple people? Do all of those people need to approve the changes in order for the question to be reopened? | |
| Apr 23, 2014 at 13:35 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 9:11 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 22, 2014 at 14:10 | comment | added | IMSoP | A recent edit to this answer appears to have removed the entire section on "What if multiple close reasons are used on a question?" Was this deliberate? Was the text out of date? If so, what is the current answer to that question, which is still listed as belonging on this page? | |
| Mar 11, 2014 at 10:40 | history | edited | Himanshu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Updated info: as per http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/224953/187824
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| Feb 20, 2014 at 7:17 | comment | added | clabacchio | I think that an important point is missing in this answer: why is a closed post prevented from receiving answers? | |
| Nov 19, 2013 at 23:21 | history | edited | user215114 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 24, 2013 at 7:11 | history | edited | Aziz Shaikh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 13, 2013 at 21:11 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 13, 2013 at 20:56 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2012 at 6:10 | history | edited | user102937 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2012 at 20:33 | history | edited | Pops | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2012 at 23:15 | history | edited | ChrisFMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
closure is not the end of the road
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| Sep 18, 2011 at 4:34 | history | edited | bwDraco | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2011 at 21:28 | history | edited | Jarrod Dixon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The code does not lie - the latest close reason has always been used in the event of a tie.
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| Jan 9, 2011 at 10:21 | history | edited | tshepang | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Beta sites need lesser rep
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| Dec 9, 2010 at 19:24 | history | edited | Pops | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Oct 27, 2010 at 21:05 | history | edited | Pops | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 16, 2010 at 14:09 | history | edited | Pops | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 2, 2010 at 21:16 | history | edited | mmyers | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 30, 2010 at 15:39 | history | edited | mmyers | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 1, 2010 at 7:12 | history | edited | random | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 9, 2009 at 23:06 | history | edited | Shog9 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 23, 2009 at 12:16 | history | edited | tvanfosson | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 6, 2009 at 19:09 | history | edited | mmyers | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 6, 2009 at 8:49 | history | edited | derobert | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Etiquette for closing your own questions has been moved to meta. Repoint.
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| Sep 24, 2008 at 14:42 | history | answered | CC BY-SA 2.5 |