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Enhance the current locking mechanism for moderators

In the interest of making the internet a better place, some time ago a feature was added whereby old, off-topic questions that had stellar information in them could be un-deleted, and locked, with a ...
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“Search by website” doesn't seem to work consistently

I ran this search (as well as this one), and it did not turn up this user as it should (his website is set to arXiv). Is something broken here?
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Allow moderators to convert answers containing multiple @-replies into comment(s)

A frequent occurrence, in my experience, is that someone who does not understand the comment system, or does not have enough reputation to post a comment, or would have been able to comment due ...
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1answer
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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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5answers
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What's the Moderator Dashboard look like?

I, along with (probably) hundreds of thousands of other Stack Exchange users, really really want to know what the Stack Exchange Moderator Dashboard looks like. Moderators are democratically elected, ...
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User does not have a profile on main site and can't be super-pinged

I'm trying to ping this user on SU. I write: @@[email protected] Thanks for your retagging efforts. (…) I get: kalina does not have a profile on superuser.com Well duh: What's ...
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Make the dialog used to decline flags draggable

The dialog box used from moderators to decline a flag is not draggable. Since the dialog box to close-vote a question is draggable, also this one should be draggable.
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Remove links from close question dialog for moderators

Currently, if you want to cast a binding vote as a moderator, you are presented with the standard close dialog which gives you access to a number of radio buttons. The great thing about radio buttons ...
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Migrate closed question

Is there a way to migrate a question that is already closed without first reopening it and closing again as off-topic to migrate?
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Remove the tag synonym suggestions entirely

Users can suggest tag synonyms and vote for these suggestions. When enough users vote the tag synonym is created. The whole system has some significant flaws: Synonym suggestions have almost zero ...
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Remove mod pings from TL

The current mod ping only has one purpose For example a site X ModfromsiteXalreadyinroom: yeah so as I was saying Derp: xi mods: Do you want this? Feeds: Unknown site "xi.stackexchange.com", ...
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Tag merging with synonym mapping [foo] → [bar] fails if proposal for [bar] → [foo] exists

I just attempted a tag merge as per this tag synonym request, merging all instances of sso with single-sign-on and creating a synonym reference mapping the former to the latter, but it ended in a ...
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Hide “moderator recalcs rep” entries from the user history by default

Moderators have access to a history of events for every user account. This contains fairly important stuff like suspension, moderator messages and annotations, but also some stuff that moderators ...
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Add 'possible TOR node' indicator to IP look up

Diamond mods have a tool on user profile pages for IP addresses. It does a few handy IP-related tasks. I'd like it to be expanded to do a check to see if the IP is an active TOR exit node. ...
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Please let ♦'s comment on deleted questions/answers [duplicate]

When challenged, users sometimes delete their question/answer and run away from it (but not the site). Sometimes ♦'s want to comment in order to explain the situation. There is no better ...
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Converting an answer to a comment from admin/dashboard redirects you to the question page, after the answer has been converted

What I did was the following: Noticed a flag about an answer pending on admin/dashboard Expanded the answer using the arrow shown to the left of the shown posts to read the question Clicked on the ...
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1answer
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Improvements to the mod-only migrate tool

Moderators have access to some more options for migrating questions. There are some small aspects to that that could be improved: Moderators can currently remigrate a question. This makes no sense ...
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As a moderator, I can't tell which questions on a user's profile on Mi Yodeya are deleted [migrated]

As a moderator on Mi Yodeya, I can see deleted answers on any user profile and I see all the questions, but the deleted questions are not visually distinguished. I would like to be able to see at a ...
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The time of automatic review bans should be increased with every new ban

The way the current auto-bans for reviews work is rather suboptimal. Somebody who's really after the badges and doesn't care whether they're banned for two days can just continue clicking through, ...
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1answer
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Flag never handled

A question was flagged, and subsequently closed before anyone handled the flag. It doesn't show up in the flag queue, or on the post when viewing it (other than the "1 flag" floating box). However, it ...
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Bug with dismissing flags

I think I found a minor, yet reproducible bug, with the moderator tools. Goto flags page. Take no further action on a flag. Decline the flag Click "other". Start to type reason. Erase reason. Click ...
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How rare should post notices be?

Moderators can add post notices for posts that are unsourced, refer to current events, or are insufficiently explained. (This last links to "good subjective, bad subjective".) On a healthy site, ...
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Add mod tools to review queue for mods

I really like the review queue, I think it's a lot better than it was before. However, for us mods the moderator tools are still cumbersome to get to. You have to go to Mod - links - and then click ...
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Moderator tool: add links to the “already has an answer here:” header [duplicate]

With the old closed-as-duplicate system we could add links to the "Possible Duplicate:" header. As a moderator this was helpful for directing people to a group of very similar questions. With the ...
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Add a notification on moderator comments on flags

Moderators can comment on flags. Especially if they suggest the flagging user does something, it would be helpful if that information had a way of reaching the user. For example, I got a flag ...
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2answers
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When a moderator uses their tools to destroy a user, can the user re-register using the same email address?

When a moderator uses their tools to destroy a user, can the user re-register using the same email address? I don't mind the user participating in the future, but they are currently engaged in what ...
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Make mod menus consistent regarding disabled options

Currently, if an action in a mod menu isn't available (like "show deleted comments" for a post with no deleted comments), it gets greyed out/disabled, in most cases. Today I learned about this option: ...
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Will ex-moderators lose their moderations tools? [duplicate]

Will ex-moderators lose their moderation tools, or will they still have their moderation tools?
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Add mod menu option “convert to new question” [duplicate]

I realize that this feature doesn't get used that often, but it happens often enough that on users with less than 100 rep I would like to migrate their new answers to questions in their own right, ...
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“Convert to edit” option for subsequent answer from the same user needed

There are significant number of times where a user provides a second answer rather than editing their first. This question on Web Apps is the most recent I have come across (diamonds or 10k users only ...
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Link to title is showing up twice for items in moderator queue

Currently, when an item is expanded in the moderator queue, the title is shown twice: Why is it in there twice? I'd expect (and I could have sworn) that it only showed once until now.
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Allow moderators to mark flagged question as answered [duplicate]

The scenario is a user (often new user) posts a question on the site, some person(s) take the time to write a solution to the problem, the OP leaves a comment thanking the answer poster for solving ...
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What's TagSuggestion and TagPrediction in the mod post history?

When looking at the mod post history of a question here on meta I saw those entries which I've never seen before: 4 hours ago TagSuggestion 4 hours ago TagPrediction ...
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Should we focus the moderator flag queue?

Basically, after reading through (again) the Theory of Moderation post, it got me thinking. A lot of flags that reach moderators (as well as 10k users, but not enough users actually do something ...
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Better edit box for moderators editing flagged comments

Currently, the interface for moderators to edit a flagged comments uses an input instead of a textarea. For comments longer than a few words, this is cumbersome. It's not possible to read the entire ...
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Inconsistent handling of “no further action” for disputed flags

When selecting no further action on a disputed flag on /admin/dashboard, it is immediately removed from the list, and there is no way to mark it helpful or decline it. However, when viewing the ...
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Word wrap is not set for comment flags displayed in /admin/dashboard

When a very long unbroken word (for example spam) is placed in a comment flag, it distorts the admin dashboard display such that items are pushed right. It also distorts items on the question page ...
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2answers
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What am I supposed to do about “possible vandalism of own comments”?

I just checked the vandalism flag within the 10k tools and found: What am I supposed to do about these flags? As far as I can tell, I can't even see the deleted comments, so I have no clue how to ...
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Overview of recent spam and associated IP addresses

The easiest way to deal with a spammer is to just destroy the account, removing all spam posts with them. This works well in most cases, but it also makes it impossible for moderators to track ...
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Only show unhelpful flags when clicking unhelpful flag count

On user accounts, there is a total count of a user's flags in the following format [total flag count] ([unhelpful flag count]) Both the total flag count and unhelpful flag counts link to ...
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What does “usages” means in the closing dialog moderators see?

When I vote to close a question as duplicate on Drupal Answers, where I am moderator, I see a dialog box similar to the following one. On Meta Stack Overflow, for example, the dialog box for ...
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Please add a policy section to the moderator links page

We have some elections underway, and it would be nice to have the most important policies a moderator might need listed at the bottom of the /admin/links page. I'd start with adding a new "Policy" ...
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Question is reported as closed, and re-opened from moderators, when it is not so

Looking the flags for Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in menu_node_submit(), I see the following. That would mean the question has been closed from moderators, and ...
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4answers
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Post issue indicator gets clipped in small windows

There has been a recent design change that places indicators of current and former post issues in the left margin of posts. Unfortunately on my system I now see this: I cannot expand the window, ...
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Can we have a link to suspension information in the mod message templates?

I find that I often write a short blurb about suspension when I'm suspending a user, often the same blurb about how their rep will be set at 1 but current rep is restored after the suspension. I ...
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3answers
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My fingers are too fat for the “No further action” dialog

It's Sunday afternoon. It's snowing outside, and I have a pounding headache. A perfect time to go through the flags queue on my little tablet. ...Except, some of the flags are completely bogus. And ...
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Delete votes tab in profile doesn't show votes on deleted posts (ironically)

The Delete votes part of my profile (dev only link) appears to only show posts I've voted to delete, but weren't deleted. For instance on Workplace it shows 5 posts, on UX it shows 3 posts. I have, as ...
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Place a flag in the moderator queue when a user has a number of spam/offensive flags declined [duplicate]

We all know that spam/offensive flags are anonymous. However, there has been an increase of the misuse of the spam/offensive flag on Stack Overflow; people have been using the flag when other ...
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Remove closed post from flag queue when voting to close on an already-closed question

Because the moderator queue is asynchronous, it often happens that two moderators are looking at the same question in the queue at the same time. It also often happens that two moderators will vote ...
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Are posts flagged for moderator attention also visible to people having access to moderator tools?

I am curious to know, are flagged posts only seen by officially designated moderators, or also by people having enough reputation to access moderator tools?

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