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At smaller sites, penalize hot questions having 3-4 close votes

feature-request vote-to-close hot-questions community-standards asked Jul 31, 2014 at 18:50

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71 votes

In “network hot” questions formula, discard answers when voting evidence indicates that these are not good data points

feature-request status-declined voting stackexchange-button hot-questions asked Aug 6, 2013 at 7:12

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54 votes

After question is closed expose close votes distinguished by reason in the timeline page

feature-request status-deferred close-reasons timeline attribution asked Sep 23, 2016 at 15:59

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46 votes

Suggested migrations review at target site

discussion review migration migration-rejection asked Oct 14, 2012 at 11:35

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45 votes

Looking for stats related to possibly coordinated comments flagging

support meta statistics account-suspension comment-flags asked Oct 23, 2019 at 7:57

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44 votes

Increase the Hot Network Questions randomness (proposal for testing)

feature-request hot-questions views sidebar asked Jan 16, 2015 at 18:41

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43 votes

What is the reasoning behind limiting "recidivists" to post one question per week?

support asking-questions rate-limiting anti-recidivism-system asked Jun 26, 2014 at 11:11

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43 votes

how to deal with link rot caused by deletion of popular off-topic questions?

discussion deleted-questions off-topic link-rot asked Feb 24, 2012 at 10:16

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40 votes

What does "active" mean in my flagging summary page?

support flag-history asked Jul 28, 2013 at 9:23

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34 votes

Help readers understand what "link-only answer" is in canned comments sent from Low Quality queue

feature-request review hyperlinks low-quality-posts link-only-answers asked Nov 17, 2012 at 9:05

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