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Explain reason for "not an answer" flag [duplicate]
This is about my following declined but helpful flag.
History:
I saw an answer which almost copy-pasted another answer and I decided to flag that.
In my first flag, I chose not an answer option, as ...
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Could we have the ability to flag a question as "answers are out of date"? [duplicate]
I've often come across very popular questions (usually on Stack Overflow) whose answers date back as far as 2008, even though the question is still relevant today as 2019 approaches.
It has ...
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Improvements to handling questions with too many answers
I noticed something today on Software Engineering when dealing with an autogenerated moderator flag regarding "More than 10 answers posted to this question in the past 7 days". Mainly - this flag isn'...
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Flagging inaccurate answers, another possible solution [duplicate]
Intro- Yes, this has been discussed before, but I have a different solution and some updated reasoning. Please, for the love, read the post before down voting it... (but then you can down vote it all ...
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Add optional box for NAA flags letting you say why you think it's NAA
This is the same request as Add optional box for spam flags letting you say why you think it's spam, but for Not An Answer flags, and for much the same reasons. It may well be that it would be best to ...
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Change "Your Answer" to "Your Answer to this Question"
Many new users use the "Answer" section to answer another answer. It seems they (reasonably) assume the Stack Exchange sites work the way many forums and Facebook work: a chronological sequence of ...
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Do not recommend the “not an answer” flag for conversion to a comment
The official guidance for the “not an answer” flag reads:
This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question, ...
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Duplicate answers should be blocked rather than just flagged
Currently the system detects duplicate answers from the same user and flags them for moderator attention. This is useful, but could be streamlined.
Duplicate answers fall into two main categories:
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Copy pasted answers - to flag or not to flag [duplicate]
I'd like to have your opinion on the following.
I mainly answer questions about SQL queries. So sometimes there's not much to explain. I just post the solution and that's it. Sometimes minutes later ...
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option in "flag" popup for "duplicate answer" [duplicate]
in my attempt to review, i discover that the thing that seems to occur most often is that new users with 0/1 reputation are answering questions that have accepted answers and are years old, and the ...
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Can I mark that an answer is contained within another?
I noticed that questions often have similar or duplicate answers, i.e. one answer is contained within another. As far as I can tell, there is currently no structured approach to cleaning up such mess.
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Can I flag an answer as a duplicate?
When flagging an answer there doesn't seem to be an option for identifying apparent duplicates. Is there an etiquette or something in place for this? Can I suggest a flag as duplicate option. It seems ...
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There is still a need for facilitating transient discussions about Q and As
Comments are great for annotating questions and answers but are lousy for dialog between users to pin down clarifications that may ultimately be reflected in the question or answer itself. ...
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Add option to flag "useless" answers
It would be nice to flag "useless" answers, those that aren't really spam, but still are junk.
For example see the OP's post on:
How to install/enable ftpcopy binary and mysqldump binary on WHM ...
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