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Update You can only close a question when you have 250 rep. Hence, the user experience needs to be improved. My suggestion: hide close button until user has 250 rep. Original question I tried to...
#6: Post edited
by
Monica Cellio
·
2020-12-11T04:15:43Z (almost 4 years ago)
fixed by abilities feature
#5: Post edited
by
Wikis
·
2020-09-27T15:50:44Z (about 4 years ago)
Cannot close question as a duplicate
- Cannot close question as a duplicate: need to improve user experience
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- 
- How to reproduce:
- 1. Go to [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226)
- 2. Press **Close**.
- 3. Press the **duplicate** radio button.
- 4. Paste this URL: `https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957`
- 5. Press **Close this post**.
- Full close dialog:
- 
- **Update**
- [You can only close a question when you have 250 rep](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/74803#answer-74804). Hence, the user experience needs to be improved. My suggestion: hide close button until user has 250 rep.
- **Original question**
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- 
- How to reproduce:
- 1. Go to [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226)
- 2. Press **Close**.
- 3. Press the **duplicate** radio button.
- 4. Paste this URL: `https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957`
- 5. Press **Close this post**.
- Full close dialog:
- 
#4: Post edited
by
Wikis
·
2020-09-27T15:34:22Z (about 4 years ago)
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- 
- How to reproduce:
- 1. Go to [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226)
- 2. Press **Close**.
- 3. Press the **duplicate** radio button.
- 4. Paste this URL: `https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957`
5. Press **Close this post**.
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- 
- How to reproduce:
- 1. Go to [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226)
- 2. Press **Close**.
- 3. Press the **duplicate** radio button.
- 4. Paste this URL: `https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957`
- 5. Press **Close this post**.
- Full close dialog:
- 
#3: Post edited
by
Wikis
·
2020-09-27T15:20:17Z (about 4 years ago)
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- 
- How to reproduce:
- 1. Go to [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226)
- 2. Press **Close**.
- 3. Press the **duplicate** radio button.
- 4. Paste this URL: `https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957`
- 5. Press **Close this post**.
#2: Post edited
by
Wikis
·
2020-09-27T15:02:54Z (about 4 years ago)
I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But I get the message:- > **Failed 403**
- 
- I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But when I press **Close this post**, I get the message:
- > **Failed 403**
- 
#1: Initial revision
by
Wikis
·
2020-09-27T15:02:10Z (about 4 years ago)
Cannot close question as a duplicate
I tried to close my question [Why is it not possible to accept answers?](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/278226) as a duplicate of [Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"](https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277957). But I get the message: > **Failed 403** 