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Why are there so many close voters on this sub SE page?

Having been on this community for a number of years and now in my second year as a moderator, this is my take on the question. Firstly, I think that this community does have a slightly more strict ...
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Why is this recent highly upvoted icon suggestion question not closed?

IMO, this question is not asking just for an icon. There are multiple ways to possibly indicate to a user that the cable is different than others (reading the answers, we find suggestions of all ...
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Why are there so many close voters on this sub SE page?

I hear your frustration and agree that some of us may be a bit too aggressive with the votes to close. However, I also agree with the sentiments that Michael Lai expressed—especially the notion ...
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Clarifying what constitutes a duplicate question

There are two parts to this. Firstly - the purpose of the Duplicate Question option is so that there can be one, canonical reference for a particular, or highly related question. Not just for now (...
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