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62An idea: The 'I don't understand' button could create a post on meta, or a chat room about the audit where people could discuss it, not simply for moderators to review. Just a thought.– Richard J. Ross IIICommented Jul 14, 2013 at 14:30
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6@RichardJ.RossIII We could even make it a 10k list.– UndoCommented Jul 14, 2013 at 14:39
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24If coders really want to code, I also suggest a "I disagree" button that lets a mod review the audit. Mod agrees with your complaint => as if audit never happened and it won't ever happen again. Mod disagrees => you move towards the ban faster than if you never complained.– John DvorakCommented Jul 14, 2013 at 14:53
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64@Richard No to Meta - then every person who fails an audit because they legitimately suck at reviewing will throw it over on Meta and we'd end up with a mountain of "why did I fail?" questions. Meta should be reserved as a manual process for good reviewers to ask about audits they legitimately don't understand. Only people who actually need help with an audit will come here, and that's a good thing.– animuson StaffModCommented Jul 14, 2013 at 14:54
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10I disagree. I would understand "I don't understand" as "I don't agree with the audit. Some audits are pick up by random, therefore they can (and sometimes are) be quite controvertial.– Cjxcz OdjcayrwlCommented Jul 14, 2013 at 17:03
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10+1, I'd be totally behind this! I think the title of your question could be a bit more direct, though: maybe something like "Add an "I disagree" button for failed review audits"?– Ilmari KaronenCommented Sep 2, 2013 at 14:31
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2I've been using this as a duplicate so I just wanted to edit to bring out some of the key points, hope you don't mind– Richard TingleCommented Oct 15, 2013 at 9:57
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12I'd vote for a "No, your review failed" button. I've failed several audits recently where the question was clearly off topic, or didn't ask a question at all. It is one thing if I don't understand why the question is good, but completely different when I am still confident the question is bad.– OtherDevOpsGeneCommented Dec 13, 2013 at 14:55
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5Hope this happens soon... I just 'failed' a question that was (in my opinion) off topic (suitable for programmers.stackexchange), but the audit thought it was 'high quality'.– GusCommented Dec 24, 2013 at 18:35
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6I just hit a question that needed to be closed as a duplicate (a previous commenter had left a dupe link) and got the "look and listen" BS. If this is going to happen frequently, the review queues can kiss my behind.– PekkaCommented Dec 26, 2013 at 14:55
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7I just failed an audit because I was about to add a comment on a "good question". However, before I was able to add the comment or really do anything else, I failed. Others had commented on the question. The idea that doing anything other than upvoting a "good" question goes against the idea that this site is based on voting since you can give a "wrong" vote.– zero298Commented Apr 5, 2014 at 22:24
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16On the two occassions where I got a bad audit question, I never clicked on the "I understand" button. I just navigated away from the page. It's very condescending anyway, even when it's right. I'd prefer something like "Whatever you say..."– ouflakCommented Jul 3, 2014 at 17:05
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7I stopped reviewing after getting audit fails for thoughtful and careful audits. Helped turn me away from SO. I only work on other sites now.– andy256Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 0:27
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7Coming to this discussion a little late, but I agree that the "I understand" button should be modified. It's offensive to find oneself somewhat obliged to click on something which either you disagree with, or simply DON'T understand!– StrawberryCommented Feb 17, 2016 at 14:01
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6“I don't understand” implies that the user needs more accurate explainations.– neverMind9Commented Jul 11, 2018 at 22:39
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