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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Should an "ancient" question that would be rejected now be nominated for closing?
This seven year old question was recently edited to update some of the links in it.
However, this question would nowadays be rejected as not-reviewable code. Should such old questions be nominated for ...
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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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Vote to close and unclear titles
We usually VTC questions with titles that don't reflect the goal of the code. Examples of said titles:
"How do I make this better?"
"My code is not fast enough"
"I'd like my code to be more pythonic"
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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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Are we voting to close too quickly?
With the kerfuffle on SE, I've decided to try & contribute a bit more again.
So I started with the vote close queue, and this one irked me:
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/review/close/...
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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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Let's not close fixable posts without explanation
There's one thing that's hooked me to CR more than on other sites and it's the fact that the community is really great. But recently I've noticed (I don't have any data to back it up) that we have ...
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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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PSA: Excel going "Not Responding" isn't broken code
Some VBA questions mention the host application (e.g. Excel) is going "not responding" while their macro is running.
Is it ok to vote to close these questions as "broken code"?
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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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Wouldn't it be more useful to notify OPs automatically about close votes, instead of having (stock) comments all the time?
I frequently see users (most probably close voting, or flagging for closure) leaving stock(?) comments like1
Welcome to Code Review! I'm afraid this question does not match what this site is about. ...
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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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UI falsely attributes migration to users who merely voted for closure
I voted to close a question today. Nothing new, except the closure turned into an unwanted migration. The question should NOT have been migrated, but all of a sudden my name was on it:
I voted to ...
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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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