Shortly after earning 20k reputation, I've encountered a couple of non-answers and – out of habit – flagged both posts as not an answer.

Then, I've remembered my newly gained super powers, downvoted the posts, refreshed the tabs (argh!) and cast a delete vote on each.

That got me thinking. If I encounter an answer that is flaggable as not an answer, should I:

• flag it?
• vote to delete it?
• both?

As long as the answer isn't already in the 10k flag queue, I suppose flagging it is a must¹. The delete tab of the 10k tools doesn't appear like voting to delete alone would be fast enough.

If I flag the answer, does voting to delete on top of it have any beneficial effect?

_{¹ I'm assuming that voting to delete doesn't put the answer in the 10k flag queue. Please correct me if I'm wrong.}

Shortly after earning 20k reputation, I've encountered a couple of non-answers and – out of habit – flagged both posts as not an answer.

Then, I've remembered my newly gained super powers, downvoted the posts, refreshed the tabs (argh!) and cast a delete vote on each.

That got me thinking. If I encounter an answer that is flaggable as not an answer, should I:

• flag it?
• vote to delete it?
• both?

As long as the answer isn't already in the 10k flag queue, I suppose flagging it is a must¹. The delete tab of the 10k tools doesn't appear like voting to delete alone would be fast enough.

If I flag the answer, does voting to delete on top of it have any beneficial effect?

_{¹ I'm assuming that voting to delete doesn't put the answer in the 10k flag queue. Please correct me if I'm wrong.}