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Help us close duplicates of two new Community FAQ questions

I've recently added two questions to the Community FAQ because they were found to have many duplicates: USB flash drive not working or is appearing as an empty disk drive, Disk Management reports "N …
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When should a question that otherwise belongs on another site be simply closed and not migra...

This question was closed as off topic, but was not migrated. I (incorrectly) decided to vote to close and migrate to Stack Overflow, but the question was not migrated for quality reasons. I understa …
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Should a bounty prevent a question from being closed

I feel this should be allowed, because I've run into questions that had bounties but should be closed, often for being not constructive or not a real question. However, I feel it should take eight vo …
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Is it all right to use the flag option to...?

With a few exceptions, no, it is not. If you have at least 3000 reputation, you should vote to close. We want the community to be involved in moderating the site. See How should my flagging change …
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How should my flagging change when I gain the ability to vote to close?

My rep is going to reach 3,000 soon (2,987 at the time of this post), so I should be able to vote to close soon. How should my flagging habits change when I gain this ability? What should I do when …
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