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Why would a question not appear in “Leave Open” Review queue?
I wanted to vote to "Leave Open" for this question: What would have happened if a younger student had gotten his name in the Goblet of Fire? , but couldn't find it in the Review Queue anymore.
Why ...
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Add physics.SE as an option for questions “that don't belong here”
I was reviewing the question Is respawning technologically feasible in Pandora? and agreed with one of the comments that it might be better placed (with a bit of rewording) over on physics.SE so I ...
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What is the difference between asking these two questions?
Today I saw a question: Who is more powerful: Voldemort or Grindelwald?[closed] that struck me both in its similarity to a previous question Was Voldemort a Better Wizard than Dumbledore? and in the ...
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Can we add a URL field to “General Reference” VTC reason?
Similarly to how "Duplicate Q" VTC reason requests you to enter the URL of a duplicate question, can we also have a URL be requested (or even required) when voting a question as a general reference?
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How does getting credit for flagging work?
Since I've been on the site and learned what is an appropriate form of question and what's not I've done my part to flag questions not appropriate for the site. And most of the questions I flag are ...
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Why are moderators going against consensus on meta?
OK, this does it. This site is officially painful to participate in, thank to blatant moderator abuse.
This question: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/14028/what-was-this-scifi-story
Was ...
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When voting to close list questions, which VTC reason should I choose?
When I see a list question, I usually pick the "off topic" reason, as my understanding was they were chosen to be not in this site's scope. In addition, they are explicitly verboten in the FAQ, which ...
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Is this General Reference?
Why was Count Dooku not given the word "Darth"?
Googling for "count dooku darth" brings up as the very first link+blurb:
Count Dooku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Should moderators wait till community made its opinion fully known before closing?
Moderator votes are "binding" - meaning that, while it takes 5 close votes to close a question, a single close vote from moderator will do it no matter how many other people voted before.
I would ...
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Is asking where to purchase something on topic? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are shopping questions on topic?
This question was recently asked, and I don't think it's on topic here.
Its asking for a list of places to buy something
There's no ...
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Why was this question not closed?
Have a look at this question:
Are there nice wedding-related quotes in Doctor Who?
This is, at the best, a question with no clear answer; at the worst, it's a list question, looking to compile a ...
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How can I fix my unconstructive question?
My first question here was this one:
What real-world substance most closely corresponds to mithril?
Admittedly it's getting old, but it still bugs me that it got closed. How can I fix it to make it ...
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Getting clarity on closing of questions
I'm puzzled by some of the close question decisions recently. Here are two examples (the first is my question):
Is there anyone like Terry Pratchett in the sci-fi world?
Other than Douglas Adams, ...
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Is there a way to undo voting to close a question?
If I've voted to close a question, and realise that I was mistaken, is there a way to undo this? (Assume that the question is not closed yet). Clicking on close again just tells me that I've already ...
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Are question down-votes discouraged during a beta?
"Questions that are deemed sufficiently off-topic may be closed by the community". At the moment, it seems like questions that are even just a little bit off-topic - or might be off-topic, but hasn't ...
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Are too many questions being closed by a moderator alone rather than the community?
The user Zypher has very little reputation, but is able to close questions without reaching the limit because he works for SE. By not letting the community vote (i.e. 5 of the top 17 users) it seems ...
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Is there a time limit for voting to reopen questions?
To cast a reopen vote requires 500 rep (17 users at the moment). If a user reaches 500 many days after the question has be closed, can they still vote to reopen, or must this be done soon after the ...
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Why was the “which actors have played Doctor Who” question closed?
A question asking which actors have played Dr. Who was closed recently. The reason the page shows is:
It's difficult to tell what is being
asked here. This question is
ambiguous, vague, ...
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View close vote privilege
Looking at my privileges, I see one that I've qualified for and one I haven't:
View Close Votes, which needs 250 rep
Cast Close and Reopen Votes, which needs 500 rep
When I look at the former, it ...
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Close vote motivation
Since the site is still undergoing the phase where some definitions are not clear, there can be some questions about which it may not bel clear if such questions belong or not. I would thus propose ...
