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Close-vote threshold lowered to three
Yes, we should. The reasons for this change include:
Vanishingly few questions here are closed by the community gathering 5 votes without a moderator being involved, as can be seen in the latest ...
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Site name/scope: what to do with old questions and answers
I'm not a regular of this site, this answer will be --at best-- a general advice, further ideas should be discussed by the site's regulars.
Stack Exchange has a special lock, "historical lock" for ...
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Accepted
Close-vote threshold lowered to three
It's been a little while since you escalated this request to the Community Team — sorry for the slight delay!
You now officially only need 3 close votes to close a question on Medical Sciences SE!
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Accepted
Is there a way to reverse my vote on whether to "close" a question or not?
Yes, you can.
A "leave open" vote isn't really a vote, it's a way of signalling to the site's software that you don't think this question should be reviewed for potential closure. If enough "leave ...
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Should we edit Personal Medical Advice questions?
I'm going to start my reply and add more later when I have more time.
I have been struggling to find a clear rule for whether a question that starts as personal advice could be salvageable or not.
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Should we edit Personal Medical Advice questions?
Such edits are clearly conflicting with OP‘s interest. I would have rejected such an edit if it came up anonymously in an edit queue.
I think the appropriate solution would be to ask the 90% redacted ...
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Accepted
Why can I not see close votes?
You need 250 rep to see close votes.
https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes
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Revisiting Research, A reason to close
I like the logic tree in @AtlLED’s answer and I think that we all need to follow some sort of method to enforce prior research when asking questions.
I am also an active member of Psychology.SE where,...
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Question abusively closed under the false pretext of lacking prior research
First, let's note that you posted a comment on that question that was indeed quite rude and abusive to another member (not me). I deleted that comment and I admit it probably did negatively influence ...
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Where do we draw the line between personal diagnosis request and "made generic" "differential diagnosis"
As the answerer, I'm obviously biased. In addition, I don't consider myself an involved member of the community any more, and when I was, I held very firm beliefs (like reliable sources *that actually ...
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Please don't answer questions that are off-topic
See this posting and answers on meta.stackexchange.
The problem with having bad questions answered is that relatively new users who have little idea on how this site works may provide answers when ...
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Please don't answer questions that are off-topic
I agree with the above that we need to decide on consistent approaches to these things, maintaining transparency. (This answer is not in opposition to, but in addition to Narusan's.)
But what about ...
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Should apparent requests for treatment be closed or turned into generic questions?
The answer should be: it depends.
If a question is borderline off-topic or a trivial or easy edit might salvage it, then we should try this in most circumstances. As long as the general gist ...
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Please don't answer questions that are off-topic
I don't want to go ahead and enforce some rules without prior agreement here:
We have two options (I will just use DoctorWhom's answer as an example)
Leave the answer as it is and upvote it if it is ...
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Can anyone work on the closing questions queue?
I only get on the site every 3-4 months, but I'm working through the queue now, and it's always been atrocious. I'm sure I'll be hitting my review limit.
There is a rep problem, and I suggest we go ...
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