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I think that one of the problems that we have with asking someone to close a discussion is that our terms aren't clear. Among editors who try to be a little more precise, "closing" seems to mean slapping {{ Discussion top}} and {{ Discussion bottom}} tags around it, to stop people from adding more comments. The task of posting a summary statement is a separate step, and it's possible (not even unusual) to do one without doing the other.

Also, both closing and summarizing happen in many more discussions than just RFCs. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 05:27, 27 August 2017 (UTC) reply

Just a reminder that Wikipedia:Discussions for discussion exits as a venue for those planning to close discussions to seek advice on their assessment of consensus in those discussions. Cheers! BD2412 T 23:49, 9 September 2023 (UTC) reply