@rschwieb Now self-deleted. But this was at least the fifth time the question was asked here, so there is still some closure to do. The oldest version I've found was this; the three linked questions are duplicates that I've voted to close.
(Curiously, one of these question was also asked today.)
Hey CRUDE chatters, I have a question for you all. Aside from obvious cases when a question ought to be deleted (spam, rude/abusive, etc.), what is the thought behind deleting questions as opposed to closing them?
I answered this question a few days ago, as I thought it was reasonable, but I am surprised today to see that it in the close queue with 4 close votes and 2 downvotes.
It seems to me to be a reasonable question of a motivated student who has a misunderstanding that should be corrected. I can understand the two close votes "not clear what you are asking', because the OP never specifically asked to point out the flaw in their reasoning, which I've corrected by adding a specific question, but I cannot understand the close votes "not about mathematics". What would the reasoning behind such votes be?