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Voting to close is the process by which users can vote to close a question as off-topic or otherwise disallowed by the FAQ.
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Closing a question as a duplicate of another - when you've answered the duplicate question
I don't see a conflict of interest, in this case.
As you already answered the other question, you could have answered the new question, and gained reputation from up-votes. Closing the question as dup …
avpadernoMod
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Very poor quality questions everywhere (like panels everywhere but without the magical feeli...
Moderators are allowed to close questions that are blatantly off-topic, or blatant cases of questions for which a closing reason is valid.
Unfortunately, there isn't a way to avoid low quality questi …
avpadernoMod
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Should I answer "off-topic" questions before casting a close-vote?
If you think the question is really off-topic, then vote to close it, and don't answer it. The reasons not to answer it are:
You would give the user the habit of asking off-topic questions, since th …
avpadernoMod
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Should Drupal 5 posts be closed?
Even if those questions were really outdated (which is not true, as MPD said), outdated questions are not closed, if they aren't off-topic.
The historical reason lock says: "This question exists be …
avpadernoMod
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Should close votes be cast on unsuitable questions that have been answered?
The question you are referring is acceptable because it is not showing an error message caused by a bug in code, such as in the case of a PHP warning, or error message.
I would not consider it too loc …
avpadernoMod
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Re-opening questions that have been closed for perhaps the wrong reason
If you vote to re-open the question, it means you think the question has been wrongly closed, and it should stay open.
You should not vote to re-open a question just to change the closing reason. Onc …
avpadernoMod
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What do we want to do with un-constructive questions that have a bounty on them?
Refunding the bounty, and closing the question is what I would do in this case. I agree the question is not constructive, but it is also too broad. The actually asked questions are more than one, and …
avpadernoMod
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My flag for closing a question has been declined, but the question is now closed. What happe...
The flags for closing a question, together other flags, are visible in a page to 10k users and moderators. The flag is automatically handled when the question is closed, or it is manually handled by a …