**Situation** I just asked [a question][1] and someone voted to close it. **Question** How do I find out what the reason was? **Research** I saw somewhere (see [screenshot in this question][2]) that when voting to close one has to select a reason. Shouldn't I be able to see that reason somewhere even before the question is really closed? How else can I improve my question? [Close reason not shown?][3]: My question isn't closed yet. There is just one vote. [1]: http://superuser.com/questions/785851/how-to-search-for-all-excel-files-in-a-folder-with-value-x-right-next-to-value-y [2]: http://meta.superuser.com/questions/7078/i-cant-change-my-vote-to-close-bug [3]: http://meta.superuser.com/questions/1493/close-reason-not-shown