This hot mess of a question — unclear and rambling — got closed, but then got reopened despite a 3:2 vote against reopening. How, and why?
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- 2I was wondering myself. While I enjoyed pointing out some of the ways, it is a generic CPU design question and not really RC.SE material, so I didn't mind it being closed wile I was writing my answer- and quite surprised by seeing it again without being marked as such. (BTW: interesting link. didn't know about the timeline before :)Raffzahn– Raffzahn2020-06-25 23:55:58 +00:00Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 23:55
- After the review, three other people voted to open it.wizzwizz4– wizzwizz4 Mod2020-06-26 10:06:10 +00:00Commented Jun 26, 2020 at 10:06
- Aaaand it's at 3 votes for re-closing. (I'm one of the re-closers. The question really does ramble and needs focus.) Like Raffzahn, I wrote an answer, didn't mind it closing, and hadn't seen that format of the timeline before.DrSheldon– DrSheldon2020-07-03 19:00:11 +00:00Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 19:00
- ...and it's closed. The "timeline" view is accessed by clicking on the icon that looks sort of like a clock, below the voting arrows for each question and answer. The timeline feature has been around for a while, but I think the icon to access it quickly is new.fadden– fadden2020-07-04 15:12:34 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 15:12
- yes, I link to the timeline in my postscruss– scruss2020-07-04 18:12:25 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 18:12
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Because 5 users voted to reopen, but...
So, there are 2 mechanics happening here:
- Votes from outside the review queue are not listed inside the review
- "Leaving close" the question doesn't invalidate existing reopen votes
As far as the public timeline states:
- RichF and JeremyP cast the reopen votes directly from the question
- Michael and peterh voted to reopen from the review
- The review ended with "leave closed" and the question currently had 4 reopen votes
- Brian cast the final reopen vote directly from the question, reopening the question
