Timeline for Why can't we close questions that have a bounty?
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| Jul 21, 2018 at 9:20 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak |
The tag (bounty) definitely seems suitable here, and probably also some tag related to closing.
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| May 4, 2017 at 9:34 | comment | added | Mikhail Katz | David, instead of fighting a question tooth-and-nail you might want to make constructive suggestions as to its improvement and/or do some background reading and venture an answer, since the question has been re-opened. | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 10:26 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Somewhat related older discussion: Using bounty to prevent a question from being closed. Perhaps you can find some other related posts among the questions tagged (bounty). | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 1:55 | comment | added | Todd Leason | The question you want to close has at the moment 9 upvotes and an answer with 8 upvotes. This shows that there is some interest in it. I think there is no reason to fight here on meta for closing it (I understand your question on meta is more general, but about 2/3 of what you wrote is concerned with the linked question including your pronounced opinion on it). | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 0:01 | answer | added | François G. DoraisMod | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 21:55 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | A bounty can be set on a question only after two days -- if the question hasn't been closed already by that time, it is likely not that unreasonable. Also, for a bounty the OP needs to have (and to spend) some points -- if they do this, they are usually particularly interested in an answer. When closed, the text of a question remains visible, and so does any advertisement contained therein -- so unlike spam flags, closure is not a means to remove advertisements. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 20:54 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | As a better question, I suggest "I just tried to cast the final close vote on a question with a bounty, and the system said such questions with open bounty can't be closed. Why is this? I can see an abuse of this system by the author, especially if the post seems to do something like advertise a paper.". Gerhard "May Use This Without Attribution" Paseman, 2017.04.29. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 20:47 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | It is better to talk about unacceptable or problematic behaviour without naming names. As written, your post is better as a private email to the administrators. If you must, you can link to an example, but I think your question is improved by leaving out the example and the mini-rant. Gerhard "Sometimes Wants To Maxi Rant" Paseman, 2017.04.29. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 19:41 | history | asked | David White | CC BY-SA 3.0 |