Apparently, there is a way that a user can agree that a question is indeed a duplicate before the five votes or the mod hammer are in. 

In that case, [Community♦][1] will be blamed for the closure. 

http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/250922/can-we-clarify-to-the-op-that-their-question-is-not-yet-closed-and-the-duplicate/250930#250930


  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/-1/community