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The new and increasingly popular "close for insufficient research" close reason, are we headed in the wrong direction here? Is there a way to reduce?
Comment under Why is the moon tidally locked with the earth? with +4 votes
I’m voting to close this question because there's no evidence that OP has done any research.
Comment under Plane of Moon&#...
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Is insta-closing of potential duplicates always the best way? In low Q-rate sites? Is there something to be said for slow-closing or eventual closing?
Constellation search from April 22 2007 received three good answers before it was correctly closed as duplicate to our canonical Where can I find the positions of the planets, stars, moons, artificial ...
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Do we need/want a 3-vote closure?
There's a recent discussion in the main meta Testing three-vote close and reopen on 13 network sites.
So I am wondering, as a few posts have 2,3, or even 4 close votes that haven't been closed/...
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Why was my comment deleted, and this this replacement comment okay?
I'd left a "lead by example" comment addressed to the user who wrote an extended comment about why they'd chosen to immediately close What would happen if a Sun-like star were to consume a Jupiter-...
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Should this question about touching event horizons really be closed as duplicate?
The question If two black hole event horizons overlap (touch) can they ever separate again? is well received with +32 upvotes currently and has two well received answers with +32 and +24 votes as well....
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Can a vote to close be reversed if a user is removed?
In this question which I recently revised a user was removed of SE at least from Astronomy.SE. Can their vote to close on this question also be removed?
Can the Moon provide momentum to an object in ...
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Should out of date/obsolete questions be closed
This question about a sky object from 2013 is of not much value anymore, even if we assume an event that repeats yearly.
(It's not a good question either: no location, no picture or sketch)
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