I think each and every one of these five users has as much right to cast a vote as an esteemed linguist or student of linguistics. In addition, not one of the five users has the SWR dupe hammer, but each and every one one has SWR as their number one tag. On the other hand, Araucaria's most successful tag is pronunciation, only tchrist♦ tops himtops him, but Araucaria has as much right to close a single-word-request, meaning or word-choice question, as any user who has earned that same "privilege".
UPDATE #2
The question "The carrots need being chopped" and "The carrots need to chop""The carrots need being chopped" and "The carrots need to chop" has been reopened, but within minutes a bounty was hastily placed in order to prevent its third closure.