Revisions to Cancel misclicked flags

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edited Jan 18, 2021 at 12:07

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It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

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edited Jan 18, 2021 at 11:34

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Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

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edited May 23, 2017 at 12:35

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Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

Stealing slightly from this comment:

It is definitely worth re-visiting this issue as there have been a few times recently where the flag was valid when I made it, but in response to a comment (mine or someone else's), the question/answer/comment has been changed to no longer warrant the flag. Would be nice to be able to retract the flag and drop the mod's queue down a little. – AnonJr Sep 17 '13 at 17:24

I completely agree, and if you're someone like me (and like many of us) who goes back and checks on their pending flags, we could absolutely make moderator's lives easier by retracting our flags.

If we look at my own flag history, look at the revision history on some of these:

I would have retracted my flag on all of these. Instead, we just clutter the queue for even longer and make more work for moderators.

One thing that CMs and moderators talk about time and time again is that moderators should be able to process hundreds or thousands of flags quickly. This ability is important because it provides a mechanism to remove moderator roadblocks that slow them down / waste time, because they have to look at the revision history, otherwise they can make mistakes. In other words, a revised post selects for a category of the most time consuming, brain involving flag situations, and taking steps to help with this category can help a lot.

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