Finally, if the question isn't a good fit on that site, but would be a good fit on another site in the network, you can vote it for migration. For more information, see What is migration and how does it work?.

If there's clear evidence that a custom comment reason contains Code of Conduct violations, raising an "in need of moderator intervention" flag on the post and explaining the issue is beneficial.

Finally, if the question isn't a good fit on that site, but would be a good fit on another site in the network, you can vote it for migration. For more information, see What is migration and how does it work?.

Guidelines for reviewing Close Votes

You may select filters to focus on a particular category. Selecting a set of tags you are familiar with will allow you to focus on questions within your own areas of expertise. There may still be many situations where clicking Skip is vastly preferable over hastily forming an opinion.

1. Check to see if the question meets the criteria for any close reason, as outlined below. If you're sure that it does, click Close and choose a close reason.
2. If the question does not meet the criteria for any close reason, click Leave Open.
3. If the question is closeable as written but can be edited to fit within the site's guidelines, click Edit. Note that this counts as a binding Leave Open review, so don't use this option simply to make grammar edits or other edits that don't affect the acceptability of the post.
4. If you're not sure whether a post is closeable (it isn't a clear-cut case, and you don't have enough knowledge of the subject to make a firm determination), click Skip.

Each site has its own specific scope as to what questions are considered "good fits", and some specific types of questions may not be considered good fits even though they are related to the site's general scope. For example, on Puzzling, questions without a citation as to where the puzzle came from aren't good fits, and on Stack Overflow, questions lacking a clear example of code aren't good fits.

The text in the closing dialog is self-explanatory: please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking.

The text in the closing dialog is self-explanatory: Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.

1. Remember we are asking whether an answer is found at the duplicate-linked question more so than whether the questions are identical. You should look at the question linked and verify that it has an answer to the question being proposed for closure. If it doesn't, it should not be closed as a duplicate. (You can't vote to close questions as duplicates when the proposed target has no upvoted or accepted answer(s).)

   • Note that some sites may have policies that the questions should still be identical or nearly-identical to vote as a duplicate (i.e. that questions that are different but have the same answer should not be closed as duplicates). Other sites (e.g. meta sites) may allow closing questions as duplicates even if they're not asking the same question, if an answer to the proposed duplicate addresses the question.

2. If the proposed duplicate target is closed with another reason, then evaluate whether the question should be closed as a duplicate of that. If the question you're reviewing is of better quality than the duplicate target, leave open.

3. If a duplicate exists for a given question, but another close reason is also applicable to that question, you should close with that other reason instead. Consider leaving a comment on the question to the duplicate. This is because some closed questions are automatically deleted by the system, and because closed questions that are migrated from other sites are marked "rejected", but questions closed as duplicates are exempt from these.

Guidelines for reviewing Close votes

You may select filters to focus on a particular category. Selecting a set of tags you are familiar with will allow you to focus on questions within your own areas of expertise, and is highly recommended on large sites. There may still be many situations where clicking Skip is vastly preferable over hastily forming an opinion.

1. Check to see if the question meets the criteria for any close reason, as outlined below. If you're sure that it does, click Close and choose a close reason.
2. If the question does not meet the criteria for any close reason, click Leave open.
3. If the question is closeable as written but can be edited to fit within the site's guidelines, click Edit. This counts the same as a Leave open review when submitted.
4. If you're not sure whether a post is closeable (it isn't a clear-cut case, and you don't have enough knowledge of the subject to make a firm determination), Skip the item.

Each site has its own specific scope as to what questions are considered "good fits" for the site, and some specific types of questions may not be considered good fits even though they are related to the site's general scope. For example, on Puzzling, questions without a citation as to where the puzzle came from aren't good fits, and on Stack Overflow, questions lacking a clear example of code aren't good fits.

The text in the closing dialog mostly explains the gist of this reason: This question should include more details and clarify the problem. Use this close reason if it's not clear what the author is asking or what issue they're facing, or if the question is missing significant details that would be required to come up with an answer.

The text in the closing dialog is self-explanatory: This question currently includes multiple questions in one. It should focus on one problem only.

1. Remember we are asking whether an answer is found at the duplicate-linked question more so than whether the questions are identical. You should look at the question linked and verify that it has an answer to the question being proposed for closure. If it doesn't, it should not be closed as a duplicate. (You can't vote to close questions as duplicates when the proposed target has no upvoted or accepted answer(s).)

   • Note that some sites may have policies that the questions should still be identical or nearly-identical to vote as a duplicate (i.e. that questions that are different but have the same answer should not be closed as duplicates). Other sites (e.g. meta sites) may allow closing questions as duplicates even if they're not asking the same question, if an answer to the proposed duplicate addresses the question.

2. If the proposed duplicate target is closed with another reason, then evaluate whether the question should be closed as a duplicate of that. If the question you're reviewing is of better quality than the duplicate target, leave open, and consider voting the other question as a duplicate.

3. If a duplicate exists for a given question, but another close reason is also applicable to that question, you should close with that other reason instead. Consider leaving a comment on the question to the duplicate. This is because some closed questions are automatically deleted by the system, and because closed questions that are migrated from other sites are marked "rejected", but questions closed as duplicates are exempt from these.

1. Remember we are asking whether an answer is found at the duplicate-linked question more so than whether the questions are identical. You should look at the question linked and verify that it has an answer to the question being proposed for closure. If it doesn't, it should not be closed as a duplicate. (You can't vote to close questions as duplicates when the proposed target has no upvoted or accepted answer(s).)

2. If the proposed duplicate target is closed with another reason, then evaluate whether the question should be closed as a duplicate of that. If the question you're reviewing is of better quality than the duplicate target, leave open.

3. If a duplicate exists for a given question, but another close reason is also applicable to that question, you should close with that other reason instead. Consider leaving a comment on the question to the duplicate. This is because some closed questions are automatically deleted by the system, and because closed questions that are migrated from other sites are marked "rejected", but questions closed as duplicates are exempt from these.

1. Remember we are asking whether an answer is found at the duplicate-linked question more so than whether the questions are identical. You should look at the question linked and verify that it has an answer to the question being proposed for closure. If it doesn't, it should not be closed as a duplicate. (You can't vote to close questions as duplicates when the proposed target has no upvoted or accepted answer(s).)

   • Note that some sites may have policies that the questions should still be identical or nearly-identical to vote as a duplicate (i.e. that questions that are different but have the same answer should not be closed as duplicates). Other sites (e.g. meta sites) may allow closing questions as duplicates even if they're not asking the same question, if an answer to the proposed duplicate addresses the question.

2. If the proposed duplicate target is closed with another reason, then evaluate whether the question should be closed as a duplicate of that. If the question you're reviewing is of better quality than the duplicate target, leave open.

3. If a duplicate exists for a given question, but another close reason is also applicable to that question, you should close with that other reason instead. Consider leaving a comment on the question to the duplicate. This is because some closed questions are automatically deleted by the system, and because closed questions that are migrated from other sites are marked "rejected", but questions closed as duplicates are exempt from these.