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No feedback after submitting a closed question for review [closed]

My question was closed 3 days ago for being off-topic Programming Exercises UX I made the necessary changes in order to comply with the guidelines, following the feedback I was given. I haven't heard ...
Samuele B.'s user avatar
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Should grammar edits of closed questions be approved? [duplicate]

If a question is closed or put on hold, usually nobody bothers to fix spelling mistakes in it. But if a new user does it, should the edit be approved? It does technically edit the post, although not ...
Fabian Röling's user avatar
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Given how well the reopen queue works, should it be easier to close questions

The reopen queue seems to be working very well. Lots of effort has been made in the past to stop questions being closed in error. If the person that asked a question had a “right of appeal” against ...
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Limited editing of answers to closed questions

I just reviewed an edit that clearly introduced spam into an old answer. However, the question itself was practically asking for it since it was requesting recommendations based on some subjective ...
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Was this reopen audit question actually a good post? [closed]

Okay, sadly enough I've failed yet another review audit - this time in the reopen queue. Okay, yes I was/am new to the reopen queue, and this time in fact I've clicked "Skip" a hell of a lot more than ...
Qantas 94 Heavy's user avatar
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Reviewing Close Votes, is just too painful, make it easier [duplicate]

I have been reviewing close voted questions for a while now. And I am not feeling encouraged to close questions since the numbers are just growing. I feel really responsible for allowing SO to have so ...
Siddharth's user avatar
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Should a question be closed as "duplicate" when the cited "original" was asked **after** the first one? [duplicate]

While doing my time in the review queue, this question (question A) came up as a possible duplicate, with this question (question B) cited as the "best original." Being a thorough person, I checked ...
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Reopen Votes - Do I miss something? "STOP! Look and Listen." [closed]

During review of "Reopen Votes" found interesting task. Course, after reading new "version" of the question, I've clicked "Leave Closed" and got message "STOP!..." I'm talking about this question!! ...
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8 answers
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Ideas for the close queue? [closed]

I am concerned on the growing close votes review queue size. I know it has been discussed before.. more than once, and I simply want to propose some ideas... Why not separate the single close votes ...
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What's the right reason to close this question (and other questions like it)?

This question (Split Java ArrayList into equal parts … Peer review) is on hold for being "off topic." It's a good example of a question that should be closed, being a request for peer review, but it ...
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Reviewing one's own close votes

When a post comes up for reopen review, for instance, after a post-close edit, it is possible for reviewers to be asked to judge their own close votes. For example, in this review (which I guess not ...
Charles Stewart's user avatar
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How should I approach valid answers on closed questions?

While reviewing Late Answers/ First Posts, I usually come across valid answers on closed questions. What approach should I take in this scenario?
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Add a new review task for deleting closed questions [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can we get some more review queues - questions with delete votes, recently closed etc.? There are way too many closed questions that should be deleted and the current way to ...
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26,000 questions have close votes, now what? [duplicate]

In Close Votes expire too soon for low-traffic tags Jeff exclaimed: Brock, this is GENIUS! I am hereby using my super-upvote on this feature-request: Close votes (and probably reopen votes) ...
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When are closed questions removed from review?

When are closed questions removed from /review? It seems rather pointless to take up a review slot for a question that is already closed and has multiple downvotes. In essence the community has ...
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