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Can a question be immediately closed without any close votes?
One of my recent question was closed immediately (within 1 min) without any votes to close. I wonder if this is normal if the question is not blatantly off-topic, spam, etc.
We should assume that ...
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Order by which the users close a question
Suppose that some question from some Stack Exchange site gets closed. Then the user who posted the question as well as any user with close/reopen votes privilege can see a message explaining why the ...
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Question can't be duplicate of unclear question [duplicate]
If a question A is closed as unclear, it means that it is unknown what the asker meant. (Otherwise the question would have been edited rather than closed.)
If some question B is unclear (also if it's ...
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Closing question causes a bump?
Recently I closed a question on the Stack Overflow PT as duplicate, and this question was bumped to the home page, as can be seen in the images:
Close banner with timestamp:
Homepage with ...
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Five close-voters. One is moderator. So, he wasn't at the time?
There is a question that was closed by five people. The first to cast a close-vote is a diamond moderator.
My understanding is that if he had been a diamond moderator at the time of casting that ...
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What is the difference between "marked as duplicate" and "closed as duplicate"?
Sometimes questions are just "marked" and sometimes they are "closed" as duplicates.
Up until recently I thought it was "marked" when the question it's a duplicate of doesn't have an answer. But then ...
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Incorrect user is shown at closed question [duplicate]
There was a duplicate question asked earlier today, so I thought of closing the question, but in the close popup already two other users voted to close as unclear.
Still I went ahead and closed it as ...
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How was this question closed?
I was looking at some of the review votes I has cast. (I like to see how well my votes agree with other SO reviewers.)
What I didn't understand was how this question was closed.
I voted to keep it ...
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Multiple Close Vote Reasons Redux
I voted to close this question: how to do the following effect in jquery or css etc
It was closed as off-topic, with the following reasons:
"Questions asking for code must demonstrate a minimal ...
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How can I ask question from specific users about the reason for closing a question?
I asked this question on the website. It was closed as being off-topic. The off-topic message says If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit your question or ...
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New close reasons missing a few [duplicate]
I know that there has been much discussion about the new close reasons, and I agree with them fully.. But now there is a problem with certain questions... I will give an example:
https://...
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Voting mutually duplicates
Today I saw this question in the close vote review queue, which was flagged as exact duplicate of another question. Paradoxically, the possible duplicate was closed because it was a duplicate of the ...
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Option to Close the Questions is not appearing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a “closed” question?
There seems to be an close option for questions.
The question gets closed if it gets 5 votes for closing. The problem is, I am not seeing this ...
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Oddity: Where's My Close Vote on This Question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Happened Here? Voted to Close 4 Days Ago, but No Close Votes Today?
The question What are software practices in mission-critical industries (e.g. nuclear power plant)? ...
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Do votes to close as "Not Constructive" outweigh votes to close as "Off Topic"?
A moment ago I voted to close this question as I found it to be off-topic. When I got there, there were 2 votes to close as "Non-Constructive" and two votes as "Off Topic." I cast the third Off ...
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Why is the data explorer telling me there are closed questions with no close votes?
I am curious why SE Data Explorer is telling me there are closed questions with no close votes
I don't think my query is wrong, but I suppose it could be:
select Closevotes, count(*)
from
(
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When writing an answer, can we be notified if people are voting to close/flagging the question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Add an alert when answering a question that has at least a close vote as duplicate
I was writing a detailed answer to a question. Before I could post it (when it was just ...
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How many unsuccessful close votes have ever been cast?
On SO, how many unsuccessful close votes have ever been cast on questions with a total of at least two closevotes?
How are they distributed? (Dupe, Off-topic, NaRQ, ....)
How has their number and ...
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Closing questions for certain reasons results in a downvote? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should questions closed as “not a real question” and “off topic” get an automatic downvote?
When I go to close a question as a moderator for certain ...
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Close questions based on moral objections?
Sparked by this question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5571561/bypass-school-firewall-with-a-proxy
Which should have been moved to a different SE site (ServerFault or SuperUser), but seemed ...
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Suggestion/Complaint about your recommendation for close process
I have been a member of stackoverflow for more than a year now. I love this website. I love it for the community that answers, discusses and questions my questions. I have been more of a question bag ...
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Closing own question [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can a question be closed by a single (non-moderator) user?
I've noticed a few people closing their own question as "off-topic", like here, here and here. I didn't even ...
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How many questions have I voted to close and voted to delete?
I'm curious about how well I judge worthy questions in comparison to the rest of the community. How can I get a count of how many questions I have voted to close or delete, and how many of those ...
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