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Allow high-rep community members to help review No Longer Needed comment flags
TL;DR Please, allow very-high rep users (50,000 rep on "full" rep levels, 10,000 rep on "beta" rep levels, and 5,000 rep on "private beta" rep levels) to help review No ...
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Comment on question I have flagged
I recently flagged a question as duplicate.
The OP responded in saying they see the overlap, yet still sees the difference in value, following any guidelines I've read on the subject, so a mod should ...
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What's the reputation minimum to see "in need of moderator intervention" questions/answers?
In Stack Exchange, there are elected moderators and moderators by reputation. But the second kind is pretty relative, as there are 9 different reputation levels for "moderation" priviledges. The flag ...
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Is there a way to get just my privilege to (in)validate flags in chat revoked? [duplicate]
Because I have 40.3K rep across all Stack Exchange sites, I get that blue orb above my avatar whenever someone flags something in chat, with the options to validate or invalidate a chat flag.
I don't ...
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Can we have a reprieve on the ads for other activities apart from rep?
I have quite a few helpful flags on many of the Stack Exchange site.
But I have low rep on most of these sites, as I only go there to help flag spam and abusive posts found in charcoal HQ
There are ...
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Should the close vote privilege be dependent on flagging?
I think that the awarding of the close & reopen privileges should be dependent on the number of helpful close flags and the %declined flags. The reason:
Someone with a hundred helpful (close) ...
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Information on who can flag to close in the help center is contradictory
The help page on the flagging privilege says:
[…]
Flag to close (questions only)*
Duplicate question*
Off-topic (with sub-reasons)*
Unclear what you're asking*
Too broad*
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Flagging privilege help center page is outdated
Flagging options were recently re-worded network-wide. Good.
However, the network-wide help center page on the flagging privilege retains the old wording and screenshots of it. (MSE | SO | LH)
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Moderators should see the relevant privileges/reputation a flagger has [duplicate]
Currently, moderators cannot see quickly exactly which privileges a user who has flagged actually has. As described in this answer by animuson,
when reviewing flags, we
don't see your reputation. ...
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One of two Help Center pages on flagging is incomplete and mostly redundant
The Help Center page What if I see someone doing something bad? attempts to explain flagging (In fact its path is /help/flagging.) It falls short of the goal, though:
To flag a post that is neither ...
user259867
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Should I see flags? [duplicate]
It's been a long journey. I can finally handle flags....or can I?
Is there some kind of delay? Should I see them somewhere? I even flagged the formatting sandbox to see it and see my options. None. ...
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How to act with a user that just doesn't care
Those rules we discuss everyday.
We have established rules on the network and it seems to me that it is important to follow them.
Some rules are there for good reason some are up to discussion on ...
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Users without commenting privilege can't select the "it doesn't belong here" flag reason; a "404" error box appears when they try
I attempted to flag this question on Christianity.SE...
...as "off topic". Although the initial flag dialog loads correctly, every time I selected the "it doesn't belong here, or is a duplicate" ...
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Can users with more than 10k reputation flag?
Reading Privileges - Access to moderator tools
Users lacking the vote to close privilege can still ask questions to
be closed through flagging. Additionally, all users can flag answers
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Make the "Close questions" Privilege FAQ mention that moderators don't do the dirty job of closing for you
The /privileges page that explains "voting to close" nowhere mentions that you now should no longer flag questions for moderator attention, but vote to close yourself.
We've seen some users abusing ...
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Why can I see spam/offensive chat flags?
I have 8k on Gaming, and was sitting in The Bridge when I suddenly saw a blue chat notification. It was different from the usual yellow "Someone is replying to you" notification, so I clicked on it.
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Flag Posts help section is out of date [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
"Flag posts" privilege page out of sync with recent updates
The information on https://stackoverflow.com/privileges/flag-posts is out of date and does not contain ...
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Is it possible for a post to be actually flagged six times?
I know that sounds rather simple, but if you read the privileges page, you will find out that:
The offensive and spam flags are designed to automatically eliminate truly offensive posts through the ...
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Flag one's own question without reputation limit
Can we allow a user with fewer than 15 reputation points to flag his own question for moderator attention? I feel that this should be similar to the ability to vote to delete answers and questions: a ...
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