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Voting to Close is the process by which users can vote to close a question. You gain the ability to cast close votes when you reach 3,000 Reputation on graduated sites, and a lesser amount is needed on beta sites.

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Off Topic or Not Constructive? Do close voters simply follow reasons chosen by others?

Yes, it's a prime example of "not constructive", but it also perfectly fits the text under "off-topic" in the close vote dialog: Questions on Stack Overflow are expected to relate to programming o …
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