Questions tagged [vote-to-close]
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Should I delete or flag to close my own question that is a duplicate?
I asked this question https://superuser.com/q/674809/241659 and after that, I found a similar question Firefox 4 default address bar behaviour that answers my question.
I am a little less on upvotes ...
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I can't change my vote to close, bug?
I voted to close a question, then realized it was not the best fit. So I went to change my vote, and saw there was no option to do this:
Not a big deal, I thought. I can retract (seeing as that's my ...
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Recommended "close" vote practice [duplicate]
Seeing a question with two close votes, but no specific comment, why the close votes were issues, I wonder what is the recommended practice for close votes:
Shouldn't there be a comment explaining ...
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Custom close reason is processed as a comment
When I click on “Close” (under a question),
I get a “Why should this question be closed?” dialog box.
If, in that box, I click on “off-topic because…”, I get a “Closing > Off-Topic” box.
If I then ...
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How to check what the close reason is?
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I just asked a question and someone voted to close it.
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How do I find out what the reason was?
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I saw somewhere (see screenshot in this question) that when voting to ...
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Is the close vote on my question regarding hugo justified?
First thing first, it is my understanding that Superuser is for questions about computer software. Therefore I have posted a question regarding the use of hugo, which is static site generation tool.
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Add votes to close on main page
On the main Questions page here on SU, would it be a good idea to add a votes to close count, similar to the Votes and Answers count?
I think it would help close questions faster keeping SU cleaned ...
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what is the purpose of down-voting a question?
I understand the reason for up-voting a question. It is a good question and the results are likely to help someone in the future.
But what is the purpose of down-voting? If the question is bad, ...
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Should the Vote to Close option be altered?
This question and my comment there made me think, and it seems to me that to completely avoid any sense of a "pack mentality" that could be applied to when votes are cast to close a question, the ...
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