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As most of us know, there has been a change to the close vote review queue. In that it is only showing the questions with 4 close votes now. However, this question only has 3. Link.

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To answer the comment stating that there is 1 close vote for "off topic" as well as the 3 "too broad" close votes. It only shows 3 here too.

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I just voted to close, and refreshed that question page and now it shows 4 close votes. So it only did have 3 close votes.

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Any explanation for why this is?

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  • Why does the box up the top show "Should this question be closed as: too broad or off-topic"? (emphasis mine) - is there a "hidden" off-topic vote?
    – Jon Clements
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:40
  • It has an off-topic vote but that is only shown if you go to the detail dialog of off-topic, if the off-topic reason is still an available option. (you won't see votes for Not a real question )
    – rene Mod
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:41
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    @rene And the reason it doesn't show up on the dialog is that it's using one of the old reasons that has since been removed. The vote is still there, it just doesn't have anywhere to show it on the dialog.
    – Servy
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:43
  • @Servy I was ninja editing that comment but yes, that is it :-)
    – rene Mod
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:43
  • @LowerClassOverflowian from the sounds of it - it has three current close votes... The fourth looks to be an older off-topic reason
    – Jon Clements
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:45
  • @LowerClassOverflowian Then perhaps the oldest vote aged out.
    – Servy
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:46
  • I've never really thought about it too much, but does that summary bar also take into account flags that people have that relate to close reasons... That could account for the off-topic? @Servy?
    – Jon Clements
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:46
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    Shog9's proposal that was implemented did mention both close flags and close votes (and, in fact, showed that setting the threshold at 8 would have had 1 question in the queue).
    – Wooble
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:47
  • @JonClements It does, but the "show only questions with 4 close votes" shouldn't take flags into account.
    – Servy
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 14:47
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    The queue is being cleared in batches, until all batches have completed you'll still see those questions in the queue.
    – Martijn Pieters
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 15:03
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    @Wooble is correct here: that particular question had 3 votes and 2 flags on it when Lower saw it.
    – Shog9 Mod
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 15:38

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From m0sa's implementation answer:

Review tasks with less close votes and no do not close review results will be gradually (performance...) removed from the review queue.

Expect the SO close vote review queue to start shrinking down to ~5k tasks

Emphasis mine. Questions are removed from the review queue in batches and until that process is completed you'll still see posts with fewer than 4 close votes in the queue. The queue is not yet down to ~5k, ergo, the process is not yet complete.

After the process completes, you'll still find posts in that queue that have 0 do not close counter votes; a post with 3 close votes and no do not close votes is perfectly at home.

For the specific post, someone could have voted to close it for any off-topic reason, and that vote has now been timed out or retracted. Caching still marks the question as having a 'off-topic` vote.

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  • @LowerClassOverflowian: removed the 'obsolete' part.
    – Martijn Pieters
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 15:20
  • Also note that anything with a "do not close" review on it stays in the queue regardless of vote count.
    – Shog9 Mod
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 15:35
  • @Shog9: further clarified, thanks.
    – Martijn Pieters
    Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 15:38

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