Questions tagged [vote-to-close]
Voting to close is the process by which users can vote to close a question if it is off-topic or otherwise disallowed by the FAQ.
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Can we have the first VTC post a comment? [closed]
I quite often encounter questions with at least one vote to close (VTC), but no comment or down vote. This means the OP doesn't know there is anything wrong with the question. Would it be possible for ...
pacmaninbwMod
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Close-vote threshold lowered from five to three
There is a comment on the MSO post We’re lowering the close/reopen vote threshold from 5 to 3 for good Other sites can have whatever threshold is most appropriate for them, @gnat – Shog9 Dec 3 '19 at ...
Sᴀᴍ OnᴇᴌᴀMod
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The context of "Lacks concrete context": let's fix it
Early 2018 we changed the close reasons on Code Review. This was necessary, but now almost 2 years later it's perfectly clear there's a growing discontent with one of them: "Lacks concrete ...
MastMod
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How to handle a VTC as duplicate that goes the wrong way around?
I encountered this review today, where a question was to be closed as duplicate of another, older question. However, the dupe target was closed, at -5 and unanswered. The quality was much lower than ...
MastMod
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1 answer
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Announcement: New chat room CRCQR
As some of the regulars at the SE Code Review site already noticed we have a new chat room to request and discuss question closures: SE Code Review Close Questions room I've setup that room due to the ...
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What's the best way to change how my code looks?
A long time ago the question avoiding Python multiline string indentation was asked. The question was well received with a score of 66 and 16 favourites. It was even answered by one of our previous ...
PeilonrayzMod
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Invalid close votes on this C++ parsing question
I'm looking at this question. It has 3 close votes at the moment, but they are likely all invalid. The close reasons are "code not included or broken code", which is not the case. I have compiled ...
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4 votes
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Feedback on closing 'Separation of concerns in graph theory project'
Separation of concerns in graph theory project This question is odd: It has tons of code removed, making it hard to review (it sure does not run) "I am having problems with separating the concerns" ...
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