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How do I check my flagging record on Area 51? [duplicate]
As of late, I have been flagging proposals on Area 51, primarily to alert moderators to proposals that have failed to meet minimum activity requirements but have not yet been closed or removed as ...
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I can't flag a post on Area 51 even though I have 15 reputation
I can't flag a post even though I have over 15 reputation on Area 51. It still says I have flags remaining. I have not been banned from flagging. Why?
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Should I flag close-worthy proposals on Area 51?
I came across a clearly non-viable proposal on Area 51, and I considered flagging it as such. The only options in the flag dialog, however, were spam, offensive, or a custom mod attention reason. ...
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How should I draw a moderator's attention to someone who's commited to an Area 51 proposal with an inappropriate name?
I noticed a proposal where there was a committed user whose name was around the lines of "f*** the people who proposed this". This person hasn't commented or anything, so I can't flag one of their ...
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Leeway for spammers promoting stack exchange sites and Area 51 proposals? [duplicate]
Browsing the new questions queue in English Language Learners, I see several rapid-fire questions from an account with a spam-like name:
This account is quite forthcoming about it's intent:
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Who responds to flags on Area 51?
I flagged a post on Area 51 Discussion as spam on the 5th of May. I thought spam flags went to the front of the queue, but this one still has yet to be processed.
Looking at the post again, it ...
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Change color of popup that appears after flagging Area 51 proposal
When you flag an Area 51 propsal, you get a red popup "Thanks! We'll look at it! (click this box to dismiss)". The same when you vote to close a proposed question: you get a red popup. However, that ...
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Flag count on Area 51
Why is there not a flag count for Area 51? As a user that likes to help out on SO as much as possible, I enjoy to see my flag count on the different sites, so that I can see what I need to improve on, ...
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Flag as duplicate option on Area51
When browsing Area51, I came across a proposal which was an exact duplicate of another proposal. (this and this).
When I went to flag it, I saw there was no option for flagging as a duplicate.
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Does flagging site proposals count towards flag weight?
A while ago, I found the "FuN" proposal on Area-51 and flagged it, adding a note that (IMO) it was not a real proposal. Sure enough, the proposal was closed as "Not a real proposal" shortly afterwards,...
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NSFW proposal on Area51 [closed]
See flags for deletion reason
There is a proposal on Area 51 that definitely does NOT fit with the family-friendly nature of StackExchange, given the current level of integration (site footer, ...
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Area 51: How should we deal with people commenting with answers to sample questions?
I'm starting to see more of this, and it fills up my Recent Activity list with useless comments. It would be nice if there was a way to downvote them but that is not available for comments. Would it ...
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Area51: How do I flag a user? (And, Area51 policies therein?)
I'm aware of the SOFU policy on "flagging users" (you don't, you flag their posts instead, and hope a keen moderator takes notice of the user's bad patterns).
SOFU Policy on Flagging Users
Flag ...
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How can you flag a commitment comment as offensive?
I was wondering if there was a way to flag a Commitment Comment that someone leaves.
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Flagging a question as spam votes "no" and gives the owner more rep
I just flagged this question as spam while it was at 1 Yes / 1 No, refreshed, and the question then had 1 Yes / 2 No. I also noticed the owner got +5 rep for that No vote (and no -2 which I would have ...
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