To reopen a closed question, one (1), three (3), orup to five (5) people✝ with the ability to cast reopen votes must agree that the question is suitable for the site and cast votes to reopen the question.
But:
- How does one actually vote to reopen? Is there a reputation level which you must have before you can see this function? Or do I just leave a comment along the lines of, "I vote to reopen"?
- What happens if someone without the ability to cast a reopen vote leaves a comment that they wish to vote to reopen?
- How can one draw attention to their closed questions? Is it done via a posting a new question? Or do you edit the closed question?
Related: What is a "closed" or "duplicate" question, and how does question closing work?
For more information, see "What if I disagree with the closure of a question? How can I reopen it?" in the Help Center.
✝: Five reopen votes is the default number of reopen votes, or close votes, required. OnHowever, on some Stack Exchange sites, the required number of close or reopen votes has been setreduced to 1 or 3, and may be different for the main site and childits per-site meta. For example, it's 3one vote on Hardware Recommendations, three votes on Stack Overflow, and 5five votes on Meta Stack Overflow and Hardware Recommendations Meta. In addition, users with a gold tag-badge badge can unilaterally close questions as duplicateduplicates or reopen duplicates which haveduplicate questions, provided they use the tag for which they have a gold tag-badge badge. Moderators can unilaterally close or reopen any question.
