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The gold badge now allows the holder to have binding close votes on duplicates. It was discussed in here:

When did I get close-vote superpowers?

This is a nice thing for the site as well as appreciation for the experts.

Provided that the close vote queue number is still increasing despite the previous addition, albeit not that much as before, perhaps: are there any plans to extend it to other close reason in the not so far future?

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    We've made sooo many changes in the past few weeks to how close votes are weighed and reviewed, it's a bit premature to consider any further changes until we've seen how this pans out long-term (Hawthorn Effect is a pain to work around).
    – Shog9
    Commented May 28, 2014 at 17:48
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    I'm opposed to a unilateral close-hammer for gold badge holders. Maybe counting the gold badge as 3 votes or something, but there's enough gray area that I would prefer at least one more person to review closing. Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 7:54
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    @chrylis: you can already reopen instantly with a gold badge if a closure had happened mistakenly, so that is not an issue. Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 8:20
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    offtopic no-repo/typo and "seeking debugging help" would be good candidates (where having specific domain knowledge helps). Commented Jun 14, 2014 at 5:20
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    I'd like to see gold badge users having an increased vote weight on all topics. 3 votes would be about right - two gold badgers needed to close, otherwise three people including a gold badge holder. Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 14:41
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    @Duncan: I would probably even extend this to comment deletion in the given area for gold badge holders. Sometimes moderators make wrong decisions about comment deletion because it is out of their league; experts should be able to make better decisions. Commented Jun 27, 2014 at 10:34
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    @Shog9 is the time ripe yet to consider further changes or is it still a bit too soon?
    – user247702
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 16:00
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    possible duplicate of Give high-rep users extra weight on close votes
    – user2140173
    Commented Nov 11, 2014 at 15:30
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    related discussion at MSE: Empowering tag-badge holders part II - let's look at silver?
    – gnat
    Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 12:23

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