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The "consistently low quality question over time" moderator template is very useful and flexible, and I've generally found a good response when using it. I've also found similar results when using a similar template for low quality answers, and have been using it rather frequently. As such, I think it would be useful for moderators to have something like the below added as a default template.

Hello,

I'm writing in reference to your Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange account:

{user profile link}

We've noticed that you've answered many questions, and a large number of those answers were not well received by other members of our community.

Specifically, many of your answers were downvoted or deleted because they seemed to be purely speculative, misleading, confusing, incorrect, or unrelated to the question. This is a troubling pattern, and we'd like to make sure that you've read the help that we have available for answering questions. Please take some time to read all of the information linked below prior to answering another question:

• An overview of how our system works
• A brief guide on how to provide good answers
• An explanation of why some answers get deleted
• Help with how to format your answers

We recommend taking a look at highly upvoted answers within the tags that interest you as examples. We really want you to have a good experience here, and the first step to that is making sure that your answers are clear, on topic and provide all of the information someone would need to solve their problem.

Regards,

Matthew Read
Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange moderator

Sometimes users don't understand that we're not a discussion forum, or the border between "helpful comment" and "complete answer", or that we're looking for concrete and informed answers rather than wild guesses. I think that this would be very helpful in clearing up some of that confusion.

Alternatively, allow moderators to have custom templates.

The "consistently low quality question over time" moderator template is very useful and flexible, and I've generally found a good response when using it. I've also found similar results when using a similar template for low quality answers, and have been using it rather frequently. As such, I think it would be useful for moderators to have something like the below added as a default template.

Hello,

I'm writing in reference to your Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange account:

{user profile link}

We've noticed that you've answered many questions, and a large number of those answers were not well received by other members of our community.

Specifically, many of your answers were downvoted or deleted because they seemed to be purely speculative, misleading, confusing, incorrect, or unrelated to the question. This is a troubling pattern, and we'd like to make sure that you've read the help that we have available for answering questions. Please take some time to read all of the information linked below prior to answering another question:

• An overview of how our system works
• A brief guide on how to provide good answers
• An explanation of why some answers get deleted
• Help with how to format your answers

We recommend taking a look at highly upvoted answers within the tags that interest you as examples. We really want you to have a good experience here, and the first step to that is making sure that your answers are clear, on topic and provide all of the information someone would need to solve their problem.

Regards,

Matthew Read
Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange moderator

Sometimes users don't understand that we're not a discussion forum, or the border between "helpful comment" and "complete answer", or that we're looking for concrete and informed answers rather than wild guesses. I think that this would be very helpful in clearing up some of that confusion.

Alternatively, allow moderators to have custom templates.

The "consistently low quality question over time" moderator template is very useful and flexible, and I've generally found a good response when using it. I've also found similar results when using a similar template for low quality answers, and have been using it rather frequently. As such, I think it would be useful for moderators to have something like the below added as a default template.

Hello,

I'm writing in reference to your Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange account:

{user profile link}

We've noticed that you've answered many questions, and a large number of those answers were not well received by other members of our community.

Specifically, many of your answers were downvoted or deleted because they seemed to be purely speculative, misleading, confusing, incorrect, or unrelated to the question. This is a troubling pattern, and we'd like to make sure that you've read the help that we have available for answering questions. Please take some time to read all of the information linked below prior to answering another question:

• An overview of how our system works
• A brief guide on how to provide good answers
• An explanation of why some answers get deleted
• Help with how to format your answers

We recommend taking a look at highly upvoted answers within the tags that interest you as examples. We really want you to have a good experience here, and the first step to that is making sure that your answers are clear, on topic and provide all of the information someone would need to solve their problem.

Regards,

Matthew Read
Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange moderator

Sometimes users don't understand that we're not a discussion forum, or the border between "helpful comment" and "complete answer", or that we're looking for concrete and informed answers rather than wild guesses. I think that this would be very helpful in clearing up some of that confusion.

Alternatively, allow moderators to have custom templates.

The "consistently low quality question over time" moderator template is very useful and flexible, and I've generally found a good response when using it. I've also found similar results when using a similar template for low quality answers, and have been using it rather frequently. As such, I think it would be useful for moderators to have something like the below added as a default template.

Hello,

I'm writing in reference to your Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange account:

{user profile link}

We've noticed that you've answered many questions, and a large number of those answers were not well received by other members of our community.

Specifically, many of your answers were downvoted or deleted because they seemed to be purely speculative, misleading, confusing, incorrect, or unrelated to the question. This is a troubling pattern, and we'd like to make sure that you've read the help that we have available for answering questions. Please take some time to read all of the information linked below prior to answering another question:

• An overview of how our system works
• A brief guide on how to provide good answers
• An explanation of why some answers get deleted
• Help with how to format your answers

We recommend taking a look at highly upvoted answers within the tags that interest you as examples. We really want you to have a good experience here, and the first step to that is making sure that your answers are clear, on topic and provide all of the information someone would need to solve their problem.

Regards,

Matthew Read
Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange moderator

Sometimes users don't understand that we're not a discussion forum, or the border between "helpful comment" and "complete answer", or that we're looking for concrete and informed answers rather than wild guesses. I think that this would be very helpful in clearing up some of that confusion.

Alternatively, allow moderators to have custom templates.