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It's been brought to my attention that since the new deletion changes rolled out, there's a seeming inconsistency when you want to delete your own (non-negative-scored) question

  • You can always delete your own, unanswered, open question, but
  • You cannot delete your own, unanswered closed question for two days after closure

This seems illogical; if anything, others having closed a question would seem to make it a better candidate for self-deletion, not worse. And given that one of the window's main goal is to ensure the OP has a chance to clarify or improve, I don't see much point in blocking it.

Am I missing anything obvious?

EDIT: It appears that this issue pre-dates the changes - before, the same seeming inconsistency existed for users without deletion privileges; now it exists for everyone. Also, I stink at finding dupes.

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  • This seems like a logic trip up to me, I guess the roomba changes overrode the self-delete feature.
    – Manishearth
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 13:58
  • When people flag their own closed questions for deletion, I delete them 100% of the time, unless it was closed as a duplicate.
    – Bill the Lizard Mod
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 14:23
  • It appears that I failed to find ANY of the dupes of this. Self-closing.
    – Jaydles StaffMod
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 15:10
  • It is the kind of logic singularity you get when 5 high-rep users cannot delete a question while one no-rep user can.
    – Uphill Luge
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 15:28

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Nope.

In fact, it makes no sense to keep it this way. Think about it - if I, the OP, genuinely want to delete a post for any reason, does that say anything about its chances of being reopened? They're slim to none.

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  • +1 (While your latest edit is much more constructive, your original body gave me a good laugh.)
    – Jaydles StaffMod
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 14:06
  • @Jaydles All I needed was the first word!
    – Undo
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 14:08
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    For those who can't see it, it was a big 'nope' with the words 'While you're at it, get rid of this quality filter.'
    – Undo
    Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 14:09

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