For questions about the flagging process, how flags are handled, etc.
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Why didn't my helpful flag result in the reopening of my question? [duplicate]
Some days ago, I asked a question which got 4 down votes and further put on hold by mr. minitech citing the reason that it was too broad and answers would be apparently very long not suitable for this ...
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How to flag a suspected cracked account ?
Since the owner of this answer has been unobtrusively since 3 years, I would not suspect him for spamming. Nevertheless there have been posted 6 identical spammy answers within minutes. Should this be ...
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Not an answer flags declined, why?
I've flagged the followings as not an answer:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/6049319/493122
http://stackoverflow.com/a/1560748/493122
http://stackoverflow.com/a/3659728/493122
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Can't flag historically locked questions
I know, it doesn't make much sense to flag a question or answer post once a question is historically locked, because in theory nothing should need to change in the question ever again.
Recently, the ...
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Flagging migrations to Programmers.SE? [duplicate]
Now that the close/flag reasons have been changed, we can directly flag a question for migration to a different site on the StackExchange network.
However, there's only 5 options, with an important ...
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New messages flagged blue bubble does not go away
When someone flags a message in chat all 10k+ users in chat get a little blue bubble to vote on. It shows up just above your gravatar in the bottom left.
When someone flags a message and it shows up, ...
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Should I have flagged a question for moderator attention if it covered a “dodgy” topic? [duplicate]
I recently flagged a StackOverflow question for moderator attention because related to the decompilation of third-party software, which smelt a little dodgy.
The response I got for the flag was:
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Mark all flags as helpful when a user is destroyed
A spammer made several posts on Computer Science. I went straight to destroy the account. The posts had both spam flags and custom flags. After destroying the account, at least the custom flags ...
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Low quality flags declined [duplicate]
I have used very low quality flag for this question - was accepted.
But for this one - declined
Flag number 3: ohter: trivial question - accepted
Flag number 4: very low quality - declined. For the ...
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Which flagging rule apply here? [duplicate]
Generally when we flag a post (using normal or 'other' option) it is finally handled by moderator as helpful or declined (or disputed by 10K users). But there are few case where a flag is actually ...
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My own flag appears in my flag queue but I can't see it [duplicate]
I just flagged an answer as 'not an answer' and it immediately appeared in the flag queue which in this question from yesterday I believed to have been removed. When I go into my queue the flag does ...
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Beta site showing non-viewable, non-actionable flags in navigation bar [duplicate]
On Project Management SE, I currently have ~8k reputation; that's enough for 10k tools on this beta site. For my account, the navigation bar at the top shows a count of one flag in the queue, but ...
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Put something in the chat mod flag dialog to prevent incorrect flagging
Please put something into the mod flag dialog that explains or leads to an explanation of what kind of messages need moderator attention.
I know there is a tooltip already but apparently a lot of ...
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Posts flagged for attention but there are none
The comment with the Flagged Posts that seems to be new as of today states there are posts with flags awaiting my attention but the counter shows zero and when I go into flagged posts there is nothing ...
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Is it possible to see who approves or declines a flag?
As a user can see who has reviewed their suggested edits, is it possible to see who has marked a flag as helpful or declined?
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How to connect with moderators on stackoverflow? [duplicate]
Moderator George Stocker banned my question: RF/EMP proof ATX PC case
I posted an answer about moving my question to Super User, but how can I get in contact with a moderator? There is no mail, no ...
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First Post / Late Answer Robo-Review Solutions
I would like to suggest a couple changes in the First Post/Late Answer review process.
1. Rework the Reviewer and Steward badges to something more like this:
Completed at least 250/1,000 ...
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How to respond to “fix my code” questions? [duplicate]
I often see questions such as this:
Hey my code isn't working. It's supposed to do XY but I can't figure
out why it doesn't work. Here is my code:
{ insert 300 lines of code here }
I'd ...
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Should already accepted answers even be able to be flagged as “not an answer”? [duplicate]
The description of the "not an answer" flag states:
This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the
question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question,
or ...
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Let me suggest migration when flagging, to clarify that the flag is not for closing (problem with flagging on meta sites only)
Edit: This problem exists only for meta sites, so I am reclassifying it from a feature request to a bug.
On a site where I have a little over 200 rep, I just wanted to flag a question that I think ...
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There's an encoded HTML entity in the tooltips for flag decline messages
Looking at the Declined tooltip in the flagging history of a post gives me this nice message:
Looks like someone forgot to decode the entities there.
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No, I haven't already raised this flag (not here, anyway)
So for whatever reason I was going through stackoverflow looking for questions that had slipped through the retag/migrate net. I found this question, which clearly didn't belong on SO, and probably ...
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Why can't I vote to close a question I flagged for closure in the past?
As I was going over the Review Close Votes Queue I came upon a question that seemed familiar.
When I tried to vote to close the question (as duplicate) I got a message saying that I already flagged ...
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Can the algorithm used to raise automatic “consecutive closed questions” flags be tweaked?
Right now, this flag appears to be generated whenever three questions in a row are closed. It's even a bit extreme - if a user asks 10 questions and the first three ever asked are closed, it appears ...
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flag number not disappearing
Browser: Chrome Version 28.0.1500.71 on Xubuntu 13.04
I recently experiencing the issue that the flag number is not being removed when I click on it and the popup tells me that there is no flag ...
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Community flags a closed question as commentless after a comment from an off-topic closure [duplicate]
When a moderator closes a question on a beta site, if there is no comment on the question, Community raises a flag:
Please explain the nature of this closed question via a comment
This happens ...
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Citizen Patrol badge is not awarded on Meta
I started flagging from 12th July 2013. Now I have 15 helpful flags in my Meta profile. But still I didn't receive the Citizen Patrol badge for first flagged post. However I received same on Stack ...
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What off-topic flag to use for completely off-topic questions? [duplicate]
What off-topic flag should I use on SO for a question that has nothing to do with programming, software, and is not suitable for any other SE site?
The reworked flag system confuses me; I don't see ...
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What is our policy on strong language in chat used in good humor, and flags on said language?
There are a couple of chatrooms on chat.SE where strong language is considered OK. By this, I mean that room regulars may use possibly offensive language (no racial slurs, just words like f**k) and ...
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“You have already raised this flag” Well, not really
After I joined the mob and flagged some spam on the Bitcoin Beta, for a poorly-understood reason, I went back to one of the questions I'd flagged and opened the flag dialog. There, I saw something of ...
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Flag review bug: “undefined” [duplicate]
A very minor bug appeared when I used the flag review tool today for the first time ever.
Steps to reproduce:
Open flag review, select question
Vote to close the question
Attempt to flag the ...
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Can't flag a question for being off-topic [duplicate]
Just earlier when I was trying to flag a question which I believed to be off-topic, I could not choose that option. A little red box just popped up and said "404".
So I had to just flag it for other ...
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When does comment get auto-generated when flagging question as potential duplicate?
When I've flagged questions as potential duplicates in the past, a comment was auto-generated to that effect. When I just did the same thing, no such comment was generated (How to structure Util ...
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Allow user to flag a question as belonging on a specific site specified by user
If a user wants to flag a question as off-topic and belonging on another site, they most likely follow the path illustrated here to do so. If the site they had in mind is not in the suggested list ...
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How do you flag a question as off topic if it belongs on unix SE?
I saw a question on SO that belonged on unix.stackexchange.com. Previously, I could flag it as off-topic and specify that it belonged on another SE site. Usually a dialog would give me the option to ...
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Add filtering and/or sorting to flags responses
Following Tim's answer.
Would it make sense to add filtering and sorting to http://stackoverflow.com/users/flag-summary/id page?
Currently the only information user effectively gets is the amount of ...
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Error 404 : While using flag [duplicate]
Recently on Stack Overflow I got privilege to flag a post. So when I try to flag a post as duplicate. The diaglog box is not properly loading.
However I am easily able to use other flag option ...
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What new flags are best suited? [duplicate]
Okay so from what I see the flag options have changed around a little bit,
which in my opinion is that it is for the worst.
Examples when the older options made flagging easier and more helpful
An ...
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Please revisit the decision not to let people remove moderator flags
More than a couple of people have suggested making it possible to remove/cancel/undo/whatever a moderator flag. Some seemed to be worried about flag weight or whatever. (I know "flag weight," per se, ...
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Flag-count in the 10k mod-tools doesn't update [duplicate]
When working with the 10k moderator tools, the "to handle by you"-flag count on the sidebar at the right should be decreased after handling flags. At least, that's what it did before the update the ...
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Why has the flag for simply off topic (non-programming) been removed?
For example, this post seems off topic to me, but there's no good flag to close it. It's not unclear, it's not too broad, it doesn't fit any of the "off topic because" scenarios; it's just not about ...
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Please don't close closeVote/flag window on click outside it
Please don't close the Close Vote/flag window if I click outside of it or allow me to continue typing when I open it again.
Sometimes (quite often) I write a custom message, touch my touchpad by ...
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Better flagging as off topic
Related: No custom off topic message when flagging on SO
I recently noticed something: The off topic subreason chosen by flaggers doesn't make any difference at all. Specifically, the subreason ...
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Was this comment constructive whatsoever?
A couple of days back, I flagged this comment as 'Not Constructive':
Note: the comment has been edited since this post was created.
@RichardJ.RossIII NO! NO NO NO! BAD! HACK! I BANISH YOU ...
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Not an answer flag declined [duplicate]
My flag as not an answer on the question http://stackoverflow.com/a/16470416/656600 has been declined with this message, "declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an ...
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Notification of Flag on Questions that need moderation
One suggestion that I have is with the flagging system. While you can tell what questions you have flagged under your profile, it would be handy to have a display element on the question that you ...
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When to flag question as duplicate?
Possible duplicate:
What's the rule in considering duplicated questions?
I have recently become more involved in modding actions on StackOverflow and am still learning what reason fits ...
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Has close-flag behavior changed with new closing overhaul? [duplicate]
It used to be that when a question was flagged for closing, if the question was closed, the flag was automatically marked as "helpful." Since the recent closing overhaul, I have seen at least a couple ...
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Flag individual comments or flag once for many?
When multiple comments on a single post need attention, what works best for the diamond moderator workflow?
Flag each comment
Flag one comment and use the "Other" section to indicate which comments ...
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Giving up on an issued flag [duplicate]
I just flagged a few posts that fell under the same reason (NDA related) only to learn from the first flag being declined that SO doesn't enforce NDAs, which I now understand and agree with after ...
