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Sometimes a moderator closes or deletes a question, but non-moderating users may see this as incorrect. Then discuss the particular case in meta for that site. Occasionally I see closures where t...
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#2: Post edited
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Olin Lathrop
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2024-06-26T12:22:56Z (6 months ago)
- <blockquote>Sometimes a moderator closes or deletes a question, but non-moderating users may see this as incorrect.</blockquote>
The correct procedure is to post a question in meta for that site.- <blockquote>Occasionally I see closures where the questions is valid, valuable ... can be answered in a useful way</blockquote>
Keep in mind that this is merely your <i>opinion</i>. There is a wide spectrum of views across these sites on how much we should tolerate before closing. Discussing the particular case in meta will help establish the sense of the community. Often that's not a clear mandate one way or the other, so moderators get considerable latitude in judging whether a question needs fixing before others should be allowed to answer it.- <blockquote>can be improved with a few simple edits</blockquote>
- Then it was correctly closed.
- <blockquote>Sometimes a moderator closes or deletes a question, but non-moderating users may see this as incorrect.</blockquote>
- Then discuss the particular case in meta for that site.
- <blockquote>Occasionally I see closures where the questions is valid, valuable ... can be answered in a useful way</blockquote>
- That's <i>your</i> opinion. There is a wide spectrum of views across these sites on how much crap we should tolerate before closing. Discussing the particular case in meta will help establish the sense of the community. Often that's not a clear mandate one way or the other, so moderators get considerable latitude in judging whether a question needs fixing before others should be allowed to answer it.
- <blockquote>can be improved with a few simple edits</blockquote>
- Then it was correctly closed.
#1: Initial revision
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Olin Lathrop
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2024-06-26T12:21:12Z (6 months ago)
<blockquote>Sometimes a moderator closes or deletes a question, but non-moderating users may see this as incorrect.</blockquote> The correct procedure is to post a question in meta for that site. <blockquote>Occasionally I see closures where the questions is valid, valuable ... can be answered in a useful way</blockquote> Keep in mind that this is merely your <i>opinion</i>. There is a wide spectrum of views across these sites on how much we should tolerate before closing. Discussing the particular case in meta will help establish the sense of the community. Often that's not a clear mandate one way or the other, so moderators get considerable latitude in judging whether a question needs fixing before others should be allowed to answer it. <blockquote>can be improved with a few simple edits</blockquote> Then it was correctly closed.