All Questions
71 questions
9
votes
2
answers
523
views
How should trusted users deal with non-answers?
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,...
- 50.3k
11
votes
1
answer
209
views
What's the right flag if a link has malware
I flagged an obvious spammer whose site was blacklisted by google for malware. Its straightforward since it is spam on the other hand What would be the proper action if a legitimate user posts a link, ...
- 132k
6
votes
1
answer
455
views
Difference between "Not welcome in our community" and Offensive
I just saw a post that blatantly asked for tips to script a DDoS attack.
Now a post like this is not Welcome to our community. We do not help script attacks, however, when flagging the post as such, ...
- 742
1
vote
1
answer
59
views
Specify reason for flagging off topic
When flagging a question as Off Topic I have to hope the the moderator reviewing the flag spots the same problem I do. I'd like to be able to specify a reason for a question being off topic. This way ...
- 2,219
7
votes
3
answers
106
views
Should "Not an answer" include off topic answers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is an answer eligible to be flagged as “not an answer”? What to do?
This answer turned up flagged as not an answer. I'm not actually certain which way it goes ...
- 132k
-5
votes
2
answers
241
views
Why does it mean when a flag is rejected with "aware of content that requires intervention"?
In a similar approach of slhck's problem I thought that being very descriptive instead of just clicking not an answer would help, but instead I got a new flag reason returned:
I don't feel like the ...
- 57.7k
7
votes
1
answer
197
views
What is a 'Helpful Flag'?
I was looking in my profile, and I saw the 'Helpful Flag' thing with a number beside of it. I know it's not the number of upvoted questions or answers, because my number for both of these are higher. ...
- 4,424
1
vote
0
answers
29
views
Should I flag comments left over after migration? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How should I request for comment cleanup on migrated questions?
When a question is migrated from another site, I often see comments left over like "this site is for ...
- 46.4k
0
votes
1
answer
243
views
Inconsistent Mod response to migrating Excel questions between Stack OverFlow & Super User [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should questions be moved to AskDifferent/AskUbuntu/…?
When Excel questions at Super User are clearly vba or vbscript related I then will flag them as belonging to ...
- 2,117
16
votes
2
answers
343
views
Flagging posts that answer the question with something the OP has already dismissed
Note: This is a follow-up on Is “Y” really a valid answer to “I want X, and tried to do Y, but it doesn't work”? — because I don't think this is sufficiently answered, or at least doesn't seem too ...
- 232k
0
votes
1
answer
178
views
dealing with a drive-by downvote by flagging? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
political downvoting unrelated to a question?
I thought i was once advised that if I saw i'd been hit with what looks very much like a drive-by downvoter, like a few downvotes ...
- 24.7k
0
votes
1
answer
42
views
Why don't flags on comments show up with the rest of my flags?
I've flagged some comments, and that have been removed. Why can't I view the comments I've flagged?
Also how do flagged comments affect your flag weight?
- 13.5k
2
votes
1
answer
157
views
Why was my "not an answer" flag marked helpful, but the post not deleted?
I flagged this post as "not an answer":
I had the same problem as Dan Dyer. I followed slesker's instructions and now my problem is solved.
Now, to the openoffice developpers: I really ...
- 232k
8
votes
2
answers
125
views
How should I request for comment cleanup on migrated questions?
Going through the list of recently migrated questions (10k), some of these really need some editing or other moderation.
What you see quite often on those questions are comments like:
not ...
- 232k
-4
votes
3
answers
107
views
Move a question to another SE site
I recently flagged learn ActionScript or keep the html5 path for mod attention to be moved to programmers.se, as it was relevant for that site. The question was closed by a mod without any other votes....
- 13.2k
256
votes
1
answer
7k
views
How should my flagging change when I gain the ability to vote to close?
My rep is going to reach 3,000 soon (2,987 at the time of this post), so I should be able to vote to close soon. How should my flagging habits change when I gain this ability? What should I do when ...
- 46.4k
1
vote
1
answer
73
views
Flagging Questions as off-topic
When flagging questions as off-topic, and we are given options to choose a site it should go to... What determines that list? For example, if I see a question on SU that I think should belong on the ...
- 13.5k
0
votes
2
answers
212
views
Trying to understand why attempting to get recommendations on software products is off-topic
I have a question here: https://superuser.com/questions/313573/recommended-time-attendance-time-clock-systems. It was closed and marked as off topic, but isn't the point of this Q&A to discuss ...
- 211
-14
votes
3
answers
710
views
What is with these invalid flags?
Two of my recent flags were marked as invalid, but I have no idea why. The first one was a duplicate post, only 4 questions below, and was not only closed, but deleted. I flagged it as "Dual post, ...
- 25.6k
2
votes
1
answer
129
views
Invalid flag but question is closed?
I flagged a question as an exact duplicate, but it was marked invalid and then the question was closed? Was my flag valid or not?
- 9,335
9
votes
4
answers
190
views
Is it all right to use the flag option to...? [duplicate]
Is it all right to use the flag option to bring to attention an question that may need to be voted to close because it is off-topic.
Example: What is the best stock market website ??
- 7,377