Timeline for What happens when a VLQ queue question is re-flagged by those without close privileges?
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| Sep 22, 2015 at 22:43 | vote | accept | bertieb | ||
| Sep 12, 2015 at 17:31 | comment | added | fixer1234 | "I see," said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw. Yeah, problems don't always fit nicely into the limited categories. It's not unusual to see questions where three or four close votes are each for a different reason, just like you described in the previous revision. You're thinking about it correctly, though; sometimes you just need to pick the closest fit. You're also right about downvotes and closure being independent alternatives. From the review queue, you can open the question normally in a second tab for access to the full context, answers, voting, etc. | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 11:46 | comment | added | bertieb | @fixer1234 to clarify- that one-word answer bit was referring to the previous revision of my question, where I was wondering which flag to use when recommending closure of the example question above. Though it likely has a one-word answer, it needs more context to be sure (hence 'unclear'). I think I may ask a separate question about trivial questions. Edit: which I see you asked already! | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 2:58 | comment | added | fixer1234 | Moderation activities are largely delegated. There are things done only by moderators, deletion can also be done by 20k+ and 10k+ users (depending on type of post and votes), closure can also be done by 3k+ users. There are various flows that identify problem posts, filter them, and get them into queues for disposition. I took a stab at summarizing the portion related to your question in an answer. | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 2:45 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @bertieb: can you clarify "2) are questions with one-word answers "unclear" (yes?)"? There must be some context you're considering. To me, if it can have a one word answer, it's not at all unclear, but probably not the kind of question we're looking for. | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 1:38 | answer | added | fixer1234 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 21:45 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | I'm pretty sure that custom flags ("In need of moderator intervention") are handled only by moderators, but I believe that "should be closed" flags just push the question into the Close review queue, where users with > 3000 rep get to vote on it. Can somebody clarify this? Is flag handling in general described anywhere? | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 21:26 | history | edited | bertieb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
tailing ?
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| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:44 | history | edited | bertieb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
re-scope question to be about what happens when flags are raised
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| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:30 | comment | added | Ramhound | If the question should be closed you should flag it. | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:29 | comment | added | bertieb | @Ramhound Thanks for the clarification. Seems that would create more work for mods than leaving to community in the case of VTCs; it's maybe worth me leaving question to clarify that part of the system. | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:25 | comment | added | Ramhound | to my knowlege question flags are handled only by moderators | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:23 | comment | added | bertieb | @Ramhound By moderator, is that those >10k using mod tools, or ♦, or both? | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:19 | comment | added | Ramhound | If you flag the question, a moderator will review the flaw, if they deem it helpful I presume they then vote to close the question. If they don't agree they deem it as unhelpful, no harm no foul done, and then decided if the question should be closed for a different reason and/or should be left open. In all cases the question is brought to the attention of a moderator. | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:17 | comment | added | bertieb | @Ramhound Fair enough. I appreciate your offer of a screenshot but I believe you when you say the reasons are the same! Since I was mistaken in my assumptions I should probably edit or close this. There are two distinct questions that I still see that I think I know the answers to; 1) is re-flagging already flagged questions in VLQ the right workflow (yes?) 2) are questions with one-word answers "unclear" (yes?) | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:11 | comment | added | Ramhound | Those reasons have changed over the years. I can provide a screenshot of the "Why the question should be closed?" window if you want. In either case the window has a title of "Why the question should be closed?" so doesn't make sense to do that | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 11:05 | comment | added | bertieb | @Ramhound Ah, perhaps I am mistaken; I assumed there was a difference. I could swear I've seen questions put on hold / closed for reasons other than the flags above. | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 10:48 | comment | added | Ramhound | You list all the "close reasons" so I am not exactly sure what your question is. Flag->"Should be Closed" -> lists the same reasons as Close-> | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 10:32 | comment | added | bertieb | If this question should be anonymised to protect the original asker, please either edit or indicate as such and I will remove references to the question. Specific example was to illustrate the question but it can be easily genericised. | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 10:31 | history | asked | bertieb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |