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Switch edit pencil direction for comments edited by other-than-attributed-author
In this discussion, the issue was raised that moderators' ability to edit comments sometimes results in a situation where a mod is putting words in a user's mouth or having them say something ...
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Allow moderators to edit the edit summary after an edit has exited the grace period [duplicate]
Very occasionally, users leave edit summaries which are downright inappropriate. At present, the best we can do in such instances is to contact a Stack Exchange employee and ask for a revision purge, ...
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Can we auto-flag edits to previously disputed posts?
One scenario I've run into several times now that I wish had been instantly brought to a moderator's attention is the case of edits to posts that have previously been locked for a content dispute. It ...
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Expose the edit history of moderator-edited comments to other moderators
I was recently notified that another moderator on the site had suspended a specific user. I followed this to the source, but found some edited comments. My colleague had removed the offending parts ...
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Let moderators use blocked tags on historical questions
The Stack Exchange team has the ability to block a tag even when the tag still exists. With the combination of Shog's new tag-specific popup messages, some tags which are blocked now have messages ...
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Moderator ability to make a post invisible
The first question in the moderator questionaire (for reference below) is:
Q1: An asker repeatedly flags their own question and says that they need to delete it or they'll be fired, because they ...
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Convert an edit to an answer
Proposal: Moderators should be able to convert edits to a question by the OP into an answer.
Moderators have a (rather handy) tool to convert "answers" that are really clarifications from the OP into ...
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Please add a link to the custom close form to the moderator links page
I would like the link where moderators can edit close reasons to be part of the moderator links page.
Please add: https://apple.stackexchange.com/admin/flags/close-as-off-topic
To the page: https://...
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Provide a tool to quickly convert comments to an edit
In reference to this question that illustrates something I encounter a lot, I'd like moderators to have the ability to convert comments to edits.
Here's why:
Often times I get a notice in the ...
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Show us the flagged revision for Spam/offensive flags [duplicate]
Yesterday I got a puzzling flag; someone flagged a Not Constructive question as "Offensive". I went and closed it but dismissed the offensive flag with a "WTF". Upon reviewing the revision history, ...
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CHAOS-like option for moderators to edit without bumping
CHAOS members have (had?) the ability to edit posts without bumping:
Because they are doing so many edits at once, CHAOS operates in a special mode where editing a title does not bump it to the ...
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Allow non-bumping minor edits, but review them on /review
Every edit, no matter how minor, bumps a question to the frontpage of an SE site. This behaviour is important to allow the community to review edits, but it also creates significant problems when a ...
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Moderators should see the post as I flagged it, not the edited version
Original question: Do moderators see the flagged post as I flagged it, or do they see the current version?
Since it is the current version, I request making it the flagged version instead.
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Can't edit comments within the mod queue anymore
I'm not sure when this ability was lost, but it would be nice to have it back again. Now, you have to open the actual question in order to remove the odd Sheet or Faulk.
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