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This tag is for instructions and guidance on closing or migrating questions, and the reasons for those closures.

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Should questions closed as "not a real question" and "off topic" get an automatic downvote?

We currently have five standard close reasons network wide: exact duplicate This question covers exactly the same ground as earlier questions on this topic; its answers may be merged with ano …
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Should we have a "List of X" close reason?

We're seeing a lot of the Let's make a "List of X" problem on new Stack Exchange 2.0 sites. Like so. Our engine is absolutely brilliant at surfacing these questions, and they can have some utility .. …
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