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If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer itprevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.

If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.

If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.

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If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer itprevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.

If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.

If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.

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If the question is missing information, putting it on hold is the best way to prevent others from trying to answer it. No one benefits from reading an incomplete question, and we're all equally hurt by an incomplete answer. Actively casting a vote against closure is not constructive, as it doesn't imply that the question is good (and the community doesn't just close good questions on a whim).

Normally the question makes its way through the reopen queue to get looked at again by someone else if it's been closed, so there are people that will look at the question again to see if it can be reopened. If you really feel that a question should be reopened, edit it back into shape and that will get a little more attention to it.