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Thank you to whoever removes spam from Ask Ubuntu
Not to put down Mithrandir's answer or Charcoal which indeed does a terrific job, but it's not only the awesome Charcoal folks and SmokeDetector who keep Ask Ubuntu clear of spam, it's also site ...
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Thank you to whoever removes spam from Ask Ubuntu
You're welcome! ;)
We're an organization known as Charcoal, or Charcoal-SE. Check out our website https://charcoal-se.org for some amazing spam detection!
But seriously.... yeah, we're Charcoal, ...
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You are currently banned from flagging - view flags declined in the last 7 days
As Thomas Ward puts it
We are a bit harsh when it comes to the use of the VLQ flag. We reserve the VLQ flag for totally, completely, unsalvageable crap, not for unclear questions.
[...]
VLQ has some ...
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Should a post be flagged as spam if an author is clearly *not affiliated* with the promotion?
OmgUbuntu is not Spam; it is a much frequented Ubuntu blog and links to it pop up occasionally, and I don't believe we want such posts being Spam-flagged when we use links to it in chat or on the site,...
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Why am I able to flag my own questions?
Because flagging is better than deleting most of the time¹...
A duplicate is a placeholder for the next person googling an answer.
An off-topic question points to StackOverflow, Unix & Linux, ...
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A VLQ flag invalidated by a minor edit
The answer was indeed not helpful since the ~ are absolutely fine, as you pointed out. I have now deleted it.
Next time, if a post requires attention and none of the standard flags fit (or are ...
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Should "try this" or "x doesn't work, use y" type answers be flagged?
I am going to take the opportunity to say I personally dislike that Yoda comment a lot!
Here is a completely awesome answer framed as a suggestion...
However, when the person answering actually ...
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Flag declined because OP edited their answer in the meantime and I wasn't notified
Moderators only get "Helpful" or "Declined" for flag states. In this case, I marked it as "declined" because at the time of the flag being reviewed, it was not valid, and I didn't find the flag to be ...
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You are currently banned from flagging - view flags declined in the last 7 days
I recommend reading How do I flag correctly? if you have not yet done so.
If an answer should be deleted because it does not attempt to address the question that was asked, that's not an answer. If ...
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How to deal with "feature request" questions?
If someone asks how to do something that can't be done, and you know it can't be done and you can explain why or at least demonstrate that it cannot, then you can answer the question. If it can't be ...
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Why not an answer flag declined?
It seems to have been a mistake, I think. I would agree with your flag. As others pointed out, it got deleted via community vote now anyway.
Thanks for reporting and sorry for the confusion and ...
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How to find posts I had flagged?
In the Activity tab of your profile, click on the helpful flags item in the IMPACT box.
Despite the name, this is the place where you can find all your flags, both helpful and declined.
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Should "try this" or "x doesn't work, use y" type answers be flagged?
Thanks for bringing this up. I will add my voice to Zanna's and also state my, rather intense, dislike of that comment. First of all, it is very often wrong. Words like "try" and "might" are ...
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Which flag should be raised for answers about Kali Linux?
The OP wrote in the first sentence of his answer:
We tried Kali & Ubuntu Linux on Crouton with Enlightment desktop and got the same error.
The OP also posted the following comment below his ...
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Seeking support/feedback about closure flags not resulting in a page closure
I am not debating the validity of your individual flags. The validity of each flag can be debated for a lot of flags. I think this question is based on a lack of information and feedback due to your ...
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Why not an answer flag declined?
Sometimes I don't feel self-confident enough to flag an answer without commenting below it to explain the reason why I flagged it to other reviewers, but I think it's safe to flag link-only answers ...
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How can I report user profile as inappropriate?
You just did it.
Nuked, from orbit. Thank you for pointing it out.
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When to flag as "Moderator attention"
As far as it concerns the question
I am pretty sure your flag shouldn't have been declined. The discussion how it should be flagged is kind of irrelevant, and can be communicated in a comment.
As far ...
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"Very low quality" vs "should be closed ---> unclear what you're asking" flags
The flags have not changed, but the answer there focusses mainly on answers and doesn't seem to consider the case you mention, flagging to close (when you earn the close / reopen voting privilege this ...
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What happens if I flag a high-quality post in a review audit?
My question is, however, what if I had flagged this post?
Even though the UI seems to indicate you flagged the post, the flag itself is never cast. I've tested this a while ago after somebody asked a ...
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How can I report user profile as inappropriate?
To add to what Oli mentioned there is no direct way to report a profile. The feature was trialed for a bit, but removed. I don't remember why, but I believe there were too many reports for non ...
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Duplicate vs Linked vs Related. Best practice for site navigation
If you do not want to close the question as a duplicate, then do not use the duplicate flag. Simply leave a comment with the link to the related question instead, then it would appear under the '...
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Please don't flag link-only answers as Very Low Quality
I get where you're coming from, and I have seen this posted in other places as well, but (and of course you won't like where I am going with this), I'll continue to flag such answers as VLQ, because:
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Flag to close because the question is answered
By definiton, "unanswered" questions are questions that have no accepted answer or not any answer with a score of at least +1.
So if the answer is good enough, a simple upvote also marks the question ...
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Flag disputed after post was edited
What Zanna said. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask everyone to only use the rude and offensive flag when the entire post is rude or offensive or when the offensive nature is such that ...
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Flag got declined but then reconsidered?
Your comment clarifies that your goal was to raise a flag that indicated the question should be closed because it was unclear. You can flag a post as unclear what you're asking. But because it is a ...
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Should a post be flagged as spam if an author is clearly *not affiliated* with the promotion?
In addition to Videonauth's answer, which points out that the site mentioned is popular with Ubuntu users and linking to it is not normally considered spamming, I would suggest that we can't actually ...
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What happened to "blatantly off-topic"?
"Blatantly Off Topic" was created in a time when we envisioned folks becoming horribly lost and asking how to find their lost cat on a site about mathematics.
But as the size and experience-level of ...
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Flag disputed after post was edited
Maybe this is just a comment, but I think that flag was disputed on purpose. Flags are "disputed" for at least two reasons:
Currently, the following scenarios may result in a flag being ...
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