<p>I voted to re-open.  That's my tendency. </p>

<p>When a site serves several purposes (as this one does) some actions that are best suited for one purpose will be ill suited for another. One function of this site is to be a sort of encyclopedia of statistics answers - although, of course, there already is <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471667196" rel="nofollow">Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences</a>, many will not have access to it, it's expensive, and it isn't exactly what we are.  There is, of course, also Google.</p>

<p>Another purpose is to the individual who asks the question. </p>

<p>To serve the first purpose, closing is natural. To serve the second, leaving things open is natural.</p>
