What are the differences among [on hold], [closed] and [deleted] questions? I searched the meta, but I could not find the answer to this question. My apology is in order if the answer is well-known.
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1$\begingroup$ See here and here. $\endgroup$– Michael Greinecker ModCommented May 27, 2014 at 1:32
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To summarize:
When $5$ users (or a moderator) vote to close a question for various reasons (e.g. duplicate, off-topic, too broad and so on), it is marked as [on-hold].
Once a question has been [on-hold] for $5$ days, it is marked as [closed].
In either case, new answers cannot be added to the question, but it is still publicly visible to all users. Users with the appropriate privileges can vote or comment on these questions.
When a post is deleted, it is only visible to users past a certain reputation threshold, and it cannot be answered, commented on, or voted on. A question can be deleted through various means: Automatically (e.g. negatively scored questions without upvoted answers can be deleted by the Community user), or via the deletion votes of 10k+ users / moderators.
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$\begingroup$ Thanks for the very clear explanation. $\endgroup$ Commented May 27, 2014 at 1:41
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$\begingroup$ You're very welcome. $\endgroup$– user61527Commented May 27, 2014 at 1:42
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5$\begingroup$ A missing piece here is that although a deleted question can be seen by a 30K user, it does not appear in search results, so even a 30K user will have great difficulty finding it unless someone saved a link to it. $\endgroup$– MJDCommented May 27, 2014 at 14:56
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