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Confused about flagging comments and removal

I flagged two comments earlier as rude or offensive - they were, no doubt, they were insults. … Or do I have some unlisted privilege allowing me to remove these comments? Or what? …
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Whats the right way to request details for helping to solve a problem

if the answer / solution was found in the melee of the comments? Should somebody extract an answer of them an create an answer? … When I see an answer in the comments, I ask the user who solved the issue in comments to convert it to an answer, they solved it and should get the votes and rep for solving it. …
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Off Topic Questions: Comment Etiquette

Lately I see a lot of comments from less experienced users (and some more experienced ones too) pointing out that questions about other OS etc are off topic and rightly so, they are. … I see comments like "This is off topic on Ask Ubuntu" or "We don't support that OS" While these comments are not exactly rude or anything, they also do not help people find the correct site …
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Is it ok to announce downvoting in a comment which requests clarification if the user commen...

Of course, leaving these comments can cause users to react with hostility, so I understand why so many people just vote and move on but I feel, if one in ten new users adapt to the format and write quality …
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How many comment votes do we each get in a day?

Today I ran out of comment votes, I did not even know this could happen. This is not attached to my Q&A votes, I still have 10 of them left. So I can make sure I don't waste my votes, it was annoyin …
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Comments in the answer section from new users

This addresses all the new users out there: Every day here I see new users commenting in the answer section and saying things like I don't have the rep to comment but.... It seems redundant tha …
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Why can't we upvote comments on this years mod elections?

I was reading a post from the 2014 elections and it has many upvoted comments. Why can't we do it this year? it would save a lot of "me too" comments. …
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