Questions tagged [flagging]
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"No longer needed" comment flag for merged question declined
I raised a "no longer needed" flag on a comment in Where do Bulgarians originate from?
The comment suggested a duplicate question, specifically What were the origins of the Bulgarian people?....
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Is singling out a type of people for removal from countries rude or abusive?
I flagged this question
Has the majority ever seceded?
as being rude or abusive because the question concerns the removing of peoples from countries and both example refer to Muslims, as seen in ...
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Should we add more banners of the type 'citation needed'?
It seems to be the case that we get too many answers that do not adequately cite their sources or do not present enough or any evidence from external sources to support their arguments, assertions and ...
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Can we flag answers because they lack sources?
A few hours ago, I flagged an answer because it had no sources. The
contents seemed plausible in part, but without sources an uninformed reader
cannot quickly check for him/herself or dig deeper ...
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When comments are flagged, are related comments looked at by moderators?
If a comment is flagged, do moderators normally look at only the comment, or also the general context of the comment such as what the comment was replying to?
EDIT: Bump this to get new input from the ...
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Flagging holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is both factually incorrect, and offensive. How should it be flagged?
Should it be flagged as "rude and abusive", or should I use "other" and say "lacks citations"?
I'm worried that ...
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When should a comment be flagged?
What are our standards for flagging comments here? I've noted that most mods here have different standards for comment flags than are found on other sites. Because of such, nearly half of my comment ...
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