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10 questions linked to/from Downvotes versus close votes on questions
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When to downvote? How can we tell if a person is lazy or just a noob?
Amendment after accepting answer:
The point that came across after discussion and reading through meta is that we downvote bad questions/answers regardless whether the person is a noob (to SO or ...
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What could be done to stop the misuse of the spam and offensive flags?
I have finally reached 10k on stackoverflow and since then got into the habit of taking a look at the flagged posts every once in a while.
A surprising and recurring theme among posts flagged as spam ...
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Closing/Migrating question instructions/guidance [closed]
What does it mean to "close" a question?
How/when can I vote to close questions?
When should I vote to close questions?
When should I not vote to close questions?
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How to raise close flag multiple times
I raised a close flag for this question. I flagged it as should be closed -> unclear what you're asking. The downvotes show that there is actually something wrong with the question. Unfortunately the ...
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Questions with incomplete information - downvote or close?
Consider a question where:
It is clear what is being asked
More information (code and/or stack traces) is needed to give anyone a realistic chance of answering the question
The asker is not ...
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Downvote with no explanation
I find it quite irritating and not beneficial at all, when someone downvotes my question without any comment to say why. The current question is this, but I have seen this situation on many other ...
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Quick downvote — no views — quick close: Backfiring formula?
*[<-- first downvote in seconds; 2nd in (2 minutes?). after 5 minutes, 8 views -4 votes *
As a result the answers and discussion below only focused on an example I posted rather than the question: ...
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When to downvote, when to close vote, when to do both? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Downvotes versus close votes on questions
I know, we have lots of posts here on this subject. I would, nonetheless, find it helpful to see what the management and other ...
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How are down and close voting going together?
If I decide to close vote a question as off topic for a specific site, I almost always give it a down vote along. My reasoning is that identified off topic questions aren't useful for that site at all....
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Feature Request: prevent downvote AND close vote [duplicate]
I'm wondering if it's a good idea to allow casting close votes AND down votes.
Usually, when a user casts a close vote, they will also cast a downvote. This obviously doesn't happen all the time, ...