Where do questions go after they are closed?  Are they
irretrievably lost? What happens to the rep earned by the asker
& answerers.  share|improve this question Silicon heaven? – 
Andrew Grimm May 16 '11 at 7:16 add comment  2 Answers  They go
to the island of misfit questions where Rich B whips them until
they cry. TheTXI rides by occasionally and mocks them from
astride his pony, Francesca. Welbog derides the poor usability
of the misfit question and we all point and laugh. Shog9
provides them with generally well written joke responses that
both flatter and admonish the original poster. Jonathan Sampson
will then write a Greasemonkey script to make them appear to be
alive again.  Some of them are rescued by a decent edit, but
most perish in this hell for eternity. Deletion is too good for
them.  share|improve this answer Yeah, that only happens on
Meta. –  Kyle Cronin Sep 1 '09 at 1:20 add comment  Closed
questions don't actually go anywhere. You can still see them,
they can still be searched, and they can