# 'Bug' (?), feature request regarding closing reasons and announcement

As most of you probably know, the reason displayed when a question is closed is the one who got the majority of votes, when it is the case that one reason was picked more than all the others.

In this question the above happened. When there were $4$ votes, $3$ were due to off-topicness while the other, which was mine, was due to the question already having an answer in another question.

The points of this question are:

1. Report the bug, if it is one.
2. Request that all the closing reasons appear, perhaps even indicating who chose what and the number of votes each reason got.
3. Make it clear that I closed because it was a duplicate and not because I consider the question to be off-topic. As a part of this community I wish to make it clear where I stand in regards to the current debate about questions as the above being off-topic or not.
• The bullet item does imply that you were not among those voting off-topic. "Homework questions must..." – Andres Caicedo, Danny Cheuk, Zev Chonoles, Amzoti -- your name is not there. Maybe the first line should say "put on hold by"... without indication of reason, since the reason and users supporting that reason are listed below. – 40 votes Jul 13 '13 at 19:13
• @40votes Hadn't even noticed that. Thanks. – Git Gud Jul 13 '13 at 19:15
• Also, since this really is a feature-request more than a bug, it'll get more publicity on MSO: you could add your voice to Don't choose the best close reason, allow multiple close reasons. – 40 votes Jul 13 '13 at 21:46
• You left a comment, linking to the duplicate. I think that makes your intentions clear. – Gerry Myerson Jul 14 '13 at 1:09
• @GerryMyerson Actually, I think that comment may have been automatically generated when Git voted to close as duplicate. But I am not sure. – Willie Wong Jul 15 '13 at 8:37
• @WillieWong It was. That doesn't change Gerry's point, though. Despite that and despite what 40 votes mentioned in his first comment, those things are hardly noticeable in view of the gigantic announcement that shows who closed and why. – Git Gud Jul 15 '13 at 9:25