Questions tagged [retracted-flags]
For questions on Meta Stack Exchange about retracted flags, i.e. flags that a user has raised on a post and then withdrawn.
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Can't retract close flag on locked question
I flagged a question as unclear, and the flag is still pending. Now the question has been locked, and if I would want to retract my flag, I wouldn't be able to:
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Helpful flags considered good, and declined flags considered bad. What about retracted flags?
Helpful flags are usually considered good, and declined flags are usually considered bad. What about retracted flags?
Would a user having many retracted flags make it seem like they are thoughtful, ...
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Can we have the ability to retract a flag on a deleted post? [duplicate]
Can we introduce a way to retract a flag on a deleted post or comment, or on any post, from the "Flags Raised" page? Right now, you have to go to the post to retract your flag, but it might ...
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Change the reason of a flag to a question
It happened that I flagged a question for a wrong reason and then I want to change my reason. So I know that I have the possibility to cancel my flag using the 'Retract Flag' button. But after ...
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Are retracted flags still reviewed/processed by moderators?
I have flagged a post as "in need of moderator intervention" with detailed explanation, but then I realised that actually "very low quality" flag fits quite well, so I retracted my ...
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Allow unflagging comments [duplicate]
I recently flagged a comment as unfriendly/unkind, but after returning to it after some time, I think I may have made a mistake.
So can we be allowed to unflag comments?
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Can't retract Very Low Quality flag on question [duplicate]
Earlier today, I cast a Very Low Quality flag on this now deleted question. While it was still pending
I couldn't retract the flag; instead of a Retract Flag button, a disabled Flag Question button ...
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Allow retracting moderator flags on deleted posts even if I don't have enough reputation to see deleted posts
Currently, custom flags for moderator attention are not automatically invalidated (marked helpful) when a post gets deleted. Ordinarily, one can retract a moderator flag by going to the post, clicking ...
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Is it OK to retract flags?
I have a habit that whenever I see a bad answer, I flag as NAA or VLQ and leave a (auto) comment to point out the reason for my flag. Sometimes after six to eight weeks a few hours the author sees my ...
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Disabled button not visible in flag dialog on some sites
Three days ago, I posted the following question on MathOverflow's Meta:
Since a while, it's possible to retract a flag by opening the flag dialog again and clicking the 'Retract flag' button. Of ...
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No confirmation dialog when retracting a flag
I just retracted a flag that I cast on an answer and noticed that clicking the "Retract" button caused immediate retraction of the flag, without any confirmation dialog.
We have such confirmation for ...
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Allow retracting flags from the API
For a project I'm working on, it'd be nice to be able to retract flags through the API.
We allow people to retract flags from the web. Could this functionality be extended to the API? It could work ...
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Will moderators decline flags that they think should have been retracted?
Let's say I mod flag an off-topic bounty question for closure shortly after the bounty is added. The question is not answered, the bounty expires, and the user deletes the question. Deleting the ...
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Make it possible to retract comment flags
I misread the content of a comment, and flagged it. Then I realized that the comment wasn't what I had initially thought. Would it be possible to have the ability to retract comment flags, just like ...
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Retracted Spam flags should not reflect the Moderator action on the post
I recently saw a borderline spam answer from SmokeDetector and quickly flagged it as spam. Upon further reflection, I wasn't sure if this was actual spam or a new user with a bad answer. I retracted ...
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Do not hide VLQ flag option from users who already flagged and may wish to retract
System hides an option to flag Very Low Quality in few cases, namely when post is:
in Triage or Close review queue
older than 7 days
of positive score
Because of that users who already flagged it ...
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At flag history page add a link to filter by retracted ("self-removed") flags
Since October 2015 flag history page provides filters for various flag outcomes:
links which can be used to easily see declined, disputed, helpful, etc outcomes of your flags...
These changes ...
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Cancel misclicked flags
I'm wondering (since it just happened to me), is it possible to "cancel" ("undo", "delete", "retract", whatever) a flag I just raised if I misclicked it, so the mods won't waste time?
I looked ...
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