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Thomas Ward Mod
Thomas Ward Mod
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Just keep doing standard review tasks on him - downvotes, delete votes, flags (where necessary), etc.

When he posts enough bad quality items, there is an automated system that will eventually make it harder for him to post. Until then, his bad answers will continue to get him downvotes or get the posts deleted.

If he refuses to do higher quality posts, either because he doesn't know how, or is physically incapable of it - just continue to downvote him or delete-vote his posts, or flag his posts as "not an answer" when they're not answers within the context of the original question.

He'll either do something to fix the quality issues, or he won't - nothing we can do about it. It is also not your job to make them listen to the rules It is also not your job to make them listen to the rules - the "rules" for quality exist to make sure we get better quality answers, and when people don't follow those quality guidelines, they get downvotes or post removals. This is how the system has run since the beginning - this is how the system should continue to run, with the users "trying their best" to help users, and just not helping them if they continue to screw up and not put forth effort.

Just keep doing standard review tasks on him - downvotes, delete votes, flags (where necessary), etc.

When he posts enough bad quality items, there is an automated system that will eventually make it harder for him to post. Until then, his bad answers will continue to get him downvotes or get the posts deleted.

If he refuses to do higher quality posts, either because he doesn't know how, or is physically incapable of it - just continue to downvote him or delete-vote his posts, or flag his posts as "not an answer" when they're not answers within the context of the original question.

He'll either do something to fix the quality issues, or he won't - nothing we can do about it. It is also not your job to make them listen to the rules - the "rules" for quality exist to make sure we get better quality answers, and when people don't follow those quality guidelines, they get downvotes or post removals. This is how the system has run since the beginning - this is how the system should continue to run, with the users "trying their best" to help users, and just not helping them if they continue to screw up and not put forth effort.

Just keep doing standard review tasks on him - downvotes, delete votes, flags (where necessary), etc.

When he posts enough bad quality items, there is an automated system that will eventually make it harder for him to post. Until then, his bad answers will continue to get him downvotes or get the posts deleted.

If he refuses to do higher quality posts, either because he doesn't know how, or is physically incapable of it - just continue to downvote him or delete-vote his posts, or flag his posts as "not an answer" when they're not answers within the context of the original question.

He'll either do something to fix the quality issues, or he won't - nothing we can do about it. It is also not your job to make them listen to the rules - the "rules" for quality exist to make sure we get better quality answers, and when people don't follow those quality guidelines, they get downvotes or post removals. This is how the system has run since the beginning - this is how the system should continue to run, with the users "trying their best" to help users, and just not helping them if they continue to screw up and not put forth effort.

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Thomas Ward Mod
Thomas Ward Mod
  • 77.1k
  • 2
  • 58
  • 114

Just keep doing standard review tasks on him - downvotes, delete votes, flags (where necessary), etc.

When he posts enough bad quality items, there is an automated system that will eventually make it harder for him to post. Until then, his bad answers will continue to get him downvotes or get the posts deleted.

If he refuses to do higher quality posts, either because he doesn't know how, or is physically incapable of it - just continue to downvote him or delete-vote his posts, or flag his posts as "not an answer" when they're not answers within the context of the original question.

He'll either do something to fix the quality issues, or he won't - nothing we can do about it. It is also not your job to make them listen to the rules - the "rules" for quality exist to make sure we get better quality answers, and when people don't follow those quality guidelines, they get downvotes or post removals. This is how the system has run since the beginning - this is how the system should continue to run, with the users "trying their best" to help users, and just not helping them if they continue to screw up and not put forth effort.