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Related: How can we close questions with bounties?
Related #2: Allow users to vote to close bountied questions

I just noticed that I am now able to click on vote to close on a bountied question!

Has the system changed?

If so, then what are the new rules?

It still says that I can't vote due to the bounty, but I don't remember the close link being there before when a bounty existed.

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    Please link to the question you're seeing this on.
    – Pops
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:39
  • @PopularDemand one such example: stackoverflow.com/q/11794554/561731
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:40
  • @jadarnel27 read the OP.
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:42
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    @aman Your title confuses people. It makes them believe you believe one can vote to close a bountied question. (And I don't remember not having a "close" link on bountied questions.)
    – Daniel Fischer
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:44
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    So the real question is "Is the 'close' link on questions with active bounties new?"
    – Pops
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:53
  • @PopularDemand I guess...?
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:53

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You can click on close, but when you actually select a reason you get the "This question has an open bounty and cannot be closed" message.

There've been requests to change the UI related to this for at least a year. The best would probably be to leave the close link (so it's not mysteriously missing), but give the message immediately instead of after a reason's selected.

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  • Yes... I know that -- read the OP.... The close button did not used to be there when a question was bountied....
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:41
  • The system should just hide the close link - save both the user the time and the server some (small) load.
    – nhahtdh
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:42
  • @amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA I'm not sure that's true. I think I saw an old question recently requesting that it be hidden since closing isn't actually an option.
    – blahdiblah
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:42
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    @nhahtdh: It's more instructive to provide a link and then tell the user why they can't use it, than it is for the link to be mysteriously missing without explanation.
    – user102937
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:43
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    @RobertHarvey: What you said about mysteriously missing link makes sense, but I think it is better to display the orange box right away rather than displaying the close reason.
    – nhahtdh
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:44
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    @RobertHarvey we do do the mysteriously missing edit link for when a person can't edit atm. why not for the close link as well?
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:45
  • Everyone can suggest edits. Is the link called something else like "improve" for suggested editors?
    – user102937
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:47
  • @RobertHarvey when there is an edit in the queue and you do not have edit privs yet, the edit link did not used to show.
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 18:51
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    @aman Which confused the heck out of people, and if I recall correctly, that has been changed and the link is now just greyed out or something. I think hovering gets you a popup telling you why you can't suggest an edit at the moment.
    – Daniel Fischer
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 19:00
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    @DanielFischer Indeed.
    – Tim Stone
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 19:01
  • @TimStone indeed?
    – Naftali
    Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 12:52

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