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Today a moderator reviewed 60 close votes:

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But the daily limit is 40. Is it just moderators who can do this? And why are they allowed to review 20 more?

I have checked this question, but it does not mention anything about reviewing more tasks.

Or is Bill special ;).

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    As a moderator Bill can close as many questions as he wants. The close votes review queue is so huge that I'm glad he does this :-).
    – ben is uǝq backwards
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 22:50
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    I go over 40 on a pretty regular basis. I'm surprised it took as long as it did for anyone to notice. :)
    – Bill the Lizard Mod
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 23:23
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    @BilltheLizard Oh I'd say more than a few of us notice! :)
    – nickhar
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 23:33
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    I understand that moderators also get use of the corporate jet and keys to the executive bathroom.
    – Hovercraft Full Of Eels
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 23:52
  • The close vote review queue is mind-numbingly dull to work through so I think @BilltheLizard is doing a great job. A further question for Bill: the close votes would be immediately binding (due to being a diamond mod), but what about when you choose to leave it open? Is that also binding or does the question stay in the queue?
    – slugster
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 3:43
  • @slugster I'm not sure. I just chose "leave open" on a question that had 4 close votes, then when I refreshed the question they were still there. (This was just for testing. I then closed the question.) I don't know if that means the question would stay in the queue for other people to review or not.
    – Bill the Lizard Mod
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 4:11
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    @slugster AFAIK “leave open” removes the question from the close queue, and starts the 4-day expiration ticker on the close votes. Moderators cannot erase the existing close votes (though they can simulate that by closing and reopening immediately after).
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 10:02
  • @Gilles Cheers for that, good to know for when I dive into the review queue.
    – slugster
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 12:21

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Moderators don't have a limit for the number of questions they can close, nor a limit for the number of the questions they can review in the close review queue. I checked, and what reported in that queue is effectively the number of questions closed through the queue; it doesn't include the questions closed directly from the question page.

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