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New user posts 8 answers, all likely AI-generated, in the span of 82 minutes; I think we either need or are close to needing an official policy
It seems like the current approach is a combination of "posting them violates OpenAI's terms of service" and "handle them like other low quality answers". I think we need a new ...
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How to flag kook answers?
My guideline is this:
If the answer contains idiocy of the kind that refers to God, the Moon, or otherwise entirely non-mathematical objects, then it is not an answer. Flag it as NAA, downvote if you ...
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How to flag abusive comments that may not look abusive at first sight?
To elaborate slightly on what Jyrki set and to answer point-by-point:
How to flag abusive comments that may not look abusive at first sight?
For the flag select "in need for moderator intervention"...
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Why am I able to flag my own questions?
What if someone makes a few unsavory comments, or edits, or enters an edit war on your question? Shouldn't you be able and notify the moderators? What if you decide that it might be better to migrate ...
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Flagging for migration to Stack Overflow declined
While I did not handle that flag let me still comment on this (more generally).
First, yes, the post is off-topic here, yes, in principle something like this is on-topic on SO, thus one in principle ...
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Should I flag an answer if the answer is wrong?
Yes, you should flag low quality content. But you should use the standard flags, i.e. "Very low quality" and "Not an answer" (when applicable) or "This question should be ...
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Disciplinary action for nasty behaviour
As it stands, having merely rejected the edit and given a custom reason won't draw the moderator's attention. For that, the appropriate course of action would be to flag the post to which the edit was ...
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Etiquette for flagging a comment that points out a (corrected) typo?
The typo-comments you mentioned fall precisely under "no longer relevant." Please do flag them.
It is also appropriate to flag comments that had asked for clarification that was later provided.
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How to proceed when a bad question floods the site?
The question is not spam in the literal sense of the word. And since the system is automatically trained by spam flags, you shouldn't use spam flags.
You should downvote and vote to close. And you ...
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How should one handle posts offering money?
Deleting a paragraph of the post is the preferred behavior if the paragraph has nothing to do with mathematics, as is the case if it offers money. It's fairly common to remove paragraphs which contain ...
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Should gibberish posts be flagged as abusive or just downvoted and deleted?
Before I actually answer I will confer an observation from earlier discussions, actions, etc.
Many a user are eager to flag such posts (and even lesser evils). Yet if not instructed otherwise, and ...
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Should gibberish posts be flagged as abusive or just downvoted and deleted?
Regardless of any "official stance", I feel that the most important point to keep in mind when faced with these posts is given in Shog9's linked answer
The important thing to remember here is that ...
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Answering "is my approach correct" with a different proof
Your first example is structured like this:
[mathematical statement]
Is this statement true or false and why?
[attempt at proof]
Is this way of looking at it right or not?
It is entirely fair to ...
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Does it make sense to flag a question as duplicate if it already has an answer?
Yes. It does.
It helps to sort the site, it helps to point people to more answers, and it helps to signal that perhaps one should search the site before posting a question.
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My flag was considered disputed, but the post still got put on hold. What did I do wrong?
First note, this is an automatic reply. No human treated this flag directly.
The issue is that the initial review got 3 looks okay and 2 close, thus the "low quality" of the post was disputed.
The ...
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Flag declined on popular yet broad question—why?
If a flag is declined without any explanation, that always means it was declined from the review queue. A flag put a post in the close-vote or low-quality review queue, and all(1) reviewers decided ...
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Why am I able to flag my own questions?
If your question has an upvoted answer it cannot be self-deleted anymore. That's one reason why it can make sense to self-close rather than to self-delete.
Another reason is that some duplicates are ...
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If not flagging, how to dispute incorrect answers?
In general, you can do the following:
Downvote the answer
If not already present, leave a comment indicating why the answer is incorrect (possibly with ways to improve it)
If possible, post another ...
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Comments that suggest reposting to an ill-suited SE site: to flag or not to flag?
Yes, it is reasonable to flag such comments.
Inappropriate suggestions to migrate a question to/re-ask a question on some other site can be a serious bother. You should ask inhabitants of Programmers ...
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How to cleanup unnecessary comments after clarifying question?
When the comment exchange is fresh, you can leave a comment along the lines of
@friendlyUser Thanks for helping me to clarify the question. Since these comments are now obsolete, removing them ...
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Another failed review audit for low quality posts
No, you did right. That's not an answer in any way, and voting to delete it is the correct action.
The poor audit system was misled by the post having a score of +5. Since it doesn't know any ...
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Should answering that someone's attempt is correct be posted as a comment?
As detailed elsewhere (see How to answer proof-verification questions?) I do not consider it as best practice to post only "this is correct" as an answer. Usually, something more can be said to make ...
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Suspensions for low-quality contributions
There are no automatic account suspension. Each suspension is instated by a moderator or SE staff, who fixes the length. There are some basic guidelines but ultimately it is up to the moderator ...
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Question about moderation
Within what time period is the request handled?
It depends. The average is several hours, I think it was about 3 hours last time this was discussed. But there is quite some variance. Also recall ...
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What's going on with my flag?
"I was certain from the very beginning that my vote is a waste of time, since one needs some knowledge and willingness to perceive why that question is a duplicate, ..."
I'm willing to grant that ...
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How avoid aged away flags?
Not all types of flags can "age away". According to Meta Stack Exchange these are the only types:
Spam and rude/abusive flags on posts age away after 2 days.
Rude/abusive flags on comments age away ...
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Flag helpful, but post still completely visible?
My bad. I had just closed the question and did not go directly for deletion.
But with respect to the general aspect of the meta post, a flag can actually be marked helpful yet no visible and/or ...
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User repeatedly asking then deleting a question
In general, flag such occurrences. Deleting and re-asking the same question is an abuse of the site. We send a message to users doing that, and occasionally, if the message doesn't help, suspend them.
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