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Should a greater percentage of questions be closed?

I think good (i.e., legitimate) questions should remain open forever. Whether a question has an answer or is followed up by the question OP, is irrelevant to whether the question might be useful on th …
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Should a greater percentage of questions be closed?

It seems that emacs.SE has one of the lowest percentages of closed questions, among all SE sites. 2022: a year in closing Does that mean a greater number of questions aren't bad enough to be closed? O …
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Should a minimal effort to find the answer be required for a question?

See this exchange in the comments, about closing the question. I would like to see, as a possible reason to close a question, a judgment as to whether the OP made a minimal effort to find the answer. …
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