Questions tagged [closing]
The process by which users can vote a question closed if it is off-topic or otherwise disallowed by the FAQ.
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"Close as duplicate" boilerplate text changed
When the first vote to close-as-duplicate is cast, the Math SE software also posts a comment that says
This question is similar to: …. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it ...
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Closing new users questions without comments.
I saw some questions in my close votes review queue that were asked by new users and had 4 close votes (and eventually got closed) without any answer or comment at all and without any comment ...
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Why can I close my own question?
While I know closing questions is supposed to be done by the community to encourage higher-quality questions, I also have the option to close my own question.
See the following:
This is how it would ...
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Should I vote to close very old questions?
I saw some very old questions in my close votes review queue (one from 7 years ago, one from 10 years ago, and another from 12 years ago) like this or this or this, and I was not sure what to do. ...
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Why are there so many Close votes in the Review queues in Math Stack Exchange?
Currently there are over 300 Close votes in the Review queues in Math Stack Exchange. Why so many?
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Our Community vs The System
This site means a lot to many people, myself included. It has been my number one source of sharing interesting problems, learning mathematics, and seeing what others have to share. This being the case,...
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Are we closing short questions too hastily?
I refer to this question, which I was spending a couple hours preparing the answer for only to find it already closed by the time I could post it.
This is not the only instance in recent memory – I ...
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Don't close solution verification as dupe, instead remove questions with the tag of [solution-verification] appearing in search
Unless the dupe target contains exact question with exact same proof (without further generality), I'd recommend not closing as dupe. I know, it can be frustrating when one sees the same question ...
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Self-closing oddity
I recently asked a question, and in a comment Eric Wofsey observed that it was substantially similar to an earlier question I had not seen.
I agreed, and voted to close my own question. I expected ...
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Close Votes: "Needs details or clarity" vs "Missing context or other details" [duplicate]
Since having the privilege to review Close votes, I'm facing a confusion.
In close votes' review, if we wish to close a question because it lacks details or clarity then we have one of the 2 choices ...
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How exactly are we incentivized to post links to duplicates?
So yesterday I came across a question (we'll call it Question $1$) which I found interesting, and after having spent a little time thinking about it without result, I started searching MSE for some ...
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Too many interesting questions are closed
In my opinion you close far too many interesting questions as being off-topic and requiring additional context. If someone is asking a question, he or she must consider it relevant. If it is about ...
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"Post Answer" option for those mid-way writing despite "Closed" post
When the post is closed, no longer answers are accepted as:
the answer box gets removed.
if you were writing something, the post answer option is no longer available.
In the latter case, I am ...
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How did this closed question gain a new answer?
I closed a question (“ Transposing matrices by multiplication ”) some hours ago as a dupe, but someone gave it a new answer two hours later. Looking at the revision history, the question had not been ...
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Is there any general algorithm used in the CURED chatroom for nominating closing and deleting questions?
I notice that there is a list (shown at the end of the post) in the chatroom called "CURED" for nominating closing and deleting questions from the main site.
This search shows that such ...
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