Linked Questions
37 questions linked to/from Lots of questions in the reopen queue
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Should questions be added to the reopen queue as soon as they're edited by the original author? [duplicate]
I'm listening to SE Podcast #37 – Back At It, Again and David mentioned that posts need one reopen vote to be added to the reopen review queue. He also mentioned that questions almost never get ...
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If I edit a closed question will it automatically enter the re-open queue? [duplicate]
I'm trying to figure out why I saw a question in the re-open queue. It doesn't appear that the user requested that it be re-opened. It did have a recent edit from a different user on this site. If ...
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Could we allow users to challenge moderators' decisions? [duplicate]
Currently, if a question gets put 'on hold' or is 'closed', the user is asked to edit the question so that it conforms to the website's guidelines.
The problem with this system is that it assumes ...
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Review queue workflows - Final release
All good things must come to an end and so must the review queues project. This project would not have been successful without the community. Thank you all for the hours of reviewing, testing, and ...
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange
This is an unofficial list/changelog of new features and various changes to Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network.
It is maintained by the community, while a Stack Exchange employee changes ...
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Changing the question reopening experience
Now that the Public Platform team is actively working on updating review queue workflows, it’s time we address the feedback and feature requests related to the question reopening experience.
How it ...
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What are the review queues, and how do they work?
I see a "review" link on the top of the page, which takes me to a few "review queues".
What is a "review queue"?
What are the various queues for?
What can I do in each queue?
Return to FAQ index
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How do you reopen a closed question?
To reopen a closed question, up to five (5) people✝ with the ability to cast reopen votes must agree that the question is suitable for the site and cast votes to reopen the question.
But:
How does ...
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Vote to delete answers as duplicates of earlier answers
Scenario:
An answer is posted that is substantially the same as an earlier posted one, and its existence adds no (more) value.
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A specific new "duplicate" action, not a flag, like ...
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Question flags, queues, edits, roomba, community♦, how does this actually work?
There is constant ongoing discussion about what flags to use when, review queue processing, review queue structure, flag handling, etc., but no one person seems to know exactly how this all works. ...
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Can we have the ability to flag for reopening?
TL;DR: Grant 500+ rep users (except the OP) the privilege to flag a question for reopening.
Currently, you can flag a question for closing, and it automatically enters the Close votes review queue, ...
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Give 2k users a 'don't put this in the reopen queue' checkbox
I'm 3k, and have been reviewing reopen votes.
There are some items that show up the queue (some of the this question waseditedafter being closed ones), which have revisions obviously not intended to ...
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Nobody in my community has the power to re-open a question
I'm part of the LiveCode community. This community discovered Stack Exchange about a year ago and nobody in this community, including myself, has a high enough reputation to re-open questions.
For ...
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Why was the period for closed questions to enter the reopen queue extended from 5 days to 70 days?
It appears that on December 20, 2019, the team increased the period of time for questions to enter the reopen queue from 5 days to 70 days. There was no announcement made of this change at the time (...
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Many reopen votes available in the review queue
I have just noticed that we have had 63 reopen votes in the review queue all of a sudden. I was doing reviews, it was zero when it got bumped all. I am wondering why this may have happened. See the ...
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