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Please post new bug reports, feature requests or discussions as individual questions tagged with at least review in addition to the requisite
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What happened to the "You're Just Lazy" close vote reason? [closed]
...not literally, of course. But what happened to the previous menu of close-vote options?
I find the current set unsatisfactory. Take this question that boils down to a typical java.lang....
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What makes a community healthy?
Continuing my series of questions to the community here: Shifting back to community theory a bit, because I’m a geek that way…
How do you define a healthy community? By the standard that you just ...
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Please take care when flagging answers as "low quality."
When flagging an answer as "low quality" you see some explanatory text that reads:
This answer has serious formatting or content issues and might not be salvageable.
An effort should be made to ...
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The limits to a Very Low Quality answer
I was rereading Jeff Atwood's answer to the question: Is the Very Low Quality flag too ambiguous? mainly because today I wanted to use that flag for the first time. Quoting him, this flag means that:
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Let's Remove The Auto Downvote On Validated VLQ Flags (On Questions)
Currently, flagging a post as very low quality causes two things to happen:
The post is flagged for moderator review
The community user casts a downvote on the post if the flag is validated
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Remove VLQ as a flag option
The Very Low Quality flag option sucks. prepares for controversy
I'd like to see it removed totally as a flag option.
Its original purpose was as a response to contentless or meaningless posts; ...
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Still having issues with link-only answer flags
Yes, I have seen this question (and all of its derivatives):
Can we get some consensus on what flag to use for link only answers?
I'm having a hard time reconciling consistency. Earlier today, a ...
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Should posts flagged low quality get an automatic downvote from the flagger?
Much has been written about the very low quality flag.
Joel dislikes it. Popular wants it gone. I find it confusing, even after our modifications.
Last week I attempted a change. I set it up so only ...
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Is the "very low quality" flag necessary?
I'm having a hard time finding a use case for the "very low quality" flag that isn't already covered by some other flag. The descriptive text for VLQ basically says that it's for cases where no amount ...
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Let's justify the usefulness of the "very low quality" flag on answers
I am evaluating the usefulness of the "very low quality" post flag.
from here I am assuming that
It's not a flag to use to indicate the technical correctness of the answer.
It's not a flag to use ...
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What does the "very low quality" flag mean in regard to answers?
What does it mean when an answer is flagged as "very low quality", and what are the common actions a moderator may take when handling this flag?
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How should the "very low quality" flag be used?
On more than one occasion, across different sites of the network, I have raised the "very low quality" flag. Apparently, a few mods (it came out while discussing after the fact) are unaware that this ...
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Do closed questions automatically get downvoted or not?
In April 2011, closing a question for some reasons (then off-topic and not a real question) caused the Community user to downvote the question.
Officially, this feature was removed in August 2013. ...
