A summary of what I have learned/observed from the responses and the discussion in this thread (thanks all) up to June 22nd:
Many users have argued against the use of so called abstract duplicates as duplicate targets. The most common reason seems to be that while informative, the answers to a ...
Jyrki Lahtonen mentions in his answer: "In the future I will refrain from closing as a duplicate questions like this as the first voter (which was the case here). This is in line with our tradition of moderators not leading the rush to the barricades"
Nice summary of the issues. I welcome moderators not closing duplicates as the first voter. With respect to the question 1 still remaining: (1) I would close the "math gem" for lack of context/attempt. (2) If the difference between two questions is a factor of $4$, then I am not going to be upset with closing as a duplicate. My preference is still to leave it open. (Did you, by the way intend to have the same link twice?) — Thomas19 mins ago
This reminds me of some previous discussions we have about binding votes:
A summary of what I have learned/observed from the responses and the discussion in this thread (thanks all) up to June 22nd:
Many users have argued against the use of so called abstract duplicates as duplicate targets. The most common reason seems to be that while informative, the answers to a ...
