Questions tagged [flagging]
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Could we migrate outdated answers to community wiki mode?
One trait that makes AskUbuntu different from many SE communities is that our subject matter changes at a six-month clip. The answer for new versions is often very different from the answers for older ...
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Should questions/answers dealing with "adult" software be flagged as inappropriate?
This question is being posted largely in response to this answer describing the "Adult Lens and Porn Scope" and how to install it.
As Roland Taylor and I commented on the answer, we have concerns ...
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What should we do about answers with Link Rot?
Many times users simply post an answer to a question which contains a link to an offsite page with little or no context. When that link breaks, what should the policy be to handle those?
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Inconsistent flag handling?
One was declined, one was marked "helpful"
This was flagged as not a real question - however, what ended up happening...
audio stopped working sudden in a .avi file - it got closed as too localized, ...
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Notifications of flags
I want to get notifications of stuff that I flagged.
I would like to know:
What question/answer it's about
If it was declined or accepted
I want this notification on askubuntu.com
Possible ...
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Under what specific conditions should a question be flagged as "very low quality"? [duplicate]
I was going along doing some editing and whatnot on the main site when I hit a question that just looked so ugly quality-wise that I could not think of how one might be able to edit it back into ...
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Should questions asking for files via download or email be flagged?
A couple times recently I've been seeing questions asking for specific files to be shared via download links posted in the answers or via email. The latest example of this I've seen is this question ...
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What is the policy on flag review?
If not deemed helpful flags can be declined or disputed. What flags should be declined and what flags should be disputed?
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Question about flagging topics that are a valid Q but also have a seperate main topic...
If you ask how to add a quicklist to a launcher and get it answered (Case in question) and it then gets included into a main topic with several examples of how to add quicklists to a myriad of other ...