Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options answers only not deleted user 10165

To ask about flags, how to flag, when to flag, how flags work, and explanation why flags are declined.

4 votes

Are flags raised for custom reasons handled differently?

As a mod? We handle things the same way, though of course, the exact course of action may depend on the mod. In the case of migrations - I personally ask a few questions. Firstly, is it on topic here …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
4 votes
Accepted

Flagging a comment which links to a picture of the question

Reading through all the comments, and the edit history it makes sense - basically the question rendered with what OP assumed to be B+W wingdingish charecters as emoji. See the rest of the comments, an …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
4 votes

What's wrong with my NAA flag, if the answer is now deleted?

I didn't handle the flag so, I think I can handle this with some fresh eyes. I'd start by saying the wording on the original question could be interpreted both ways. I read it as he wants to set a s …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
13 votes
Accepted

Why was my "not an answer" flag rejected?

It got deleted. By the looks of things it had spam flags and NAA flags, and I suspect that when the spam flag was dismissed so were the others. So, yeah, the flag was valid, the post deleted, and the …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
7 votes

Could a special case of "hardware recommendation" be on-topic?

I've fixed up the post, since, well, I actually think that the 'core' of the question is something useful, and something I don't know anything about. As a "should I buy A or B?" question... its not …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
1 vote

A clarification request for declined spam flag

Well, while removal of spam is a valuable thing - in some situations its nice to have a certain degree of flexibility... And well, this is one situation where the human touch works better than automa …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
6 votes
Accepted

A "not relevant" flag on a comment suggesting a question improvement where the improvement w...

Admittedly - I did have a late night, and was bleary eyed. How did you guess? If I felt I was too zonked out to process flags, I wouldn't - I had reasons. I felt that without that comment, the rest o …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
18 votes
Accepted

ChatGPT - what do we flag as?

I'd go with a custom flag. If you've run it through a chat gpt tester, mentioning it's always handy. We also tend to suspend chatgpt users and custom flags are always human-handled, unlike say spam fl …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
4 votes

Why was this flag declined by a moderator?

Well on review - I think converting to a comment would have been the appropriate thing. Mistakes were made, and I've done the necessary. I can't undo the flag rejection so I hope this would be suffici …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
6 votes

Flag was declined but the question was deleted all the same

SF deleted it when I checked. No action was needed on SU. As such, no moderator intervention was needed While I do sometimes mark flags of that sort as valid, I usually take into account a few thi …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
1 vote

What to do with a question about a script for Windows XP that became a list of different typ...

Do we really need to? Its different 'portable' approaches to a problem, and it isn't explicitly a gimme a codez question. Its also not a 'clear' software recommendation - but recommending software and …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k
5 votes

Why were my flags on a meta answer post and comments containing expletives directed at anoth...

While I wasn't the moderator who handled the flags in question - the moderation style here is often about defusing issues rather than trying to take punitive measures. Frankly at some point, someone s …
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
  • 132k