I flagged A group whose automorphism group is cyclic for being off-topic, a standard procedure for questions that have no context/work. However, it was declined by a moderator. Why is that?
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1$\begingroup$ When did you flag that? You have 3.6k points, and after 3k you shouldn't be able to flag something into closing (e.g. as off topic), but rather vote to close it yourself. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 3, 2015 at 0:13
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$\begingroup$ @Asaf "Review completed Feb 22 at 21:47: " $\endgroup$– quid ModJun 3, 2015 at 0:14
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5$\begingroup$ @quid: Ah. Well, it's better to ask three months later than to not know the answer at all. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 3, 2015 at 0:18
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The flag was not declined by a moderator, three reviewers in the close vote queue unanimously voted to leave the question open. If the reviewers unanimously vote to leave open, that declines a close-flag without moderator intervention.
answered Jun 2, 2015 at 23:57
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7$\begingroup$ @VladimirLenin this is hard to know, but presumably because the question is interesting and well-received and there is a school of thought that mathemaically above average can compensate lack on other aspects (or because they are not subscribing to the entire context idea). $\endgroup$– quid ModJun 3, 2015 at 0:13