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How long after a question or answer has been posted does it appear in the review queue (if i...

However many posts you flag, improve, vote on, ..., outside review, there will still be plenty more to review. … Not all posts ever appear in review. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
3 votes
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Review edit interface is misleading

An elegant, technical solution here would be nice. What to Do I have seen this happen, too. When the edit would have been helpful if it had been submitted earlier, I usually work around the problem by …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
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"Review Low Quality Posts" does not let you say that posts can be improved

(In particular, I am not one of the people who designed the review system.) … In review, never be afraid to defer to others when you think you're poorly suited to the particular review item in front of you. But that's what Skip means. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
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How to review questions marked 'solved' or where user adds answer to question body?

Before that, users with at least 15 reputation (which includes everyone who can use the review system) can flag questions for closure by clicking the flag link followed by "it doesn't belong here, or it … a post, voting to close it, commenting, editing the post, or any combination of those and some other actions (like voting up or down) are sufficient to enable you to click the I'm Done button in the review
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
5 votes

The quality of the duplicates is so bad that I want to cry

The Real Solution The solution to bad posts that have no value is for them to be deleted after a sufficient time has passed after they're closed. For posts that clearly have no value at all, that can …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
11 votes

Please, don't use the edit button in the close queue to correct typos or improve the formatt...

https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210585 seems wrong, but is perhaps understandable. There, the first duplicate close vote came a few hours before the Edit review that dropped it from the queue. … So in the case of that fourth review, it seems: The reviewer used the system as it is meant to be used. The post was out of the review queue... for a few seconds before it went back in. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
24 votes

How do we deal with "urgent!" questions?

Often people who come here and say they need urgent help really are in the right place, because they don't need urgent help. Serious Urgency Suppose someone needs help quickly because: They need to k …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
-2 votes

Can we get review auditioning for the review queues? (First post and late answers at least)

Rather than change the way the system works with practice reviews or review audits, or at least before we do something like that (or in addition to such measures), it might be best simply to ask for more … information to be added to the review banner to explain when "No Action Needed" is and is not appropriate. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
4 votes
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Is there a way to undo my review?

TL;DR: You can't undo your review but, if appropriate, you can still flag the post. … The "Disputed" Status A post that isn't deleted through review doesn't have any special "disputed" status (though there is a record of the review in the post's timeline). …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
2 votes

Please don't correct commands in questions unless you are sure the mistake is not the source...

Users with enough reputation that their edits are not subject to review should still write good edit summaries so it's clear to others why the edit is correct. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
7 votes
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What to do when a user asks a question editing an another question?

The rejection reason is shown to the user. Invalid edit is the canned rejection reason that applies to edits that attempt to comment on or reply to the post. However, if you can point the misguided …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
3 votes
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questions strangely voted as "too broad"

If I understand you correctly, your hypothesis is that a single individual has cast the sole too broad close vote on each of those six questions. I have good reason to believe that hypothesis is incor …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
4 votes

Why don't close votes reset on a question when the review ends?

If you cannot tell how a review item should be handled, or just feel like skipping it, then of course you can always click Skip, but... … A single Edit review drops the item from review. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
10 votes
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What is peer review?

What does peer review consist of on Ask Ubuntu? Peer review means someone else must review and approve your edit, before it is applied. … Users with sufficient reputation may visit the review queue for suggested edits (which is one of the categories of review). …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
4 votes
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Should I flag pure shell command answers as "link only answer"?

You might be using the review system incorrectly. … selections (where you can pick a comment when voting to delete posts in the Low Quality review) are a form of flagging. They are not. …
Eliah Kagan's user avatar

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