@scottbb Okay, that's interesting! I was so sure it would not happen to a main chat room of a SE site. It should not happen, imo. But, obviously it does.

Did not know that earning gold in a tag allows a user to close questions on their own. We only have one user with that ability on this site - photo.stackexchange.com/help/badges?tab=tags&filter=gold

@dpollitt I think this is just for duplicate closures in the tag though isn't it?

@AJHenderson yes just for duplicate closures in that tag