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4 votes

Should questions that are sysadmin-relevant but not sysadmin-specific be closed as Off Topic?

In most cases, I prefer #1 - if it's relevant, it's probably on-topic. I primarily vote that way, although I'm sure there are exceptions. I certainly don't vote to migrate very often.
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2 votes

Why is the close vote quota so low?

I don't see this as a big problem right now, most days the number of questions in the close vote review queue goes to zero. Today, at 30+ questions, it's the highest I've seen it in a long time. On …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
8 votes
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Don't vote to close so many old questions at once

Someone has been voting to close a ton of old questions in the past couple days. The review queue jumped from about 40 (for me) to over 100. I don't disagree with whoever (*cough* noob *cough*) is c …
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2 votes

Choosing the appropriate close reason

As others have said, just pick the reason that seems the best to you, it'll work out in the long run. However, there was a question yesterday where I cast the last close vote and mine made it a tie …
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3 votes

"Unclear what you're asking" - Is it?

One of the reviewers who voted to close has often seemed (to me) to be something of a robo-reviewer, so I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for an explanation from them. It has a couple of "leave ope …
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4 votes
1 answer
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Can the off-topic close reasons be re-arranged?

Now that there's a re-written shopping question close reason, the generic "not relevant to system administration" close reason has moved up. Is it possible to move it back? i.e. so that it's just abo …
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17 votes
3 answers
413 views

Serial close-voting?

Is this considered a bad thing? i.e. if someone goes through a specific user's questions and casts a close vote on all (or most) of them? ...'cause I'm pretty sure someone is doing that to "Sandra." …
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4 votes
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Why can I get into the close vote review queue with no close votes left?

Before the close reason reform, No, it's always been like that. (At least, I'm sure it happened to me before the new close vote reasons were implemented.) It makes some sense... you have review …
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4 votes

Can we increase review queue limits?

If you really want to close something in the queue, you can click through to the Question and close it there. I know this isn't a good answer, since it's a pain, but it's what I plan on doing when I …
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34 votes
3 answers
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Can we increase the number of close-votes per day?

Recenly, in Chat it was suggested by an SF moderator: One side issue is, given the volume we're seeing now, I don't think users have enough daily close votes. The response by an SE employee was: …
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11 votes

Close/reopen vote threshold from 5 to 3

I pretty much gave up closing and close-vote reviewing during the recent Monica fiasco. Although I totally agree that closing bad questions is the right thing to do, and although I think I can safely …
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2 votes

"normal" close vote share

I've done the most close vote reviewing, and I vote to close a lot. As per some of the pre-election discussion, I think it would be useful to more precisely define (maybe with examples) what each of …
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