I refer to [Is this “ever” grammatical here?](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/26413/is-this-ever-grammatical-here), which was unilaterally closed by a mod 7 minutes after posting.

The [current] question text is quite short. Since it may later be edited such that users with lower rep can't see *exactly* the situation when it was put on hold (as **Unclear**), I'll reproduce it here...

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> I repented ever doing this all by myself.
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> What is this *ever*?  
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> Is this *ever* grammatical here?
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I don't really want to get too bogged down in the matter of whether or not the question truly *is* "Unclear" (personally I don't think so, but obviously there's room for debate on that).

My concern is that in this particular case I can see that the OP there (quite obviously [an established user](https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/2492/username901345)) asked the question an hour ago as I write, but hasn't (again, as I write) been seen on the site since 4 minutes after posting it. As of right now, he knows nothing of what's happened to the question.

I have a general feeling that mods should leave it to the *community* to close questions wherever possible, particularly when the justification for closure might not be clear-cut, and little time has elapsed.

**Question:** *Is **my** position on this issue justified? Is this a case of "over-moderation"?*

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EDIT: The original OP has since *closed* the question. But (particularly noting @Esoteric Screen Name's re-open vote) I've taken it upon myself to edit the question to provide a couple of cited usages, and to focus more specifically on what I feel may be the *semantic* issues raised by the usage which could be confusing to learners. Obviously I have also voted to re-open.