Closing with 3 votes: Do we want that experiment?

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Stack Overflow is running an experiment where 3 close votes are enough to close a question:

Should we ask for the same experiment on Software Recommendations?

What do you think is a good goal for the size of the Close Votes review queue? — RockPaperLizard♦, Aug 16 at 9:05
I would say that ideally it should reach zero about once every week or so (not sure if realistic). Maybe softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862/… is better for us actually, but I would gladly accept any of these experiments. — Nicolas Raoul♦, Aug 16 at 9:18
Definitely. Seeing how many users with sufficient rep we have at all, and how many VTC they throw, 5 isn't achieving a thing. 3 will already be hard enough. Some days it seems to me as if 90% of all closures go on me… — Izzy♦, Aug 20 at 21:39
PS: If a site like SO needs such an experiment, that seems like a bad sign… — Izzy♦, Aug 20 at 21:41
Hardware Recommendations ran another experiment where everyone with closing privileges was granted binding close votes. — gparyani, Aug 23 at 1:29
@gparyani: Indeed! I believe this is the topic of softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862/… :-) — Nicolas Raoul♦, Aug 23 at 1:32

RockPaperLizard · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-23 08:21:47Z

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Given the size of our review queues, this is a good idea.

Yes, let's ask for the same experiment on Software Recommendations SE.

If lowering the threshold to 3 is not sufficient, we can then experiment with 2 or even 1.

answered Aug 23 at 8:21

RockPaperLizard♦

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There are sooooo many questions coming in that can be closed without any doubt, that even 3 is high. But yes, 1 might be risky.... – Jan Doggen Aug 27 at 15:39
I agree with the answer. A resounding yes, but I would like to expand the closure reason "belongs on another site" to include - definitely S.O, probably SuperUser too. We also get some misplaced Android questions, but I am not sure where we should draw the line (I see the occasional Internet of Things question, but probably not enough to justify adding it as a closure reason). Btw, if I am certain of the site where a questions belongs, should I flag it for a mod to migrate, rather than voting to close? – Mawg Aug 30 at 10:36
@mawg softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2851/… – Jan Doggen Sep 16 at 14:23

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