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12 questions linked to/from How often are questions re-opened?
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Not a real question? Really?
Is corrosion an onomatopoeia? was closed as "Not a real question". I'm just flabbergasted.
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly ...
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Request to reopen "Literal Meaning of 'Gosh'"
I think the closed question, Literal Meaning of 'Gosh' should be reopened.
The general reference reason to close specifies that a question
can be definitively and permanently answered by a single ...
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Are eggcorn questions "too localized"?
Questions on eggcorns attract downvotes and close requests.
In this example the question did indeed lack research effort and it was not immediately identified as an eggcorn question.
"Sick ...
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Please re-open the "oldest profession" question
Please re-open Why (and since when) is prostitution called “the world's oldest profession”? . Talking about a well-known euphemism that's used in polite company (even Ronald Reagan has referred to ...
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Reopen 'Origin of the phrase "Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane"?'
This is a request to reopen the question 'Origin of the phrase "Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane"?'. There were at least 4 reopen votes previously which appear to have expired (?). This appears to ...
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"Do lunch" vs. "have lunch": question closure
I realise there's a lot of this lately, and I'm about to add to it, but here goes:
Difference between "I am doing lunch" and "I am having lunch"
A perfectly valid question. The ...
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Request to reopen “'These sort of things': is it grammatical? (2,670,000 hits on Google)”
I think the closed question, “'These sort of things': is it grammatical? (2,670,000 hits on Google)” should be reopened.
As Peter Shor said,
Except that it's not an exact duplicate. This question ...
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Request to reopen "what-is-bigger-a-squillion-or-a-kadgillion"
Question: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/51175/what-is-bigger-a-squillion-or-a-kadgillion
While this seems like (and may very well have been meant as) a silly nonsense question, there ...
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Remove 'On Hold' request
An OP seems to have put good effort in updating her question, but despite the question having been flagged to get moderator attention (I've requested the 'On Hold' be removed as it's now clear what ...
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Request to reopen "Is 'deuce' (tennis) a corruption of the French phrase 'à deux de jeu'?" [closed]
This is a request to reopen the question, "Is 'deuce' (tennis) a corruption of the French phrase 'à deux de jeu'?", as per the reasons stated in the question's comments.
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Reopen closed question: 'Is “Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft” correct?'
I think that this is a perfectly good question and have no idea why it has been closed. The only person to have provided a reason for his/her close-vote as a comment is Fumble. He too has stated that ...
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Reopen request: Isn't “dummy” in “HTML Parser for Dummies” considered offensive?
This is a request to reopen the question, "Isn't “dummy” in “HTML Parser for Dummies” considered offensive?" I believe that it is a perfectly legitimate question and not general reference.
(I've also ...
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