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Q&A Should we remove closed questions from the question list?

Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons: It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors". It illus...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭ · edited 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-12-14T13:49:15Z (over 2 years ago)

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Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons:<ol>
<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".
<li>It illustrates what the norms are. Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.
<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed. If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue on meta that the question shouldn't have been closed.
<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad. That's a consequence of writing a bad question. You can always fix it or delete it.
<li>It allows others to suggest changes in comments.
</ol>

Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons:<ol>
<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".
<li>It illustrates what the norms are. Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.
<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed. If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue on meta that the question shouldn't have been closed.
<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad. That's a consequence of writing a bad question. You can always fix it or delete it.
<li>It allows others to suggest changes in comments.
</ol>
<h2>Response to comments</h2>
<blockquote>What do you think about the suggestion in this answer of having a toggle?</blockquote>
I don't have a problem with a toggle, since that's something individual users choose to do. The default should be to see closed questions. If that bothers someone enough, then they can shut that off is they wish. They should, though, first see what it's like when seeing everything. That way they should have a better idea of what they're not going to see, and what the consequences of that might be.
<blockquote>This has to weighed against the first site impression of new users</blockquote>
Right, which is why I said in the first sentence <i>"unregistered and first-time users is a different issue"</i>.

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Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-12-13T13:52:22Z (over 2 years ago)

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Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons:<ol>
<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".
~~<li>It helps establish what the norms are. Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.~~
<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed. If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue on meta that the question shouldn't have been closed.
<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad. That's a consequence of writing a bad question. You can always fix it or delete it.
<li>It allows others to suggest changes in comments.
</ol>

Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons:<ol>
<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".
<li>It illustrates what the norms are. Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.
<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed. If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue on meta that the question shouldn't have been closed.
<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad. That's a consequence of writing a bad question. You can always fix it or delete it.
<li>It allows others to suggest changes in comments.
</ol>

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Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-12-13T13:50:28Z (over 2 years ago)

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Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons:<ol>
<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".
<li>It helps establish what the norms are. Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.
~~<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed. If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue that the question shouldn't have been closed on meta.~~
<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad. That's a consequence of writing a bad question. You can always fix it or delete it.
</ol>

Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue). Reasons:<ol>
<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".
<li>It helps establish what the norms are. Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.
<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed. If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue on meta that the question shouldn't have been closed.
<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad. That's a consequence of writing a bad question. You can always fix it or delete it.
<li>It allows others to suggest changes in comments.
</ol>

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Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-12-13T13:48:20Z (over 2 years ago)

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Closed questions should remain visible to the general users (unregistered and first-time users is a different issue).  Reasons:<ol>

<li>It avoids site policy being enacted "behind closed doors".

<li>It helps establish what the norms are.  Seeing what questions got closed can be useful, especially for new users, to understand what's allowed and what's not.

<li>It allows discussion of what should be closed.  If questions get closed and then silently disappear, most users won't have the chance to argue that the question shouldn't have been closed on meta.

<li>If you're worried about your closed question accumulating more downvotes, too bad.  That's a consequence of writing a bad question.  You can always fix it or delete it.

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