In the "Votes Cast" section of my profile, my vote to close [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1412183/how-can-i-have-a-black-background-for-my-whole-site-using-css) is annotated with "(deleted)":

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hdx7F.png)

However, the close vote does not appear to have been deleted: it successfully closed the question:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZmD9E.png)

Why was this vote marked as "(deleted)"?

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If the vote was deleted my some internal process *after* the question was closed and the closers were recorded, I call that a [bug](/questions/tagged/bug "show questions tagged 'bug'"). Regardless of what happens internally, it's irrelevant to users if close votes are deleted after they have taken effect.