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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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Are sock puppet comment and Meta votes retracted?
A user used sock puppets to self-upvote, self-bounty, and self-accept answers they'd ask questions on. It is unknown whether this included voting on Meta posts or on comments.
Only one sock was ...
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For moderators, please add the "undelete" button to all deleted comments
Well, we're not exactly on the same page as a team on undeletions.
In dealing with the comments on this post — I noticed that a comment (with broader context) containing some trigger keyword was ...
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Is it possible to see the removed content due to my flag in my own question?
Years ago I flagged a comment or maybe an answer for "Harassment, bigotry, or abuse" in my own question, and it was probably removed by a moderator. I just found out earlier today on my ...
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Moderators can delete comments on any post but not undelete them prior to signing the moderator agreement
Is it expected behavior that an elected (but before accepting the agreement) moderator can delete any comment on the post, but unable to undelete them? Even for my own comments I got the error:
An ...
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Reduce whitespace between short posts and their comment section [duplicate]
For ♦ moderators, the vote section contains some additional links (to the flag history, and to show deleted comments). For short answers like this one, this causes unnecessary whitespace between the ...
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What should I do if I want to find out more information as to why an answer was deleted by a moderator? [closed]
Note: I am asking as a general question for all sites, not specifically for Stack Overflow as in this case.
I came across this deleted answer:
and I was wondering why was the answer deleted?
Now, ...
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Delete half of a comment [duplicate]
Often I'll be reading an old post and the comments below it. Sometimes the comments will have lost relevance (such as one about a necessary edit that has since been made), so I flag these for ...
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Can't mark custom comment flag as helpful after the comment has been deleted automatically
What happened:
A user voted to close a question as duplicate, generating an automatic comment "Does this answer your question?"
Another user flagged that question with a custom comment flag
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GlorfindelMod
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Buttons on Flagged Comments do not work on Moderator Tools Page
I noticed today when reviewing a flagged comment on Arqade's Moderators Tools page (/admin/dashboard), I could not use any of the buttons on the comment itself to perform any action, including:
Flag ...
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"Add a Comment" is broken on <site>/admin/dashboard
The "Add a Comment" link on questions/answers on https://superuser.com/admin/dashboard is no longer working.
Clicking on it jumps to the top of the page. The link behind "Add a Comment&...
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Markdown rendering missing in comment flags under moderator
Code formatting isn't properly rendered within comment flags:
... and links (possibly other content) as well:
I doubt there would be any nefarious content that is hidden through markdown that one ...
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Scores of deleted comments appear partially outside background area on iOS
Moderators have a button which allows them to view deleted comments underneath a post. In Safari on iOS (both iPad and iPhone), scores of these comments appear partially outside the red background ...
GlorfindelMod
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Can the chat message pop-up be inserted after 5 comment "back and forth" argument strategies?
When users complain about a iffy post, they start suggesting edits and then another user gives an explanation on how that edit suggestion is wrong.
The users go back and forth, and then suddenly, when ...
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Why is comment history a mod-only privilege?
I just noticed recently that edited comments get this cute little pencil next to them. What I also noticed is that as a mod I can see the entire edit history of the comment, but non-mods cannot.
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