@XanderHenderson Could it be in a comment?

I have tried to check quid's comments containing cast, close, vote, final, binding, fifth - but I did not notice something like this among recent comments.

Although quid mentioned his nomination post in some discussion in chat: 2017 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire.

> I do not intend to cast many votes.

> However, what I do not like is users objecting to moderators casting votes on principle. This goes too far. I am of the opinion that a moderator that is not willing to ever use the powers they got, is not quite fit for the job, either.

> I do intend to cast a few votes.

This is a part of his answer to: "What would you do if someone opposes a decision you've made? For example, opposition to removing some comments, closing/reopening/deleting a post, etc. Such opposition may come from direct comments or votes to reopen a question closed by a mod, etc."

@MartinSleziak Very possibly

Also, "recently" is "since I started interacting with meta", which is now about 2 years out, I suppose.

And, again, my recollection may simply be flawed. I could have sworn that quid expressed some hesitance to cast a preemptive close vote, and that he would prefer to let the community figure things out.

@DominicvanderZypen Now that the question has been edited - so that the newer question contains the stronger variant - I think we could deleted the above comments, they are no longer relevant.

I have already deleted my comment - if you agree with this assessment, you might deleted your two comments.

BTW YCor's suggestion seems reasonable to me: