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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 …

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 …

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?). …

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. …

What do we do when the answer is ineligbile for flagging, but isn't a good answer? Downvote, comment. …

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. …

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 …

If a post is "off topic", you should, according to How should my flagging change when I gain the ability to vote to close? …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Users with 10k privileges see a subset of flags and may act on them by flagging the posts another time or disputing the flags. They cannot, however, act on these flags in any other way. …

For your record, on the post you're talking about, there were two flags: "the answer is completely wrong" "not an answer" (that was yours) I declined the flags with the following reason… it's …

From what I read from your question you are basically complaining about an flag of yours deemed invalid. Is that correct? For what its worth, I voted to close the question, because it is entirely b …