Questions tagged [review-audits]
Test items in review queues that are designed to help new reviewers hone their moderation skills, while nudging more experienced users that don't seem to be paying close attention to what they're reviewing.
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Commenting on a “High-quality” audit
I just encountered this answer to the question
Is it safe to download and burn a disc image on an infected PC? in the First Posts queue.
It was an audit, so it displayed as it were a new answer, with ...
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Update the 'invalid edit' audits?
The audits for 'invalid edits' always have the same pattern: randomly inserted texts
They take a long time to load (5-10 seconds) instead of the almost instantaneous 'next'.
This means somebody ...
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Disagreeing with a failed review audit
I failed this review audit right now: https://superuser.com/review/first-posts/271481
Why was this a bad answer? What they said seemed reasonable, and since I don't have the required knowledge to ...
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How are questions for reopen audits chosen? Can we exclude some?
Are questions for audits chosen randomly or by hand? I'm talking about reopen queue specifically.
I'm asking because of this audit. "Works for me" comments indicate that the question could actually ...
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Why was this First Post deleted even if it does not deserve deletion?
I was reviewing First Posts today and stumbled on this answer as a review audit. To me, it seems like such an answer would be allowed as:
it isn't spam or offensive,
it is an answer, as it eventually ...
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Suggested Edit 'This item is not reviewable'
I was in the Suggested Edits Review Queue, completed one review and clicked 'Next'. It took a bit of time to get to the next one and this is what it was:
This is obviously supposed to be an audit (I ...
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Test reviews within the past 30 days?
I recently had this as one of the 'test reviews':
As you can see, this was asked on the 9th June. It was last active 23 days ago.
I clearly remembered seeing this question recently (in fact, I ...
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Too sneaky review audits
I was reviewing a first post, and it showed a post by user....... The answer looked OK, but I clicked the link to the question to see the other answers, and there was the exact same post by LPChip. So ...
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Failed audit for trying to "improve" it
I was trying to edit away the "Thank you" when I came across this audit. Obviously it was an audit, but I figured that improving it would not mark it as incorrect. Apparently, improving counts as a ...
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How can a user find out their quality control rating?
While reviewing some first-post questions and answers, I happened across one of the quality control items (good answer, so I upvoted, and was told that it had been a quality control test).
So, I'm ...
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What happens if I fail too many review audits?
I'll be honest, sometimes I fail review audits.
But will failing a certain number result in something happening? Will lose my review privileges or reprimanded? Will I be cast into the gorge of ...
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Are close vote audits too obvious/confusing? [duplicate]
I see something like this very often:
This question is in the review queue, but it shows as already closed. Still, I can leave it open or close it. At first this is confusing, after two or three of ...
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Should clicking the "Close" button in a review audit, where closing the question is not appropriate, cause an *immediate* failure of the audit?
I just encountered a review audit (i.e, an "attention test") question in the close votes review queue for the first time. That is, it was a question that did not deserve any close votes that had been ...
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Review Test error
When going through the Review queue, I activated a "test review" (and passed, BTW). I thought it could have been improved with a comment, so I type out an explanation, hoping to help the user, click ...
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Why do Suggested Edit Review audits often use the same user? [duplicate]
Whenever I get a Suggested Edit Review test, the proposed edit appears to always come from the same user account. The account belongs to a legitimate, albeit new, user.
This brings up a couple of ...
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