Questions tagged [vote-to-reopen]
The process by which users can vote a question re-opened if it is closed due to some users seeing it as off-topic or otherwise disallowed by the /faq.
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How about a "Vote not to close" option to counter the "Vote to close"?
My request is simple: Many times, there will be a question where some people feel like it should be closed. At the same time, I'll feel like it's a perfectly legit question, and it should therefore ...
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Add the ability to retract reopen and delete votes
It seems that now we can retract close votes but we cannot retract reopen votes or delete votes.
I am trying to retract my reopen vote here but it does not allow me to. Can we have that ability?
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Testing three-vote close and reopen on 13 network sites
Test is live!
The 13 sites below have their votes to close set at 3. I've also reduced the votes needed for migrations to 2 (down from 3).
Almost two years ago I ran a test for single vote closure/...
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How do you reopen a closed question?
To reopen a closed question, up 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 ...
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Please allow expired close/open votes to be re-cast [duplicate]
When a close vote expires, it can no longer be re-cast.
This didn't use to be the case: back when close votes always expired in 4 days, you could re-cast your close vote after it had expired. This ...
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Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?”
The following question, Does the Fram's ban on Wikipedia seem similar to recent events? What can Stack Exchange learn from it? by Rebecca J. Stones has been locked by a moderator. No comments can ...
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New close/reopen privilege explanation for users who earn it for the first time
Earlier this afternoon we released a new feature aimed at educating folks about the "Cast close and reopen votes" privilege when they earn it.
Going forward, when a user visits a question after ...
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Lots of questions in the reopen queue [closed]
I've noticed in the last couple of days that there have been a few occasions when there's been a sudden surge of questions in the SO "Reopen" review queue.
Normally there's either no questions at all ...
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Should trusted close/reopen voters and reviewers have their votes weighted more than others'?
In Q3 2021 I finalized my research around three vote close/reopen and I was pretty happy with the outcomes - as were the sites that got to test it out. While the benefit to each site was different, ...
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Three-vote close/reopen test - results
Three-vote close and reopen has been something I've been thinking about for ... a really long time. I'm really happy to finally be able to present the results of this test to you all. This post is ...
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Allow us to vote to reopen from the Android app
Currently, the only way to vote to reopen in the Android app is to open the post in a browser, and then vote to reopen from there.
Can we get reopen vote functionality within the app?
Related: Allow ...
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Change the Reopen review queue to allow for a *different* close reason
In the Reopen Review Queue, add functionality for "leave closed" so that it may become "leave closed and change close reason."
One of the things that is not uncommon at all in the ...
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Clicking leave closed shows the reopen pop-up
This is rather difficult to describe with fancy pictures with red circles but it's easily reproducible.
Whenever I click Leave Closed in the re-open queue on MSO the "nominate this question for re-...
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Can we have the ability to flag for reopening?
TL;DR: Grant 500+ rep users (except the OP) the privilege to flag a question for reopening.
Currently, you can flag a question for closing, and it automatically enters the Close votes review queue, ...
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What is the status of three-vote closure testing on non-SO sites?
In the Community Roadmap for Q4 of 2020, one of the goals for November 2020 is
Three-vote Close and Reopen Tests
Three-vote closure has been requested by many many sites, including the one I ...
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