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Reply on Flag, canned message or reprimand?
It's a standard reason for declining a flag - and I was the person who did that. However, I wouldn't take it as a personal rebuke to have a flag declined in this way.
I agree it's not a great ...
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To understand why this flag got declined
First of all, you didn't really do anything wrong, it's simply how it worked out in the system. But let's analyze this step by step.
What you did was raise a close-flag. A close flag does not call ...
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Need pointers for Low Quality Posts Review
The guidelines for questions, I reckon, are pretty straightforward. You'll close if a question deserves closure, vote looks OK if the flag isn't justified and skip if you're unsure.
You have four ...
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When should I bring a pending flag up in chat?
Now first of all, regarding the specific case that motivated this question, you are right in that a flag being unhandled for a week is indeed a bit too long and might be worrying. However, the ...
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Why was my flag declined at first when it was justified later?
The declined flag was appropriate. Just because it was a crappy answer - "Maybe because of elven children?" - doesn't make it "not an answer".
It was an attempt to answer. If you read the "Not an ...
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Specifically for this site, how should the "no longer needed" comment flag be used?
Should people use "no longer needed"? Should those comments be removed?
Yes, once the OP (or anyone else) has made the clarificatory edit addressing the comment asking for clarification, ...
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Why is it telling me that I flagged a question as a duplicate when I didn't?
Note that it says you already issued this type of flag, not directly this flag.
This is simply due to the fact how flags are categorized. You already issued a flag for closing the question. Closing ...
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How can this post be salvaged through editing?
I was the moderator who declined the flag. The reason why I did this is really outlined in my answer to this meta question:
What is a low quality answer?
Personally I don't believe that we should ...
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How can this post be salvaged through editing?
First of all, I was not the moderator who declined your flag and only took a look at that answer after I read this meta question. I would still encourage said moderator to post his point of view, but ...
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How to unflag a comment
As far as I know, you can't. But don't worry about it!
Our mods here are quite thorough and they'll likely just mark your flag as unhelpful after checking out what you've flagged... and that's it.
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Migrate a question
In general a question belonging on another site is in itself not an appropriate close-reason. The primary question you have to ask is, is it on-topic on this site? Granted, the specific question is ...
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Understanding "not an answer" declined flags
My general policy for dealing with "Not an answer" flags is outlined in this meta post, so I won't repeat all the reasons here.
It's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of someone approaching the ...
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Is the flag counting on the site working properly?
In the hopes of not revealing any sensitive information here (but you asked anyway), there is no flag from you recorded for that linked question at all. Likewise does none appear in your list of flags....
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Can we add options to the Flag reasons?
I am probably missing something, since that is usually the case, but... we already have an "Other" option?
This only appears when you have enough rep to close vote, and one you can close vote you can ...
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