Questions tagged [low-quality-posts]
For questions relating to posts of low quality, generally or possibly with regards to specific users.
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Offered to review a low quality question after flagging it for closure
I saw this post just when it was asked, and instantly flagged this as off-topic.
But, before sometime, someone flagged this as low-quality post, and it was sent to me for review. And then when I ...
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Declined flags on answers
I recently passed the threshold of $2000$ points and hence have access to more review queues (Low Quality Posts and others).
Some of those posts are answers, which I am asked to "judge". Sometimes I ...
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How to handle answers which are only CAS output?
I'm quite uncomfortable with the fact that there are many answers by specific users (especially in the "integration"-tag where I spent most of my time here) which are clearly pure CAS output. On top ...
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When exactly is the comment "This does not provide an answer to the question..." added by SE software?
In some situations SE software adds a comment which looks like this:1
This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below ...
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Suspicious behaviour in low quality queue
I was reviewing the Low Quality queue and there were about 27 queued items to review (unusually high in my opinion; I don't think I've ever seen more than about 5 at a time). It seems that nearly all ...
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Can I try to tell experienced users not to answer bad questions?
I have recently started using the website and I am trying to do my best with moderation. I flag questions very often, I edit posts when they can be improved, I have written a few of those "What have ...
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Users providing only answers in Maple [duplicate]
This question is about users who stubbornly only provide Maple code and their output as answers, even if the question does not ask for it.
Yesterday I decided to review some low-quality posts (there ...
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User consistently posting low-quality questions
I have just found a user who has posted about 70 questions on this site, all very short with missing punctuation and so on, and with very poor titles.
Several times questions have been closed, and ...
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Follow up to 'Users who consistently post low-quality answers'
In this thread, there is a discussion on how to handle users who consistently post low-quality answers. In the comments, a moderator mentions that one such user is "under a magnifying glass", yet ...
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Problem : You have reached your question limit
When I try to ask a question, my Mathematics Stack Exchange account says that I have reached my question limit and should fix my previous posts. But I don't have clue how should I fix my previous ...
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What to do with old low-quality post? [duplicate]
Today this question appeared in my Low Quality Posts queue. The description said that someone flagged it as low-quality.
In case it gets deleted, here's the content:
Find the equation of the line ...
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Why are there so many "low quality posts" from people with a lot of reputation/badges/experience?
I just had this low quality post review https://math.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/433324 and I've been noticing a theme. This answer is a great hint, the user has a long history of great ...
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Editing out inappropriate remarks to an otherwise reasonable answer
I was reviewing the "Low Quality Post" queue and came across an answer from a new user that (a) criticized a comment on the post and (b) gave a link to a reasonably good explanation of the answer. ...
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Old(?) low quality questions
Recently I stumbled on some 3-month-old low quality questions (just unclear what the OP is asking for, not enough details) without any answers (impossible to answer) and no votes on the question.
I ...
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Increase the point where reviews are disputed
I noticed two answers that arguably should have been deleted from the review queue (Exhibits A and B; see also Exhibit C given by dustin in the comments, and there are probably many others as well).
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How to deal with users consistently posting low quality answers
There are a few users on this site (which I will refrain from mentioning here) who constantly posts low quality answers. Even after several comments on their answers they do nothing. The answers can ...
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Specific user "spamming" questions of the same type
I noticed a user has posed many questions, none of them answered and all of them of the same type. They have not responded comments nor improved the questions in any way.
How am I as a community ...
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What to do when other users answer low-quality questions?
This question is related to many I've seen on here about "low-quality posts," so I apologize in advance if it's an exact duplicate of one I haven't found, or simply too close to others. My question is ...
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Deleting Wrong Answers in "Low Quality" Queue
It is decided[1] that deleting answers just because they're wrong/incorrect is not condoned in StackExchange-land.
However, I feel it is a different situation when the answer is a borderline low-...
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What is "very low quality"?
TL;DR: What does it mean when a post is "very low quality"?
The site allows us to flag a post as "very low quality", in which case that flag is reviewed by several users which can either dismiss it ...
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How to insert a post into the "Low Quality" review queue?
Once in every while, I come upon an answer which is determinedly wrong (highly upvoted critical comments, knowledgeable users can easily determine the erroneous nature).
Such gibberish should have no ...
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Review audit suggests "voting to close" an answer
Just passed a review audit. It suggested I "vote to close" an answer.
Please fix this -- making the message dependent on the Q/A bit of a reviewed post should work.
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How do the experts here deal with low-level questions?
I'm seeking input from this community with regard to a developing discussion over at Physics Stackexchange.
Background
Yesterday one of our more notable users on Physics asked Have we lost the ...
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How to handle a new user posting low-quality answers
How should a new user posting a lot of low-quality answers be handled?
I think that the quality of most of the answers is not low enough to call for a flag on its own. In most cases they are an ...
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When is a post "very low quality"?
At the question
When you randomly shuffle a deck of cards, what is the probability that it is a unique permutation never before configured?,
I had flagged the answer
The chances of a particular ...
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Quality blocks enabled for questions
Questions are the lifeblood of any Stack Exchange site. But asking good questions can be difficult, for some people entirely too difficult to bother with. When the Trilogy sites reached traffic levels ...
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