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11
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Why was this question deleted instead of closed?
It looks a lot like a spam seed to me. By deleting it quickly, it is taken out of circulation so the prospective spammer hopefully realises it's a waste of time.
It's fine to assume people have good …
6
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Accepted
How long should we wait to flag Low-Quality on barely acceptable answer?
Immediately. Waiting makes no sense, especially when the quality of the answer isn't that great as is
Mods can always comment, delete, and undelete once the post is edited to completion.
2
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Is this spam or only a low(er) quality answer?
There's a few issues to look at here
firstly, whether the question was posted there to be spambait. In this case it seems to be a regular user with questions that don't relate to the product in que …
6
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What should we do with answers that are low quality but otherwise legitimate attempts to ans...
You could always downvote.
In general that's what I do when I see a answer that's not trying hard enough, but not quite passed the threshold of "KILL IT KEEEEEL IT".
I also consider such questions a …
7
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Accepted
How is one sentence of unsubstantiated opinion the best answer?
Depends on the question, but upvotes to an extent is a popularity contest.
Unlikely
No, pick what you consider to be the best answer.
That said, that's a pretty odd question, and I'm waffling on wh …
16
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Bad answer repeat offender
I'd try commenting first, and editing - in situations like this I'd try to fix up one or two of them, and commenting politely about the fixes I've made, and why that is. If they're truely horrible, I' …
3
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Accepted
Low-Quality review queue
We could probably have a room for "Questions that need some love" or a SU Meta question for stuff like this, the same way we handle closed votes, and tags that need to be burninated.
I'm sure there'r …
0
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Low quality answers
Well, I believe its primarily length.
Non english answers are fixable (Its a pain in the butt in many cases tho), as is bad grammar.
The best rules of thumb are "Does this answer the question" and " …
5
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2
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What are the criteria for quality standards? Or... How do I get Super User to accept my ques...
It seems a rather silly question to ask, but I'm attempting to ask a question on the location of wallpaper files on Windows XP. As always, I've explicitly stated my OS, very specifically spelled out m …