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Don't give dupe-hammer for special tags
All of you know that Meta sites have special groups of tags:
required tags: [feature-request] [support] [bug] [discussion]
moderator tags: all of [status-*] tags
At the same time there's such ...
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Remove tag badges or dupehammer on moderator-only tags [duplicate]
Many people have tag badges or the dupehammer for moderator-only tags. I think this is a problem since it defeats the whole point of being an "expert" in a tag, since these tags only tell ...
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Add keyboard shortcut for editing the list of duplicates
Users with a gold badge in a tag are able to edit the list of duplicates for a question. There are no keyboard shortcuts defined for this. For example, a rather routine task is to close a question ...
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Should there be a lower threshold for getting gold tag badge, on less popular tags?
A gold badge for a tag gives a user additional review power, to help manage low-quality questions having that tag.
At https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges?tab=tags&filter=gold, we see that there ...
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Editing duplicate list in Reopen Votes review queue should count as a Leave Closed result
When I'm reviewing a duplicate question in the Reopen Votes review queue with a tag for which I have a gold badge, I can edit the duplicate list. That's nice, but it leads away from the review page; I ...
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Add some line breaks in the "duplicate list edited" message in the timeline and revision history [duplicate]
When a gold badge user or a moderator edits the duplicate list of a question, it now properly shows the new list's links in the timeline.
This change is great, but I think we can do even better.
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SpevacusMod
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Equivalent of “dupehammer” for review edits
Stack Exchange has installed the "dupehammer" mechanism for a reason - at some point we trust a user and allow him/her to make decisions without second guessing him/her.
At 2,000 rep we trust a user ...
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Allow a poster who saw their question closed by a dupehammer to state that they accept that it is a duplicate
If a user votes to close a question as a duplicate, and that user doesn't have a dupehammer that can close the question right away, the user who posted it has the possibility of accepting that the ...
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Users with a gold tag badge should be able to add questions with no accepted or upvoted answers to the duplicate list for an already closed question
When anyone other than a moderator attempts to close a question as a duplicate, they can only select questions that have at least one answer that is upvoted or accepted. Even users with a gold badge ...
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Improve formatting of dupehammer indication in the iOS app
Contrary to the question closed popup, the revisions list does include information about somebody using a dupehammer to close a question. However, it's badly formatted; it looks as if the tag name is ...
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Discrepancy in duplicate messages, including the inability to edit the duplicate list [duplicate]
I had always seen questions that are closed as duplicates with the following message at the top of the post:
This question already has an answer here:
[link to existing question] X answers
Here is a ...
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Allow gold badge users to "propose" duplicates, to give the author a chance to contest the proposed duplicate
Please note: this is not a duplicate of How Do I Opt Out of Privileges?, which asks to give gold tag badge holders the ability to cast normal close votes in case they're not sure of their vote. I ...
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Reopening a question isn't clearing its duplicates list
Moderators and gold tag users can edit duplicate links. This was done here, for example.
All good so far.
However, when a question that was closed as duplicate and its duplicates list has been ...
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Let gold tag badge duplicates prevail above those of other close voters
I just closed a question as duplicate of another with my gold tag badge dupe-hammer (timeline).
I used another duplicate target as the one another user suggested which had just one vote until the ...
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Dupehammer: show the rarest expert badge
When a question is marked as duplicate by a user having dupehammer privileges it seems that their first-earned expert badge (applying to the question) is shown in the "marked as duplicate" banner.
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Duplicate list edits should be shown on the question itself
Editing the list of duplicates on a question bumps said question and appears as a revision in the questions revision history, there is no indication on the question page itself though.
So this is ...
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Add the new duplicate link edit events to the user's own history
Gold badgers can now edit the link list on questions closed as duplicates. However, there seems to be no record of having made these edits anywhere in the user's own history. One would think they ...
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A return button for the new duplicate edit thing
The new duplicate edit thing is great!
A bug/feature that caught my eye:
When I go to the duplicate list edit menu but choose not to edit anything, there is no button to go back.
I have to use the ...
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Add Link to questions in the revision note for duplicate question changes
When the duplicate list is edited currently the revision history just lists the post IDs of the duplicate list before and after the change:
Can those post IDs be actual links to those questions?
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Show dupehammer in close reasons on Android app
The original iOS feature request is at Show dupehammer in close reasons on iOS app. This is simply the feature request for the Android app, since the two apps are maintained by different people.
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Show dupehammer in close reasons on iOS app
In the screenshot below, Shadow Wizard has the ultimate power of the mighty dupehammer, but the tag badge is not shown in the question closed dialogue.
This may cause confusion for some users since ...
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Better formatting for description of tag badges [duplicate]
The site is all clean and beautiful, the formatting is great, the layout is organized... and we have this blue speech box like those on top of YouTube videos as the description box when you hover the ...
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Why can't moderators add "partial dupes" to the "list of dupes"? [duplicate]
A question may sometime be a combination of dupes of multiple other questions. If that happens, it should be possible - both before and after the question is closed as a dupe (with a dupehammer or ...
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Should a dupehammer grant the ability to dupe to multiple questions? [duplicate]
Currently when a moderator or gold tag badge holder closes a question as a dupe, they are limited to duping it to just one question. However, when several users vote to close the question, you can end ...
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Don't allow user to use their dupehammer to reopen their own question
There was recently a question on Stack Overflow that was a duplicate of a previous question. I voted to close as dupe, and as I have dupehammer privileges in a relevant tag, it was closed immediately. ...
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Dupehammer: don't just automatically close a question, give the Wielder a choice of whether to use Great Power [duplicate]
I just voted to close a question as a duplicate. There were previously no other votes to close. After I voted to close, the question was closed. This puzzled me for a second, and then I realized it ...
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Change "original tags" to "current tags" in the help center description of the dupehammer
The help center tells us the dupehammer works with the original tags of the question:
A question can be closed as duplicate with a single vote from a moderator or a user who has earned a gold tag ...
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Feedback from the community when applying dupe hammer [duplicate]
I try to weld my dupe hammer carefully - honest I do. I'm well aware which tags I can use it in, and I do not agree that I need reminding when it's about to be used.
I do, however, sometimes wonder ...
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Show the gold badge in addition to the diamond when a moderator closes as a duplicate
(tl;dr) When a moderator closes as a duplicate - if they have a gold badge in the tag(s) they're doing so -- display the gold badge in addition to the diamond
I think it's fair to say that moderators ...
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Badge in dupehammer tooltip should link to the badge page
I just noticed the tooltip for dupehammer closure has been extended to show the relevant tag, and provide extra information: (seen here, you need to click the golden tag)
This is awesome, and the ...
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Give Lesser Tag Badge holders Dupehammer privileges if they have a Gold badge in a related tag
Problem:
It's a fairly common occurrence for newer users to the SE network to post a question with very specific tags to a question, but not a more general, larger tag that is also appropriate. For ...
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Gold tag dupe-hammer posts a comment then removes it immediately [duplicate]
When a normal user votes to close as a duplicate, a comment is posted.
When the question is closed, the comment is removed.
The same happens with someone with a gold tag - a comment was posted then ...
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Add gold tag badge privileges to a user's Privileges page
I think it would be very handy to have a users 'privileges' page (what you see when you go to /help/privileges) also show the user's gold tag badge privileges. Currently it just lists the reputation-...
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The powerfullest ever mod, or: do we really need to display the gold badge icon after a user receives a diamond?
That's what happens if a user who is gold-badge-holder dupehammers a question and then finds somewhere a spare diamond:
Looks great, I must say. But what's the need?
I think that the badge icon ...
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Change wording of dupehammer tooltip in case of reopen event in revisions list
Currently when the Dupehammer is used to reopen a question, the following tooltip is used: (example)
Users with the [tag-here] gold badge can single-handedly mark [tag-here] questions as ...
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Indicate the presence of dupe hammer in profile page
Let's compare hammers for a bit:
New user who is oblivious to the way Stack Exchange sites work does not really know the difference between the symbols, so to get more details ...
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Should gold tag badges in required tags on meta provide insta-close-dupe functionality?
I am, apparently, one of 12 people with the gold tag badge for feature-request and one of 39 people with the gold tag badge for discussion here on meta.se. I hadn't realized this until I cast a close ...
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Please remind me when I am wielding the dupe hammer
We've already had people ask if they can decline the ability that comes with a gold tag badge to insta-close-as-dupe questions in their tags. I did this by accident today myself.
On reflection, I ...
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Review queue should give me duplicates with low vote count
Given the new Mjolnir, I have a feature request.
I'd prefer it if when the review queue wants to give me a duplicate on a tag in which I can single handedly vote and close, that it's give me one that ...
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Let moderators disable the dupehammer for certain tags
Recently it was announced that the new "weighted" close votes from tag badge holders will be going network-wide. I'd like to request that moderators have the ability to disable this for ...
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Increase close vote weight for gold tag badge holders
In order to increase the efficiency with which poor quality questions are closed, it could make sense to have weighted close votes for a small subset of qualified users.
A very good way to measure ...
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