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Enforcement of Quality Standards
Since this policy was announced, we have witnessed a shift in attitude from the moderators. No longer are users trusted to make their own decisions on what can be posted and what cannot, given their ...
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Why are clumsily formulated questions downvoted & closed so much?
Isn't this just a form of gatekeeping, where you only get to ask a question about mathematics if you've already learnt enough of mathematics to rigorously formulate your problem?
This question seems ...
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Is CRUDE healthy?
CRUDE, as described in its description, is an incredibly helpful tool. There is nothing unhealthy about "feedback/discussion/requests of Close/Reopen/Undelete/Delete/Edit for questions and answers on ...
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Five close votes is not enough to close a question?
Not all users actually had the close privilege thus there were not five votes to close even though the review-ticket lists more than five reviews with that recommendation.
Likely this distinction ...
quidMod
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Non-human reviewer
When a user account gets deleted, some of its actions (votes, reviews, etc.) sometimes move to the Community account so they will not be nullified (sometimes we do want these to be nullified, in which ...
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Enforcement of Quality Standards
A week has passed since this post, and I'd like to leave some useful pointers for everyone, which I think will help everyone continue to have a positive experience in the site, and keep the community ...
PedroMod
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Is CRUDE healthy?
Updated: put this suggestion at the top, since I felt it became important. Original answer follows below that.
My challenge to anyone who "doesn't like CURED":
Join the room and take actions at ...
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Answer not deleted after six "Recommend Deletion"
Because the post has a positive score.
According to Shog9's answer on Is “recommend deletion” secretly a vote to delete?
Yes, a sufficient number of delete recommendations (currently 6 on most sites, ...
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What to do when other users answer low-quality questions?
I believe this is a self-correcting problem. Consider the type of core answerers we have on SE:
The newbie: This person answers anything they can in hopes of gaining rep.
The experienced: This person ...
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Answer review - is it really answered question?
Ask the answerer in a comment to expand their answer a bit, and explain that the idea of the site is that in general an answer is not just a link or a reference to a source that gives an actual answer....
quidMod
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What to do with questions formatted exclusively with a piece of paper, a pen and a camera?
Some decide instead of typing the actual text of the question, typesetting formulae with LATEX and using plotting software, it would be better for them to avoid the effort
Okay, hold on. You seem to ...
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Why is an answer not deleted even when all reviewers recommend deletion?
In this case the problem is that the score of the post is too high for being deleted in this form. The idea is that apparently there are some that find value in the contribution and so it maybe should ...
quidMod
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Is the "hint" approach creating a perverse incentive?
We should set our standards high enough, that people doing the bare minimum to meet said standards, are still doing an acceptable amount. What those standards should be then is a question of "...
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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 ...
quidMod
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Self-Answer, or Delete my Question?
I disagree that this is only a simple yes/no question. Well the ultimate answer is either yes or no, but you do need justifications. Think, for example, if some user posted another answer saying
&...
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Can I try to tell experienced users not to answer bad questions?
As long as your comment is polite, I see no reason why you should not make any appropriate suggestion. However, if you feel that a question is indeed bad, and you have the requisite reputation, then ...
robjohnMod
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Must low-quality questions be updated with edits instead of comments?
Yes, absolutely! All relevant information must be included in the question.
Comments are temporary, and are intended to help improve the question or to leave minor or transient information. Relevant ...
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Is CRUDE healthy?
Is CRUDE healthy? You mean right now!? I dunno. Heck, I don't even know when right now is!
Perhaps the more important question is
Can CRUDE be healthy? Certainly. Though it would probably be more ...
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What to do about these set theory questions
There are measures that can be taken, and are taken, to stop such things. I am not able to give details, which are not public for obvious reasons, but, e.g., (automatic) checks and restrictions are ...
quidMod
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Is CRUDE healthy?
I was going to write just a comment, but there are several points to be made here so I decided to promote my 2 cents to an answer.
My observations regarding CRUDE, the state of MSE, and this topic:
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Increase the point where reviews are disputed
Completed via the method outlined in pizza's answer: Low Quality review tasks now require at minimum two Looks OK reviews to complete.
To illustrate why this is needed, here are the "post mortem" ...
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What is "very low quality"?
IM(ns)HO, "very low quality" flags, if used at all, should be reserved for posts that are beyond redemption: those posts consisting of indecipherable nonsense that cannot be salvaged (yes, this is ...
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