This question should be tagged [annoyances]. Because bad tags are.

So does that mean Jerry Rice isn't going to be giving out prizes then? @ran

What does Mississippi Valley State University have to do with anything?

@KCotreau: Read again the part where it says "err on the side of clearing as valid since the user was trying to be genuinely helpful". The point random and nhinkle are making is that you are not being genuinely helpful. You're bringing moderators in on things that you could handle yourself just by clicking a different button.

In the context of the post, the sentence does not appear confusing. "This" value is the one in the title and the first sentence.

And how do you know that? It takes maybe 30 seconds to see what happened there, especially if you saw it the first time around.

"I just lost 10 flag points immediately, so the mods didn't even bother to think about the situation." -- How does that follow at all?

Super User burns through mods at an incredible rate. Pace yourselves, guys!