Questions tagged [reopen-closed]
A request to reopen a specific closed question here on this site, or receive further explanation of why it was closed. If it's on another site, ask it on the per-site meta instead. For questions about the reopen process itself, use the [vote-to-reopen] tag.
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Should this question, which reports a bug that has the same root cause as another bug but manifests in a different place, be closed as a duplicate?
This bug report, which reports that clicking the "Share" button before the page fully loads, causes the page to refresh because the button is a link is to a redirect to the same page, which ...
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Is this duplicate closure, of a question asking to discuss the content of an answer, correct?
I just asked What can I do if I have a feature idea that was already requested, but the author removed the suggestion in the meantime? here a few hours ago. That is a discussion regarding how to ...
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How can I improve my question asking about when an answer to an announcement marked as planned will be implemented, and have it reopened? [duplicate]
Yesterday, I asked the question Will the pluralization issue in number of bookmarks on list of bountied questions in user profile page be fixed at some point?, which in its original revision reported ...
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How to clarify a question closed as site specific
My question How to handle an unnecessarily complex question was closed as site specific. I didn't intend it as such, as any Stack Exchange site can have the kind of overly complex question the meta ...
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Improving my question about the Teachers' Lounge so it can be reopened
I am trying to improve my Meta Stack Exchange question Rename the Teachers' Lounge in order to get it reopened. It was closed in October 2019 for the reason "This question does not appear to be ...
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Why is my question still unclear after lots of edits according to suggestions? [closed]
My question is marked as unclear for 2-3 days. I've edited it a lot and made more specific, answerable. But it's still marked unclear.
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Send 'on hold' question to Reopen queue when OP edits it the first time
From What if I disagree with the closure of a question? How can I reopen it?
Closed questions that receive edits within the first 5 days of closure are automatically put into a review queue to be ...
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Location of re-open questions
A question of mine on Stack Exchange's Writing Beta forum was put on hold, as someone marked it as a request for critique.
Now, it kinda was, but I thought it was okay since a previous question of ...
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Requiring 5 reopen votes is too many, 3 would be more appropriate [closed]
I've seen at least 2 questions that were closed as too broad but were specific and answerable within their subdomain. And in both cases, they've failed to reopen appropriately.
One of the examples is ...
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Is there any difference between "Leave Open" and "Skip" in Close Votes Reviews? [duplicate]
I often review Close Votes in my favorite SE site ever since I got the close vote privilege and I have seen both Leave Open and Skip in the queues. What is the difference between both. From my ...
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Reposting deleted questions
I asked a question, and it got deleted. I do not have enough reputation points to vote to reopen. What can I do if I still want the answer to the question?
I can't even edit the question to try to ...
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Question closed as off-topic after following suggestion in Meta
Recently I had an algorithmic question regarding a programming puzzle. Unsure where to ask it, I searched Meta and found this post:
Where should I post questions about algorithms: Stack Overflow or ...
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Is it okay to repost a reformulated question that is closed (or on hold)?
If you
Formulate a question vaguely
It gets closed / put on hold for this
You take the comments to heart and reformulate it
It no longer gets attention but you have not enough reputation to trigger ...
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Should custom close-voting comments be flagged as obsolete if the question is reopened?
The question What's the purpose of “This page is intentionally left blank” we see in books? was initially closed as off-topic, and there was a comment explaining why. This comment got many upvotes.
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How to request the reopening of a question unilaterally closed by a moderator? [closed]
Sorry if this duplicates. I refer to this (which was automatically deleted).
On Apr 17 at 8:41, a moderator closed it unilaterally 'as unclear what you're asking'.
On Apr 17 at 14:30, I then ...
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