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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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Introduce answer-deletion reasons [duplicate]
Proposal
When flagging an answer for deletion or voting to delete an answer, users are opted to select a reason for deletion from a list or enter a custom reason (much like when flagging/voting to ...
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Allow custom flagging a post after (a still pending) flag as VLQ/NAA
I have flagged an initial version of a post as Not an answer, which at the site seems okay, since it was more a comment (user uses an outdated browser which isn't supported and doesn't allow adding ...
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Make VLQ and NAA flags equivalent to a negative review in the LQ queue (if the flagger can access that queue)
Reason
It is my understanding that casting a very low quality or not an answer flag on an answer that already has received such flag only affects the flag statistics and the number of positive ...
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Renaming "Your Answer" to "Your Solution"
Answers aren't meant to answer posts, but provide solutions. Working through any of the {First Posts, Late Answers, Low Quality Posts} queues makes you realize random surfers not familiar with the ...
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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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Proposal for making the meaning of "Not an Answer" flags clearer
SE has specific flagging reasons, not to make it possible to flag (we already have that with custom flags), but to give guidance on valid reasons to flag.
The "Not an Answer" flag comes with a ...
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Split up the "not an answer" flag reason
I think it would make sense to split up the flag "This is not an answer" into three flag choices:
This should be a comment
This should be an edit
This should be a new question
If we had that, it ...
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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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Unify “not an answer” and “very low quality” in a single “delete” flag
The “not an answer” flag on answers is meant to be used when
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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Give feedback to users abusing "not-an-answer" flag
I don't use the flag review queue very often, by today I did and came across several cases where I:
Flagged the prior not-an-answer flag as invalid
Downvoted the answer because I believe it to be ...
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Allow someone flagging as NAA/VLQ to also leave a canned comment
I’m not sure whether this holds for other sites on the network, but over at Arqade, we see a fair number of answers by new user that aren’t actually answers. These invariably get flagged as NAA and ...
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Add a deactivated "wrong answer" flag option
When I look at the flagging queue I see almost one flag reason only: Not an answer. (At this very moment 440 out of 470 flags!)
I have the feeling it is used wrongly most of the time. Many seem to ...
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Could there be an auto filter for answers that are "not an answer"?
When I review answers that are flagged as "Not An Answer", it is surprisingly often the case that the answer starts with "I have the same problem" or something like that or – what is also a ...
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Since moderators are just asking users to flag a custom "Link only answer," can we permanently make this a flag option? [duplicate]
For a couple weeks, moderators have been declining not an answer flags on link-only answers:
declined - Please don't flag link only answers as 'not an answer': When should you decide whether to ...
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