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Why was my VLQ flag rejected?
I have flagged this answer as very low quality and my flag was rejected.
VLQ's description is:
This answer has severe formatting or content problems. This answer is unlikely to be salvageable thr …
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How are questions for reopen audits chosen? Can we exclude some?
Are questions for audits chosen randomly or by hand? I'm talking about reopen queue specifically.
I'm asking because of this audit. "Works for me" comments indicate that the question could actually b …
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Should we have closing guidelines with examples?
It would be useful to have some examples of questions that should and shouldn't be closed for specific reasons, with detailed explainations why.
It could reduce the number of invalid flags and make l …
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Should using 'mywebsite' in links be disallowed when posting?
I was retagging Run a shell script with an html button and got a following message when trying to save changes:
Links cannot contain 'mywebsite' (try a full domain or wrap it in a code block).
H …
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Why are generic flags not available for low score answers?
I've just tried to flag a low score answer as "Not an answer" and the only option available was "Needs ♦ moderator attention".
Why are generic flags not available for low-quality answers?
What's the …
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Received 38 downvotes on different posts in 4 minutes [duplicate]
This is my reputation history right now:
These are 38 of my highest-voted questions and answers. Looks like I made some enemies. Could moderators handle this, please?
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What should I do when I think my comment should be undeleted?
I've left a comment on this answer explaining why I have downvoted it and how it could be improved. Other user replied, I replied and the comments section eventually got too chatty, so all comments we …
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Question closed as unclear but an answer was already posted
This question.
The reason why the question was closed is "This question needs details or clarity". Let's follow the link.
Needs details or clarity - Sometimes we need more information in order to hel …
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How to search for duplicates efficiently?
In my experience the search box in Close as duplicate dialog is almost useless.
For example we have a canonical malware removal question. Its score is 454 as I'm writing this. It has over a dozen high …
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answer
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Why was my comment explaining reason for a downvote deleted?
Earlier today I have downvoted this answer and left a comment explaining my action. It was something like this:
-1 because this is an unreadable 5 lines long run of words with no formatting or pun …
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Questionably bad answer used for audit
This answer to the question "How does one Install a Brother HL-2270DW Laser Printer on Arch Linux ARM and Raspberry Pi 4B?". It's deleted and used as an audit question.
For users who can't see deleted …