Flagging is the process of bringing a post to a community moderator's attention for any reason.
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Replace close flags with close suggestions
Close flags (those in the "it doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate" category) are arguably the least important flags. A healthy community can usually deal with closing questions on their own, ...
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Remove the max flags per day restriction for good flaggers
This is the second time that I've hit this cap:
Given that out of my 697 flags, I've only had 15 declined, I feel that I'm trustworthy.
Instead, I can't flag crap until tomorrow.
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Should we flag questions which are not been followed up?
Sometimes people ask questions and does not come back. Other people answer their questions, post comments to ask for other related things. But no reply from OP. If a question is asked and other people ...
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Declined “off topic” flag confusion
I try to pride myself on being fair and efficient when raising flags on SO and am trying to keep as high of a ratio for helpful:disputed(and now declined) flags as possible. I raised one today for a ...
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Are multiple flags on the same question now allowed?
I thought one could only flag a post once, and that after that it should display:
But my flag summary shows that I've managed to flag a question twice (I didn't realise I had):
Has flagging ...
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Does flagging a question plays role in the reputation? [duplicate]
When we flag a question or answer, does it affect the reputation of the persons involved in that particular post?
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What happens when questions/answers/comments are flagged?
What exactly happens when questions/answers/comments are flagged?
Are they deleted after a certain number of flags? Or do they just become invisible? Are moderators notified? Is the author notified? ...
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I want to report inappropriate remarks made in comment and in the chat by the user
I came across a user who posted inappropriate remarks to the answer provided by me.
Below is the link to the chat. I feel that the comments are inappropriate and anybody who knows hindi language ...
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Do declined comment flags contribute to becoming hell banned?
As per this question - it seems dismissed flags on answers/questions eventually can allow your flags to not be seen.
I had asked about how frequently we should flag comments on a beta site.
This ...
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Flag and close my own question
Why is it possible to flag and close my own question?
The only realistic usage I could think of is when I see that my question is a duplicate, but it has already got some great answers. So instead ...
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Do helpful flags help your reputation? [duplicate]
I have been flagging bad questions and was able to locate in my profile the results of such flagging, but I cannot tell if they affect my reputation at all.
Does anyone know?
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Add tooltip or link to “Inform moderator flags remaining” in Flagging dialog
When I opened a flag window, I've seen a message "11 Inform moderator flag remaining".
There is no hint, how this number is calculated, when it reduced, increased or reset.
I had to search in meta to ...
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codereview.stackexchange.com not appearing under flag [duplicate]
Under Flag => it doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate => off topic, codereview.stackexchange is not an option. I think that it should be an option, as many questions asked on SO belong on ...
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Can we flag a user as a potential bot? [duplicate]
I ran into a "user" while doing a review task on SO. This user has made two answers on the same question, as far as I can tell these are not close to answers they are just html dumps.
I suspect this ...
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Why answering own question with techical mistake is an answer? [duplicate]
I believe I couldn't explain my question with this title, please feel free to update it.
In earlier today, I flag this answer as not an answer.
http://stackoverflow.com/a/15911344/447156
This ...
