Questions tagged [moderator-tools]
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What moderator tools exist to control retaliatory close votes? [closed]
Several individuals with time on their hands can practically paralyze work of the whole meta.
Users should not allege close voters are mindless or malicious or otherwise not acting in good faith
What ...
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Automatic markdown translation in convert-to-comment went awry
Hmm. Over on MathOverflow I automatically converted an answer to a comment, and the result was (at first) this (given in source markdown to show the mess):
This may be (vaguely) related to fractional ...
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Add ubiquitous timestamp hover to 'Last seen' information for moderators
After the profile page was made responsive, the Last seen information was intentionally made less granular except for ♦ moderators. We can still see when someone was last active a couple of minutes ...
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Allow moderators to customize the first paragraph under "Get answers to practical, detailed questions" on the tour page
Currently, the first paragraph of the tour under the heading "Get answers to practical, detailed questions" says:
Focus on questions about an actual problem you have faced. Include details ...
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Why do mods have unrestricted access to users' followed posts but not saved posts and other private data?
I recently learned that moderators have unrestricted access to users’ followed posts simply by viewing their profiles. It's worrying and seems odd, especially considering that saved posts and voting ...
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Why are my only options "edit" and "decline" (when "edit" doesn't work) for a flag on a deleted comment?
It looks like a comment being deleted no longer clears any comment flags (at least for duplicate auto comments), but there are only two options remaining (edit/decline), one of which doesn't even work:...
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What information about followed posts can moderators access?
When the "follow posts" feature was introduced, an SE staff member commented that "Post follows are private." Similarly, the "save posts" feature announcement stated that ...
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Allow moderators to change the outcome of a handled flag
Per staff request, I'm posting this as a standalone feature request:
Please allow moderators to change the outcome of a handled flag, such as when they accidentally/prematurely decline a flag they ...
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Server error when attempting to clear a question's migration history
Noticed earlier on Stack Overflow and confirmed to be network-wide by Spevacus.
When selecting the Mod -> Clear Migration history button on a post that's been migrated elsewhere, you get an ...
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Wrong alignment of timestamp for short messages in moderator dropdown
In the moderator messages dropdown, when both the title/summary and the body are short, the relative timestamp is not right-aligned, but immediately follows the preceding element without any padding:
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Weekly question limit: is there other than 1?
In moderator tools we have an option to see a number of questions that particular user able to ask on weekly basis. I could found only "1" and "0" (in case of no restrictions):
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How did a non-moderator single-handedly delete an answer?
Seems fine. Except… Journeyman Geek is neither a moderator nor was one 3 days ago. (He was a mod in the past, maybe that's related?)
Furthermore, the answer in question had a score of 14, so he ...
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The links to TL in the mod messages tab are broken
I noticed this on Economics.SE but from other moderators I hear they are having similar problems so it seems it is site wide issue.
The link in the mod messages tab is; https://economics.stackexchange....
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Accepting the Moderator Agreement doesn't seem to work right away
There's a new version of the Moderator Agreement and I'm trying to accept it. This is the bottom part:
After checking both boxes and clicking Accept, the page reloads and it looks just like before I ...
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The moderator blocked user accounts due to voting violations [duplicate]
The situation occurred with two accounts: self SVBazuev and my daughter's AnnaBazueva.
When she sees a question that she can answer, she does it.
We often use one device, it happens like this:
I look ...
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Double quotes incorrectly encoded in flag resolution tooltip
When moderator adds custom description to the processed flag, such text is visible as a tooltip on post's flag page (link for staff to reproduce the issue):
In case of double quotes they're rendered ...
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Moderator Agreement notice disappeared without dismissing it
There was a banner with a new moderator agreement information.
I didn't dismiss it (and I didn't yet accepted new Agreement), but it has disappeared now.
Is it expected behavior? Actually I'm waiting ...
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Unable to translate the notice about updated Moderator Agreement
I know that the self Moderator Agreement is not translatable due to some legal issues. But I expect that the notice regarding the updated agreement should be translatable. Unfortunately I don't see ...
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I accepted the updated moderator agreement yesterday; why do I have to accept again?
Yesterday some moderators on the site I moderator accepted updated Moderator Agreement, some - declined. But as of today all these outcomes are cleared. We all see the Moderator Agreement as it's not ...
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Moderators trying to delete or undelete comments are now prompted to confirm (and canceling does not work)
As a moderator on a site that I moderate, upon clicking the "delete" link on a comment, I am shown a "Really delete this comment?" browser confirmation prompt; regardless of how I ...
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Incorrect processing of "Enter" press on tag merge
In tag merge tool (available to site moderators) it's possible to select target tag from dropdown list, e.g.:
You can use either mouse or keyboard to confirm the choice. Unfortunately if you use a ...
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What is this string in the translation DB that refers to moderators accepting bribes to be unsuspended?
Just found an interesting string on translation DB:
A moderator has unsuspended this user for good behavior (or bribe)
This string appears on user history page visible to site moderators.
I'm merely ...
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Does a moderator have unlimited power to moderate their site? [closed]
If I moderated a site, could I fill it with my own sock puppet accounts, prefilled Q&A with subtly wrong answers, and delete only constructive comments (without telling comment authors their ...
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How and when is voting fraud investigated? [duplicate]
As you all know, Up and Down voting questions on all Stack Exchange sites is a crucial part of network’s functionality, because it not only decides how correct or relevant questions and answers are, ...
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Room moderators should be able to edit the room description and manage lower levels of access
Some private chatrooms, most notably the Teachers' Lounge (the network-wide moderator chatroom), are a special type of private room — a staff-moderated room with appointed "room moderators".
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"close question" button on the waffle bar doesn't work on a small screen
For some flags on questions, moderators have the option to handle the flag by closing the question. If you visit a post with a pending flag, the flag shows up in a bar at the bottom of the screen, ...
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Improve wording of Community Wiki tooltip while editing a question
When editing a question as a ♦ moderator, you have the option to make it Community Wiki. However, as a reverse of Mod menu for Community Wiki answer thinks it's a question, the tooltip thinks it's ...
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Mod menu for Community Wiki answer thinks it's a question
When opening the mod menu for a Community Wiki answer, one of the options is
remove wiki from this question
(emphasis mine). Can that be corrected?
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The logic of moderators statistics highlighting
There's a note on the main moderator page {sitename}/admin regarding moderator activity statistics highlighting:
I'm curious which rules are used for applying this highlighting, in particular:
What'...
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As a moderator, "Delete" in the review queues clears custom flags that you may not have seen
Outside of the queue, it makes sense that a moderator deletion would clear any custom flags, since the wafflebar is at the bottom showing all the pending flags and a flag count for all flags. In ...
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Move tag info from source tag to the destination in case when destination tag exists, but doesn't have info yet
In tag merging process (available for moderators) when the resulting tag name doesn't exist yet the process will behave like a tag renaming. I.e. all tag info (short and detailed) will be "moved&...
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Get statistics about self-deleted accounts
It's interesting to know is there a possibility to get the number of deleted users on site per specified period?
Additional information like reputation, number of posts etc on the moment of deletion ...
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Can new users not be bait-and-switched?
As a new user on SE, I shared the common new-user experience of questions downvoted, and closed, and the feeling of being kicked around by (well-meaning) moderators, and perhaps worse, the suspicion ...
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No link to orphan tag after tag merging in orphan-wikis page
As a mod I merged couple of tags, but now I can't find the link to nowadays orphaned tag wiki "scroll" in orphaned wikis page. What's the reason for that?
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Unable to translate "Who is this thread about?" on moderator private message page
The sentence on moderator private message page "Who is this thread about?" does not exist in translation engine:
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Unable to translate "Want to improve this answer" notice
There's no string to translate notice (can be added by mods manually) on answer:
Want to improve this answer? Add details and include citations to explain why this answer is correct. Answers without ...
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Moderator action popup doesn't support Markdown, but contains item with it
Moderator action popup has an option "convert to edit":
* text autotranslated to English
Original text here is:
Answers should be converted to an edit of the question when they represent ...
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What is the purpose of limiting access to edit help center pages?
As far as I know the number of help center pages available to edit by moderators is very limited: What parts of the help center can site moderators edit?
Moreover, I (as a moderator of ruSO) can't ...
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Result of recent action on admin dashboard may overlap the border
Result of recent action on admin dashboard may overlap the border:
Original English string is slightly shorter:
Post flag resolved as helpful
As you can see the post long title is processed ...
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Server error when trying to view an old deleted user as a mod
When I try to visit a specific deleted user stub, it tries to load for a while and then gives an error. At least it was, and now it's just taking about 3 seconds to load, which seems unusually long. I ...
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When is it not a good idea to rely on automatic handling of low answer quality score flags from the Community user?
The Community user flags some posts with Low Answer Quality Score flag. There are several options to handle such flags:
Approve (with comment)
Reject (with comment)
Resolve flags automatically (no ...
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Elements overlapping on send mod message page
In case of unverified Email for user, the private mod message has overlapping between page title and the notice on narrow screen:
Link for test for staff: https://ru.stackoverflow.com/users/message/...
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Too big font size for user flagged post page
Currently the font size on user flagged posts page is too big:
It wasn't so big some times ago.
Looks like it affects many pages in user profile settings as well:
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Unable to translate notice in mod message for user without verified email
The following notice doesn't have source string to translate on mod message page:
This user does not have a verified email address so this message will only be seen on {site name}.
Link for test for ...
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Translation for "consistently low quality questions over time" mod template isn't used
Existing translation not used for mod template "consistently low quality questions over time".
There are two original sentences. I don't really know which one should be used, but no one is ...
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What's the purpose of inactive "apply to answers too" checkbox on mod menu if the item text already refers to answers only?
If there are answers with wiki status, the mod menu for a question contains the following item (Remove wiki from answers):
* text autotranslated from Russian to English
What's the purpose of inactive ...
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Attempt to change high contrast option for Community user leads to an empty popup notice
Being a moderator, you're able to access some settings of other sites' users, even for the Community (bot) user. In the latter case, changing the high contrast option leads to an empty popup appearing ...
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Back link on moderator election history page refers to first ever election
Moderators can see a history of election notice on every election page, e.g. second (2017) election on ruSO:
If you're a moderator and you have more than one election already, just open the link {...
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No zero number specified for answers count on question merging
During questions merging (available for mods) there's a place for number of answers on target question:
But in case if there's no answer there's no number at all (zero number is expected):
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Unable to translate "Save changes", "Cancel" buttons on moderator election page
On every election page there's a possibility to edit a notice of election (if you're a site moderator). When you started an edit there are two buttons "Save changes" and "Cancel":
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