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How do we deal with really old questions that don't have an accepted answer or no answer at all? I know that the 'Community User' bumps them once in a while, but is that enough? Our answered ratio is just awful, fourth worst in the network, and I think if we had a review queue or something similar for old questions we might get more of them answered/flagged/closed.

What do you think?

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  • we have an unofficial one that Oli made - cleanup.thepcspy.com, it does the general thing that you're looking for.
    – jrg Mod
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 18:59
  • @jrg I know, but how effective is that?
    – Seth
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 19:00
  • it's fairly effective, and ping Oli in chat about it. He might have details on how to fix it.
    – jrg Mod
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 19:03
  • It's not effective for those who use Facebook Connect.
    – Mochan
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 4:00
  • @Mochan you can use your stack exchange ID, except right now its broken because of API changes.
    – Seth
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 4:01
  • How would I get my Stack Exchange ID?
    – Mochan
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 4:12
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    See this post by Oli.
    – Seth
    Commented Dec 27, 2012 at 4:14

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I've assembled a wide range of data queries that can be used to pick out questions in need of attention.

Each of these queries vary from posts that need help with editing, that need to be closed, that need to be voted on, or that just need answers.

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  • @iSeth You can start going through these and voting to closed the abandoned ones, it will at least get them in the close queue. It's tough though, I find I run out of votes very quickly. :-/
    – Jorge Castro
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 19:44
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    @JorgeCastro I don't have 3k rep yet :( But maybe I could flag them as something? 40 a day isn't much I know..
    – Seth
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 22:23
  • flags are fine too!
    – Jorge Castro
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 23:19
  • @JorgeCastro What should I flag them as?
    – Seth
    Commented Dec 20, 2012 at 3:20
  • They'll either be too localized if they're abandoned or offtopic if it's really a bug.
    – Jorge Castro
    Commented Dec 20, 2012 at 3:26

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