user9943: I find that Bio.SE is kind of harsh to newbies. An old topic, but I was wondering if it would be a good idea to include a delay of 48 hours before one can vote for question closure. As of now I see many newbies posting questions that get trashed within the hour. 
Of course, after editing it can be re-opened but I sense that newbies are scared away from Bio.SE by their virgin question being picked to pieces and put on hold within the hour. I know that everyone reading this question probably went through a similar process and persisted, but the process of re-opening may take quite a while, and the potential new member may have fled the scene. Further, shooting at a question is so easy. 
Editing questions as an experienced member and helping it survive is where the challenge is. Awkward formulated questions may simply be caused by a language barrier. 
This site depends on questions. Quite frankly asking a good question is more difficult than posting an answer.
What about introducing a compulsory delay of 48 hours or so, before a close-vote can be placed? Offensive stuff, spam and other nonsense questions can always be flagged for moderator attention.
EDIT: As an example, and nothing personal, but just to illustrate my point with a recent example: https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/31784/ecology-question . The question is poor, I do not - I repeat not - wish to discuss this particular question, it is just to illustrate the quite aggressive close-voting (put on hold after 10 minutes). I removed the discussion tag to discourage homing the discussion in on this question.

user14629: While I agree that close-voting can happen rather quickly, I don't think a compulsory delay of 48 hours is a good solution. At the most, a delay of a few hours to give the OP a chance to salvage the question could perhaps be a good idea, but we don't want very low-quality questions (like the one in the example) lingering for several days. 

9943: <p>I find that Bio.SE is kind of harsh to newbies. An old topic, but I was wondering if it would be a good idea to include a delay of 48 hours before one can vote for question closure. As of now I see many newbies posting questions that get trashed within the hour. </p>

<p>Of course, after editing it can be re-opened but I sense that newbies are scared away from Bio.SE by their virgin question being picked to pieces and put on hold within the hour. I know that everyone reading this question probably went through a similar process and persisted, but the process of re-opening may take quite a while, and the potential new member may have fled the scene. Further, shooting at a question is so easy. </p>

<p><strong>Editing questions as an experienced member and helping it survive is where the challenge is</strong>. Awkward formulated questions may simply be caused by a language barrier. </p>

<p><strong>This site depends on questions.</strong> Quite frankly asking a good question is more difficult than posting an answer.</p>

<p>What about introducing a compulsory delay of 48 hours or so, before a close-vote can be placed? Offensive stuff, spam and other nonsense questions can always be flagged for moderator attention.</p>

<p><sup>EDIT: As an example, and nothing personal, but <strong>just to illustrate my point</strong> with a recent example: <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/31784/ecology-question">https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/31784/ecology-question</a> . The question is <strong>poor</strong>, I do <strong>not</strong> - I repeat <strong>not</strong> - wish to discuss this particular question, it is <strong>just to illustrate</strong> the quite aggressive close-voting (put on hold after 10 minutes). I removed the discussion tag to discourage homing the discussion in on this question.</sup></p>
 14629: <p>While I agree that close-voting can happen rather quickly, I don't think a compulsory delay of 48 hours is a good solution. At the most, a delay of a few hours to give the OP a chance to salvage the question could perhaps be a good idea, but we don't want very low-quality questions (like the one in the example) lingering for several days. </p>
