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Note how the info to the right of the flag says I've commented

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If it knows I've commented, it really shouldn't tell me to comment. I'm in the habit of commenting immediately after I close, so I can see this happening a lot. Even for mods who normally comment before closing, the rare occurrence of this flag when they forget or whatever should be dismissed on a comment just like deleting a post clears flags.

I also disagree with the general premise that mods should be nagged instead of being taught up front what to do when closing, but that's a subject for a different post. There's also the occasional question which is about apples or something, and it's not exactly necessary to leave a comment when closing as off-topic.

As noted in the comments:

Given the newer clearer close reasons and the help center, sometimes a comment is not even needed. Mods would basically be repeating whats mentioned on the close banner just a few lines below.

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    What the heck is community doing? – user1228 Oct 19 '11 at 10:27
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    Drinking. Also, summitting. Which is harder than it looks. – Shog9 Oct 22 '11 at 3:13
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    "There's also the occasional question which is about apples or something..." - On the Music site? Awesome =) – Josh Darnell Mar 8 '12 at 21:42
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    The situation has grown even more absurd with custom close reasons, which are directly intended to save effort explaining our closes in the comments. – Ziv Dec 5 '13 at 12:57
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    Given the newer clearer close reasons and the help center, sometimes a comment is not even needed. Mods would basically be repeating whats mentioned on the close banner just a few lines below. – asheeshr Dec 5 '13 at 13:36
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    This has always annoyed me. I generally reject Community's flag if I closed the question myself. Perhaps the little guy will eventually take a hint. – Jamal Dec 5 '13 at 13:40
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This new behaviour (only on beta sites) is very very annoying and quite frankly I don't understand why they're nagging the mods. At the very least, this behaviour could be changed to:

If a mod closes a question and does't leave a comment/there's no other comment after 5 minutes from the time of closure, then raise a flag asking the mod to explain.

Meanwhile, you get to spend some quality time with Community, declining its flags.

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    It's also triggered by migrated posts where you can't even leave a comment at all since they're locked. – Adam Lear♦ Oct 19 '11 at 14:35
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    @Anna True, that's what triggered in mine. We had a small discussion amongst other mods and Rebecca was mulling over excluding migrations and closed as dupes from triggering the flag. – Lorem Ipsum Oct 19 '11 at 14:41

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