Experiment (ENDED): closing and reopening happens at 3 votes for the next 30...
This experiment has concluded and the affected settings have been restored to their previous values. Results are available here and here.-- Shog9, 2019-09-07For the next 30 days, we'll be running an...
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-1 votes are needed to reopen this question [closed]
Came across this question, with 4 votes to reopen at time of writing:The title text claims -1 more votes are needed to reopen the question. I would guess that it's related to the close/reopen threshold...
View ArticleWhat should I do when reason for closing changes in the reopen queue?
I was going through the reopen queue and came across a question that was closed as unclear.It landed in the queue because of an edit. This edit was significant and now it was very clear what the author...
View ArticlePlease reopen my question about hashes?
The text of the close message above my post said: " Edit the question so it can be answered with facts and citations. "So my question might have been unclear on that, and I made some text passeges...
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A user with less than 3k reputation cast a reopen vote on their own question...
How did a user with ~400 reputation cast a vote to reopen this question?
View ArticleWhat happened to questions with 3-4 pending close/reopen votes once the...
Recently, the number of close or reopen votes required to close or reopen a question (respectively) was reduced from 5 to 3.What happened to questions that had 3 or 4 such pending votes when the change...
View ArticleWe’re lowering the close/reopen vote threshold from 5 to 3 for good
It’s my birthday today and I’ve got a gift for you. 🎁We’re lowering the close/reopen vote threshold on Stack Overflow from 5 to 3.About a month ago, Shog shared the results of our experiment testing...
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"Nominate this question for reopening?" popup doesn't automatically close...
If you click to reopen a question from the review queue, you get a popup with the title: "Nominate this question for reopening?".If you click "Vote to reopen" it casts your vote, the next question...
View ArticleI would like this question to be reopened
I asked a question on using placeholders in MySQL 'cooperative' locking. The question is found here Using placeholders in MySQL 'COOPERATIVE' LOCK queriesThen it got closed. I was directed to a...
View ArticleCan my question about storing checkbox be opened?
Question Asked: How should checklist be stored in the database from atomic point of view?I would like to answer my own question, thoroughly, since I implemented my design and want to show pro and cons...
View ArticleCan someone explain what "reopen invalidated" means in a Question timeline?
I am trying to understand the timeline for this question:How can I generate 2 clocks in testbench with systemverilog?The question is currently closed. I can see from the timeline that it was originally...
View Article"Reopen Votes" Review Queue: What's the percentage (statistics) of actually...
I basically always select "Leave Closed". So I'm asking: How many questions are actually reopened in total?In case I'm right in my assumption that this value is very low, I would ask the next question:...
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Threshold experiment results: closing, editing and reopening all become more...
Editor's note:This has been implemented.This post details the outcome of an experiment that reduced the thresholds for closing and reopening questions to 3 votes on Stack Overflow. Warning: this post...
View ArticleAdding a threshold for closing/reopening duplicate question to limit...
We all know that there are a lot of users who blindly click on buttons inside the different queues in order to simply get higher stats and earn badges. We have some way to prevent this using audits and...
View ArticleCannot retract a single handed close vote
I just close voted a question and as I have enough privilege, the qustion was immediately closed.So far so good.But then I realized that I shouldn't have close voted, but it's impossible to retract the...
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Show question tags when reviewing reopen votes
I'm reviewing reopen votes, but half the time I can't tell what language the code is in and have to open in question in another tab, and it is pretty annoying. Example:(link here)Seeing the tags would...
View ArticleDo rollbacks push posts out of reopen queue?
We have all edited questions that are closed, when trying to improve grammar, etc.This pushes the post into the Reopen Review queue and most of the time that is just extra work.My question is if you...
View ArticleShould I vote to reopen when I believe the reason for closing no longer applies?
When browsing the reopen queue, I often find questions closed as too broad or unclear what you're asking that were afterwards edited. Let's say that from my point of view, the question is indeed...
View ArticleReopen question about parameter submission via URL vs. post body
I agree the literal wording of this question makes it look exactly like a question whose answers would be opinion based (so I completely get that has the hallmarks of a question whose answers will only...
View ArticleShould I vote to reopen the question so it can be closed again but for a...
When reviewing posts in the Reopen Queue I found this question.It was originally not in English and therefore closed for:Closed. This question needs details or clarity.The OP then added the English...
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