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Voting, both in the sense of up or down voting a post, as well as voting to close/reopen or delete/undelete

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Negative up-vote/down-vote ratio: is it effective mentoring, or too harsh?

Before drawing any conclusions, I thought it was best to compile some data pertaining to Super User voting trends. … Down-voting should be reserved for extreme cases. It's not meant as a substitute for communication and editing. …
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Negative up-vote/down-vote ratio: is it effective mentoring, or too harsh?

Our Super User Help Center explains voting in the following manner: Voting is central to our model of providing quality questions and answers; it is how … ...good content rises to the top … Down-voting should be reserved for extreme cases. It's not meant as a substitute for communication and editing. Instead of voting down: If the post is spammy or offensive, flag it. …
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