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61 questions linked to/from Let's get rid of the 10K flag queue
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Which actions using the 10k-moderator-tools do really help the diamond moderators? [duplicate]
So, I'm now (for some weeks) a user with more than 10k reputation (on Stack Overflow). I can access the moderation tools, one of them is the flagged posts page. This lists some of the flags on posts (...
39 votes
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Is "recommend deletion" secretly a vote to delete? [duplicate]
There's a rumor (attributed to Shog9 but not verifiable by me) that If six users without the ability to delete "recommend deletion", the post will also be automatically deleted. If this is true, I ...
31 votes
2 answers
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Enable the community to handle "not an answer" flags without diamond intervention [duplicate]
New users posting thanks, comments or new questions as answers on existing questions is very common. It is also something that should be easily handled by the community itself, without requiring ...
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What happens when post older than 60 days scored +3 or higher is deleted by 6 "No Comment" recommendations? [duplicate]
As far as I understand, it is possible for post scored +3 or higher to land in Low Quality queue and be deleted by 6 "No Comment" recommendations. Besides a record in post history, what happens in ...
18 votes
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Integrate close and delete votes into /review [duplicate]
It's recently been mentioned in some chat conversations that low-reputation close flags are given too high an importance for moderators and should be directed to the community instead. It's been ...
1616 votes
46 answers
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Thank you, Shog9
@Shog9, a longtime Community Manager here at Stack Exchange, has just tweeted that he is no longer working at Stack Overflow: @shog9: Well... I suddenly find myself in need of work. If anyone's ...
1271 votes
31 answers
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Encouraging people to explain downvotes
Note: If you're looking for a simple explanation as to why comments aren't required on downvotes, see Why isn't providing feedback mandatory on downvotes, and why are ideas suggesting such ...
893 votes
21 answers
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Allow an edit to notify downvoters: "I think I've fixed the issue now - please check"
To me, a downvote usually indicates a problem with an answer. When I downvote it's to mark the answer as having a problem, not the person. If the answer is fixed, I want to remove that downvote - but ...
814 votes
16 answers
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange
This is an unofficial list/changelog of new features and various changes to Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network. It is maintained by the community, while a Stack Exchange employee changes ...
260 votes
20 answers
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Closing changes: [on hold], unclear, too broad, opinion-based, off-topic reasons, bye-bye to Too Localized
After a ton of discussion, work and input from the community, we're rolling out the remainder of major closing changes that you've helped us design, as discussed in these prior posts. They're live, ...
117 votes
19 answers
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How can we make First Posts review actually useful?
There's now a feature-request based on this discussion; see: Let's have an explicit triage system for questions from new users I'm about fed up with the First Posts review queue. Oh, it was a ...
770 votes
3 answers
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Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?
I think we can all agree, this sucks: If you've been around a little while, you've probably encountered hundreds of answers like this in various forums, some of them even marked as "The Answer&...
538 votes
1 answer
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How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?
What circumstances can cause a question or answer to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? How can a post be deleted? When can't I delete my own post? Can I still see my post even after it's ...
129 votes
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Careless review upvotes are actively contributing to the quality problem, not correcting it
Look at this reply. The question is from 2008, it has an accepted answer, and almost every other answer generally has the same theme and references the same function. That reply, at the time of ...
72 votes
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Why is voting removed from new review system?
In the old review system we could vote for posts while reviewing. We were able to upvote great posts and downvote bad quality posts: But in the new review system we are not able to vote on posts: ...