Questions tagged [moderation]
For questions about the moderation of the Role-Playing Games Stack Exchange. This includes such actions taken both by the elected diamond moderators of the site and by regular users who have earned enough reputation to gain relevant moderation privileges. (See also: the [moderators] tag.)
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Can we discuss the reasons behind the response to the recent vandalism on RPGSE (community wiki)?
There was a recent vandalism done on a number of RPGSE Q&A, by dave on wheels, that required some restorative actions by the mod team. This was brought up in RPGSE chat, and I think that the ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of ...
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0 answers
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Evolution of Stack (Exchange) leadership
If you're a regular reader of RPG meta, this post over on Meta.SE might interest/concern you: Changing how community leadership works on Stack Exchange: a proposal and rough timeline I post this just ...
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8 votes
1 answer
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here might be ...
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17 votes
2 answers
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Asking about "mooning"
So, this question is gaining some attention due to its content - specifically about the act of "mooning". Mooning is the act of displaying one's bare buttocks by removing clothing, e.g., by ...
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6 votes
1 answer
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What is the most efficient way to flag to remove a post from the HNQ?
I enjoy reading HNQ posts on my sidebar, but now and then, I spot questionable content I'd like to see removed. How do I go about that most efficiently?
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9 votes
2 answers
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Why was a comment about etymology removed?
This question about the origin of the name Yan-C-Bin has so far attracted only one answer. That answer makes the claim that all of the names of the Princes of Elemental Evil were made up "...
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5 votes
1 answer
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Has site-wide quality drastically improved while our analytics are in freefall?
In our recent visual excerpt of a year in moderation, we see that community moderation actions have drastically declined. One explanation is that our site-wide quality improved drastically — ...
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11 votes
1 answer
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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-2 votes
1 answer
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What is the time/protocol for enacting a meta decision?
When putting answer here, often you get responses, sometimes not or only after a longer time frame. In general there is a lot less traffic on meta than on the main site, and responses can be slow in ...
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10 votes
1 answer
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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13 votes
1 answer
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Should we lock community check-in posts on Meta once we open a new one?
We have community check-ins on Meta that represent a snapshot of the time they describe. These snapshots are useful when one contextualises what the metacommunity perceives as pressing incidents, ...
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8 votes
1 answer
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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-14 votes
2 answers
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Please undelete my answer regarding the worthlessness of high school friendships
So, I posted an answer to this question, which has now been closed, and when I logged on today, I saw that my answer was, for some reason, deleted. Users with the required rep can see the language. ...
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1 answer
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How do we deal with clarification comments on questions from deleted users?
How do we deal with clarification comments on questions from deleted users? While How to avoid killing player characters due to a single (un)lucky roll? prompted this question, this is not about the ...
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