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To ask about flags, how to flag, when to flag, how flags work, and explanation why flags are declined.
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Old "link-only answers" by a former moderator
Without context, you could interpret the response like you did. But let's be clear: moderators are not exempt from any rules we have here—whether it's about quality or behavior in general. Feel free t …
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Post was edited after I flagged for review
Maybe let the moderator know that the flag was for a previous version of the answer.
That'd be a nice feature. Currently, what we see is this:
It doesn't show whether a post has been edited, a …
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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 co …
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How should trusted users deal with non-answers?
long as we don't suddenly get a considerable number of (actively moderating) 20k users who use moderators as proxies for things they could easily handle themselves, there's no problem with the others flagging … * This is the rationale behind having users with vote to close privileges just cast their votes instead of flagging (see: How should my flagging change when I gain the ability to vote to close?). …
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Flag dialog on low-score answers appears faded out
Related Meta Stack Overflow requests
The flag pop up on heavily downvoted answers has grey
text
Flag popup in review is translucent for non-hidden ignored
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Current status
Wh …
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Why aren’t my flags handled?
You were already contacted about your flagging behavior in September 2012. We encouraged you to take a look at your flagging record to try and improve, which obviously didn't happen. …
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When is an answer eligible to be flagged as "not an answer"? What to do?
What do we do when the answer is ineligbile for flagging, but isn't a good answer?
Downvote, comment. …
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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 seei …
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How to mark good comments that are left as answers by new users
In general, when flagging, tell us what you want us to do, rather than just flagging as "not an answer" (which would require us to check the contents, find the target post, etc.) … I'm flagging this post for conversion to a comment. …
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Unclear flag policy for low-reputation users
An increment to a user's 'Helpful' count means they were helpful, right? Or is it that my behavior was tolerated, but never encouraged by the community?
Generally, the former. Users typically hav …
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Question Migrated but my flag was declined
If a post is "off topic", you should, according to How should my flagging change when I gain the ability to vote to close? …
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When should I flag something as "very low quality"?
When should I flag as "very low quality"?
Here are the important rules:
Do not use this flag as "I don't like that post".
Use the "very low quality" flag only for posts that, for example, read like …
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How are these questions off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/47150/does-anyone-use-elephantdrive-online-backup-for-personal-use
This is simply polling for opinion. This is not a question that has a correct answer, but one that …
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How should I flag a question when two flags fit?
If your feeling is that a question might be closed on Stack Overflow (because it's too low quality), then please just flag it as off topic.
There's no need to tentatively send it over if it's on the …
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Why was my VLQ flag rejected?
It's still an answer. It may be completely useless with regard to the original question, but it is answering something. The OP was asking for specific makes/models and things that would allow them to …
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