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Remove the flag counter from admin panel if there're no flags
On the site admin panel there's a flag count icon displayed as a part of "flags" tab:
Could we please remove that icon in the case there're no active flags? i.e. don't show an orange "...
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Should we lower the flag count for spam/rude-abusive for brand new users and chat flags?
While we do love our new users - oftentimes spammers are 1 reputation users, simply cause they (clearly) don't get any votes.
While I do realise there's potential for abuse - it feels like a lower ...
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Close/NAA/VLQ flags: Helpful/Disputed/Declined outcome change
This is a follow-up to: (Flags) Leave Open ~ Declined, Looks OK ~ Disputed?
A long time ago, both types of flags had the same type of behavior. Both would place the post into the respective community ...
user1292069
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We need a dedicated plagiarism flag
On Stack Overflow, we've suspected the plagiarism rabbit hole was deep... but we've had some users who are plumbing the depths of that pit and finding out that it's far deeper than anyone realized.
Up ...
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Custom comment flags should not auto-delete comments or be automatically marked helpful
Currently, if a user flags a comment with the "Something else" flag option, and that comment matches the regex to be deleted by a single flag, the comment is immediately deleted and the flag ...
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Support Markdown Parsing in Flag Feedback
When I flag something "in need of moderator intervention," I can use similar mini-Markdown as comments which appears correctly rendered when I view my flag history.
However, I have received ...
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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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Moderators should be able to reflag spam posts when their spam flag has been cleared
I encountered a spam answer here and flagged it as such. Here is a copy in metasmoke. Later, I noticed that this type of spam isn't noticed by SmokeDetector; one of the reasons is that the domain (...
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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Allow moderators to see who dismisses or handles chat flags
Moderators have access to a page which shows recent chat flags from all the rooms on a particular chat server. This is a useful tool, however we cannot see who dismissed any particular flag. With a ...
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Can retracted flags not be viewed in the mod flag count?
Whenever a user raises a flag and then retracts it, this is still shown in the mod dashboard with a handling time of 0 minutes:
The flag wasn't really 'handled' so this gives a misrepresentation of ...
user707129
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Allowing moderators to remove flag bans
Recently, I had a situation at Travel.SE, where I raised flags in good faith misunderstanding the purpose. Out of 7 declined flags in the past 7 days, 3 were my mistake, 3 were in good faith and 1 was ...
user707129
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Please add summary list for flags against a user, like on other flag views
The user page includes link to a summary of flags raised and what happened to them, like this:
The links in the summary make it easier to find or review particular flags or groups -- very helpful!
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Providing a "flag-to-queue" option for moderators [duplicate]
Currently, posts deemed by someone in the community to be in need of being closed or reopened are sent to the close/reopen review queues by clicking a link below the post. However, if a moderator ...
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A place to make notes on the mod dashboard
When there are some special circumstances related to the mod's flags section (dashboard), it would be really useful if moderators could make brief notes concerning a certain flag right on the ...
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