Should up/down voting be disabled on closed questions?

Question

Not to be confused with How do votes work on closed questions?

This isn't a question of what the current rules are, but rather a request to consider if it should be this way. Admittedly, I thought of this because an OLD closed question of mine got another downvote. Imagine a toddler being slapped in the hand for something he did 5 months ago. That's kind of the reaction I had. Then, allowing a little logic to seep in, I considered this: If the community considered a question bad enough to close, shouldn't it no longer be eligible for positive reputation? If it's already closed, hasn't the person who asked the question already been given proper dis-incentive to ask that type of question again?

Answer 1

Personally, I don't think that the mechanics of closed questions should be changed in this respect. What you're proposing would make closed questions almost identical to a locked question, which serves a different purpose from a closed question. Locked questions are "frozen in time", or a snapshot of when it was locked. A locked post has historical significance and/or a lot of popularity and interesting content, but should otherwise be deleted.

A closed question is salvageable. Some people may still consider a closed question a good one. I've upvoted questions that I've voted to close before. A question that was closed may be more likely to garner downvotes, but I don't think there's enough of a causal relationship to "lock in" the votes of a closed question.