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I flagged an answer 10K only link10K only link that looked like this:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used the "Other" flag, with a custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to an external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to a commentconverted to a comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand the decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

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I flagged an answer 10K only link that looked like this:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used the "Other" flag, with a custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to an external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to a comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand the decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

https://i.sstatic.net/UzZ9b.png

I flagged an answer 10K only link that looked like this:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used the "Other" flag, with a custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to an external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to a comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand the decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

https://i.sstatic.net/UzZ9b.png

Post Closed as "Duplicate" by gnat, Hugo Dozois, Tobias Kienzler, yoozer8, Danny Beckett
A few grammar fixes.
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edit approved Nov 9, 2012 at 13:36
S.L. Barth is on codidact.com
edit approved Nov 9, 2012 at 13:36
S.L. Barth is on codidact.com
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I flagged an answer 10K only link that looked like as followsthis:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used the "Other" kind flag, with a custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to an external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to a comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand the decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

https://i.sstatic.net/UzZ9b.png

I flagged an answer 10K only link that looked like as follows:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used "Other" kind flag, with custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

https://i.sstatic.net/UzZ9b.png

I flagged an answer 10K only link that looked like this:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used the "Other" flag, with a custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to an external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to a comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand the decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

https://i.sstatic.net/UzZ9b.png

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Is it forbidden to use "Other" flag for link-only answers?

I flagged an answer 10K only link that looked like as follows:

This is not my article but have a look at <external URL> which looks like it will work for you.

I used "Other" kind flag, with custom message: "This answer looks more like a comment to me because it does not offer much besides a link to external resource." As far as I can tell, the answer has been converted to comment but my flag was declined with the following message:

Please use the "NOT AN ANSWER" flag type for these "answers"!

Please help me understand decline reason. Did I do anything wrong?

https://i.sstatic.net/UzZ9b.png