Anything related to posts of low quality, such as flagging posts for "very low quality", or the low quality posts review task.

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Highlight deleted posts in Low Quality Posts history, similar to deleted flagged posts

I occasionally stroll through the meadows of my Low Quality Posts review history, and I like to confirm whether my action was correct/incorrect. I would like to more easily confirm which posts were ...
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First post answer is incomplete

So I was reviewing some first posts and came across an answer to a question that was definitely an answer, just an incomplete one that only answered half the question. So basically it was an answer, ...
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It's rather difficult to look over an answer that doesn't exist

I just now failed an audit. When I went to review the audit, I was surprised to find it impossible to actually look over the answer. Here's a screenshot: (Ha. Of course a nonexistent post contains ...
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Stack Exchange is too harsh to new users—please help them improve low-quality posts and avoid being uncivil

Note Please see my answer below. I am deeply sorry for having strayed so far from the principles of Stack Exchange. I have edited the post to remove the "wait before voting" text. I've asked a ...
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Lower the weight of grammar and punctuation in the low-quality filter?

I've recently been seeing a lot more questions on meta regarding how to fix a question so it passes the Low Quality Filter, which was tweaked on 4/17 to be more strict, and the majority of the posts ...
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Low Quality post shows as “Review completed” with all “Delete” votes, but it's not deleted?

This answer currently shows "Review completed 21 mins ago" with one "Delete" vote and five "Recommend Deletion" votes. However, the answer is still visible on the page; how can the review be ...
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Why doesn't my post meet quality standards?

I am trying to post this question, but it gets rejected as not meeting quality standards. What can I do to fix it? I have a django application runnin using django cms. I am trying to make one ...
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First Draft: Bad Question Flags

Should first draft questions that are bad from the start be flagged immediately or should time be allowed for them to be improved, according to comments? You can obviously tell a bad question from a ...
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How to deal with questionable quality self-answer while being encouraging?

This question was asked a week or so ago and wasn't particularly clear in my opinion. The OP suggested they were trying to provide their own answer for the purpose of sharing knowledge. The OP has ...
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How did this “Plz Help me its urgent” question make it through the filter? [duplicate]

This is the question: Can resolve chat in jsf primeface. Plz Help me its urgent Is the filter malfunctioning? Surely "plz help" and "urgent" are excellent bad-quality indicators!
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Noticing A Series Of Low Quality Questions

Since yesterday I have been seeing a series of low quality questions being asked on SO? Wasn't there some kind of a script that prevented such questions from being posted? Forgive my lack of knowledge ...
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Questions and answers not appearing in the Low Quality queue?

I noticed this answer (now since deleted, and 10k-only) on SO that had a number of canned comments which indicated to me that it had entered the Low Quality review queue. Noticing the answer was ...
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This post does not meet our quality standards, with no reason why [duplicate]

I'm getting the above error, but this makes absolutely no sense to me. Considering my large site experience, I'm pretty sure that I can at least grasp the basics. You could mention what is wrong ...
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Should the lack of a question mark affect the question's quality score?

See this post, which I think is a low quality one but wasn't prevented from being posted. Given that it's a question shouldn't it have at least one question mark? So, should the quality filter ...
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What should be done when a user circumvents a quality ban?

A user asked a question here on Meta about deleting his account. It was closed as a duplicate, but reading the comments I garnered that the user had been previously question banned, and was looking to ...
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I can't vote but can accept on low quality review

While I cannot vote when reviewing a low quality post, it is possible to accept it (when it is an answer to your own question). I don't think that's meant this way?
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404 when voting to delete from review queue [duplicate]

I voted to delete a Low Quality Post and got a 404 (on iPad, iOS 5.1). I was the third (and last one) to vote. This is the URL I got: ...
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404 after recommending deletion in “Low Quality Posts” queue

This has happened to me 4 times in the past hour, on two different machines. Both on normal posts and in what appear to be clearly audits. When going through the "Low Quality Posts" queue, if I click ...
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Add an automated message to posts that have at least 1 “Close as [Low Quality]” vote

As a >3k rep user on SO, I try to do my part and cast close votes on low quality questions. For new users, I've tried to be a good citizen in the past and leave a comment with suggestions to improve ...
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All four buttons disabled after closing Recommend Deletion dialog

I found a problem when reviewing Low Quality Posts. If I click on Recommend Deletion dialog is opened. When I click somewhere on a page, outside of dialog, it is closed, but all four buttons Looks ...
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Should we answer or comment on a typo question?

According to this, questions with a typo or syntax error should be closed. However we still have to address the issue where the OP has made a mistake. Where is the best place to respond to him, in the ...
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Is it time to tighten up the question quality filter?

As everyone here well knows, we get a lot of questions on Stack Overflow. And, as some of us here probably already know, there is a quality filter in place for new users: Also, there are certain ...
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Is this a justified use of a very low quality flag?

Background: I recently flagged this answer as very low quality, where a user misread or misunderstood a question about JavaScript as being about PHP, and answered with a PHP function. The flag was ...
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A flagged post was declined, how do we deal with what may be deemed as “incorrect”?

Hmm okay, I know moderator's actions are final, but are we allowed to question their decision? Case in point is HERE Now, I flagged that as very low quality (Another had already flagged it as NAA), ...
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Declined Flag on Low-Quality post which was radically changed

I had a case where i flagged a very low quality question and answer by the same user, in the meantime a 3rd user changed the content radically to make a better quality post out of it, which is ok IMO ...
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Low quality posts - My Role [duplicate]

Recently I noticed that the quality of questions on Stack Overflow is degrading by the day. When I joined Stack Overflow almost year and half ago, the quality of questions was standard. (By saying ...
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How to avoid problems associated with poor questions quality?

Because I would like to avoid problems (ban etc.) associated with poor questions on Stack Exchange, I would like to ask if is there a problem for the quality monitoring engine when my questions are ...
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I don't understand what happens with a disputed flag [duplicate]

I've read multiple questions that have been posted over the past several months regarding disputed flags, but I don't think I understand the goal of this behavior. Here a a question that I flagged. ...
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Flagged question for low quality declined - was I wrong to flag it?

I came across a question yesterday that consisted of a single sentence (with poor grammar to boot), followed by a load of poorly formatted code. I flagged it as low quality and it has since received ...
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Is obvious homework “too narrow” or “duplicate” if there are similar things onsite already?

Referring to this Q as an example, I'd like to clarify some edit/flag/comment/vote behaviour. Does that Q qualify as being flagged as being too narrow? My rationale here is that the Q does not want ...
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Very Low Quality flag on edited question. Wasted?

The Very Low Quality flags get automatically dismissed (and become 'disputed') every time the post has been edited. So does it make sense to flag the bad posts with this flag if: the post has been ...
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“Can you do my job?” questions [closed]

I've been registered on Stack Exchange for almost on year, and I've used it as a useful resource. Recently, I decided to reciprocate, and I started to reply to question (mainly on Stack Overflow) in ...
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Improving Question-Asking - Looking for Suggestions

Before you read my piece, I would like to tell you why this is not a duplicate of my previous question, How can I improve my questions to regain the ability to ask questions on StackOverflow? That was ...
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How does Recommend Close work and why does it instantly complete review?

Just ran across an interesting review item in the Low Quality Posts queue: http://stackoverflow.com/review/low-quality-posts/1635862 http://stackoverflow.com/review/low-quality-posts/1635442 What ...
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Flagging a post before voting to close results in downvote? [duplicate]

I've noticed, when seeing spam posts, that when I 'flag' it before then voting to close it, it always results in a downvote, although the downvote doesn't actually appear on my record as a downvote. ...
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Why that high number of all time reviews

On Stack Overflow Low Quality Posts statistics page I saw a user (Nikola K) who has 7626 all time reviews. I was surprised when noticed that the user is a member for only 7 months. Haying in mind ...
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What does Recommend deletion button do in the Low Quality Review Queue ? [duplicate]

What does the Recommend Deletion do in the low quality review queue ? Who does it recommend deletion to ? Do a sufficient number of recommended deletion votes auto delete the post ?
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Can we please see the subject of failed review audits even if the post has been deleted in the meantime?

Yesterday I encountered (and failed) a low quality review audit. I re-read the post, found that I disagreed with the audit result and clicked I Understand to continue reviewing. I opened the review ...
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Remove editing as an button option from the Low Quality queue

Related: - Editing a Low Quality question is an implicit "looks good"; it shouldn't be - An edit is a Looks Good when not being audited and not one when doing an audit? I now ...
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An edit is a Looks Good when not being audited and not one when doing an audit?

Related: Editing a Low Quality question is an implicit "looks good"; it shouldn't be I just failed an audit in the Low Quality review queue. This one to be precise. Here's a ...
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“False” flags waste moderators' time [duplicate]

I run into quite interesting situation: While I was reviewing Low Quality Posts queue, I have noticed Logic operations implementation question with content as follows (only one line): 1's ...
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Close all the typo questions

Update 2013/03/06: I've been playing around in the Data Explorer (first time I've used it) and put together a basic query to help identify typo related posts a little better, improvements welcome: ...
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Answers flagged as “Very Low Quality” should have the same tools available to them as when flagged as “Not an Answer”

Currently, if an answer is marked as "Very Low Quality", we are only given options to delete the post, or ignore the flag. However, there are many times when the answer should be converted to a ...
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Should I recommend deletion for answers that are bad because of content?

So I just reviewed a "low quality post", and found that although the post was relatively OK (the intent was clear enough) it was just plain wrong - as pointed out by various comments. So my question ...
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Should Recommend Deletion in LQP queue activate the I'm Done button in First Posts and Late Answers?

So, if a new user happens to something that pops up in the Low Quality Posts queue which happens to be one of their First Posts or a Late Answer to a question, it will show up in both queues and ...
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Should answers at -5 or lower be mercy-killed, edited by moderators or is the low-vote best left alone?

This particular situation was where a poor (homework) question was posted, one answer was given (by a highly respected user, over 10k user) and it had a bit of a rantish tone (broken windows, to be ...
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Edit then flag to close, or just flag to close?

An example question is this one. (Edited, so you may have to look at the revision history for context.) I edited this post for readability and clarity (as well as grammar), since the headers made it ...
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What are the criteria for deleting/keeping a Low Quality Post?

I searched and searched and I couldn't find the criteria for deletion/keeping of LQPs. What are the criteria for keeping or deleting a LQP? Usually in my experience it takes 6 Recommend Deletions, but ...
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A badge to incentivize helpful flagging

There seems to be an issue with helpful flags. I have read several posts in the past couple weeks regarding why a flag was disputed. The response is always the same: even if a post should be flagged, ...
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If a question in review needs significant improvement, is it okay to let it pass with a comment?

This question appeared in the First Post review queue. I took a minute to edit it and clarify things, but it still isn't great. It contains several questions and many of them are asking for work to be ...

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