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Unable to edit other posts
I have been reviewing other posts for some time. But after a certain number of edits I am no longer able to edit any further post.
Why is it so?
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Is this answer an answer or comment?
I was just presented with this as a Late Answers review. Screenshot in case it is removed:
It this a valid answer, or is it someone commenting? They're offering a solution (format first) but seem to ...
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Reviewer Consequences
Do reviewers suffer consequences if they exercise poor judgement in their task of reviewing posts?
I refer particularly to 'robot' style reviews where the reviewer appears to give little care to the ...
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Review "test question" is loaded
Recently during processing the review queue for "first posts" I was presented an answer for this question for review
The answer was obviously poorly formed, at least in the explanation sense, however ...
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Glitch in the review queue?
While revisiting my review votes I found:
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To me this looks like a glitch - either the review is completed or not - the message at the top says no, the bottom line says yes.
Is my ...
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Why the flag count doesn't show besides the review link?
I've seen for a couple of days this, but the "flag count" doesn't appear besides the review link unless flags > 30. Is this intended?
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Can we add links to the LQ review queue proforma comments?
I just noticed that our Proforma comments for Link-only answers, that gets automagically added in the Low Quality review queue, doesn't have the link describing why we prefer complete instructions ...
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A Challenge For You
This is sort of a follow-up to my previous question, since it's on the same subject.
I want to get the CV queue down to 0, even if it's only for a few minutes. Therefore, I challenge every user with ...
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One-line response: what flag?
It seems that one-line answers, even when they are linking to a page with a good solution, are increasingly frowned upon.
If the reviewer is unable or unwilling to edit and expand the answer to a ...
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New guidelines for reviewing suggested edits
I was back reviewing suggested edits after a long time when I noticed that the reasons provided for rejecting a edit have all changed.
So are there some new guidelines as to what I am supposed to do?
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Should I flag pure shell command answers as "link only answer"?
There are answers that consist of only shell commands, with no comments, showing up in the low quality review; Is it right to flag them as "link only" answer?
To me, an answer that consists only of ...
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When I have completed the reviews, I still get the number in the top bar
So today I (unusually) reached the max (20) in the suggested edits queue.
As you can see, the orange box refers to the suggested edits queue - confirmed because when I click it goes to the suggested ...
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questions strangely voted as "too broad"
All those questions were in my CV queue as "too broad" - which they are not in my opinion (most of them should be closed, I know, but not as too broad).
So it looks like there is someone who ...
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What do we do with existing questions about the Ubuntu Development Release on or after the final release date?
Come the release of the development release of Ubuntu, there will be lots of existing questions about the Ubuntu development release that were off topic for several good reasons, including the fact ...
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Is this not an incomplete answer? (low quality review)
I would expect it to also mention how to check folder permissions and, if required, to modify them. Perhaps I should not have recommended deletion, but modify it or add a comment. Yet, the system ...
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What to do about disingenuous edit?
This question has an edit pending review, by the OP, to change the operating system and tag from ElementaryOS to Ubuntu 15.04. I'm assuming the OP has done this so he'll get an answer, despite EOS ...
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Could we change Recommend Deletion reason to simply, "This is not an answer"?
I just gave a "Recommend for Deletion" review to the answer quoted below.
"Sorry about the editing... The Stackexchange App is a bit unhandy..."
The single line above is the complete text of the ...
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I can't comment in the Review Queue, can you?
For a while I've been unable to be able to rant comment in the review queue... any review queue... well except the "suggested edit" queue... anyone experiencing this issue as well?
Ah, btw, ...
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Why don't I get notifications about review comments?
I just started reviewing today and I noticed something really irritating:
Questions I reviewed and posted a comment on as part of the review do not give me notifications when they get new comments. ...
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review audit failed "Understand" Button closes the rewiew
I just got the message, that I should look over my review again here but when I clicked "I understand" it was closed.
This is not what I wanted, I wanted to look over it again to improve my work
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Persistance of review number on top bar even after review is complete
Say, I've got 3 posts for review. After I've reviewed all three, the top bar still shows that 3 posts are up for review. Now, if I go and click the review button, I just get a screen saying that there ...
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Do we need a "Will Ubuntu work for X model PC?" question?
This is related to: Do we need thousand of "dumb questions"? or can we just duplicate them to more general answer?
I know newbies will be always newbies, and there isn't enough users to ...
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Why not moderate questions from new users before making them visible on site?
I had suggested before also that questions from new users should not be posted directly on the site rather they should be moderated first and they should be visible to only users with high reputation (...
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1K close votes!!! Any celebrations?
Yes!! Finally we have reached the 1k close votes milestone!!
I Heartily congratulate all 3k rep users(except the stewards and others who try to shorten the list) for letting the queue to grow up to ...
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Should we get reputation points for passing review tests?
I'm aware that one can get "punished" for failing several review tests in a row, but where is the reward for passing these tests? Other than the satisfaction of helping the community of course...
I ...
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Reviewing tool should be less flexible by enforcing the Skip option rigourously
When you are reviewing posts, you are faced with three options: Skip, I'm done (after some change), Nothing to review.
Ideally, when you make a change like edit, flag, comment, or vote, the "I'm done"...
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