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I agree with many of the answers given, but would also like to answer the question at the top of the post:

Is there a way to encourage reviewers - especially new ones - to use "Skip" button when they are hesitant and not 100% sure what to do?

(My boldface.)

Yes!

Rename the button to "Not Sure".

While the current button texts

  • Looks Good
  • Edit
  • Recommend Deletion
  • Skip

represent actions taken by the reviewer, "Skip" is actually something of an odd duck here: it specifically represents the action of "do nothing with this X, not even saying that it does not need any action".

The reason why someone should pick that option is because they aren't sure what to do with the post in question.

Making the button text always read "not sure" rather than "skip" makes it clear when it should be used. That alone might be enough to encourage its use by reviewers.

This is also in line with the new textnew text in the review guidelines (again, my boldface):

If you're unsure how to review a post (perhaps it's outside your areas of expertise), skip it.

I agree with many of the answers given, but would also like to answer the question at the top of the post:

Is there a way to encourage reviewers - especially new ones - to use "Skip" button when they are hesitant and not 100% sure what to do?

(My boldface.)

Yes!

Rename the button to "Not Sure".

While the current button texts

  • Looks Good
  • Edit
  • Recommend Deletion
  • Skip

represent actions taken by the reviewer, "Skip" is actually something of an odd duck here: it specifically represents the action of "do nothing with this X, not even saying that it does not need any action".

The reason why someone should pick that option is because they aren't sure what to do with the post in question.

Making the button text always read "not sure" rather than "skip" makes it clear when it should be used. That alone might be enough to encourage its use by reviewers.

This is also in line with the new text in the review guidelines (again, my boldface):

If you're unsure how to review a post (perhaps it's outside your areas of expertise), skip it.

I agree with many of the answers given, but would also like to answer the question at the top of the post:

Is there a way to encourage reviewers - especially new ones - to use "Skip" button when they are hesitant and not 100% sure what to do?

(My boldface.)

Yes!

Rename the button to "Not Sure".

While the current button texts

  • Looks Good
  • Edit
  • Recommend Deletion
  • Skip

represent actions taken by the reviewer, "Skip" is actually something of an odd duck here: it specifically represents the action of "do nothing with this X, not even saying that it does not need any action".

The reason why someone should pick that option is because they aren't sure what to do with the post in question.

Making the button text always read "not sure" rather than "skip" makes it clear when it should be used. That alone might be enough to encourage its use by reviewers.

This is also in line with the new text in the review guidelines (again, my boldface):

If you're unsure how to review a post (perhaps it's outside your areas of expertise), skip it.

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I agree with many of the answers given, but would also like to answer the question at the top of the post:

Is there a way to encourage reviewers - especially new ones - to use "Skip" button when they are hesitant and not 100% sure what to do?

(My boldface.)

Yes!

Rename the button to "Not Sure".

While the current button texts

  • Looks Good
  • Edit
  • Recommend Deletion
  • Skip

represent actions taken by the reviewer, "Skip" is actually something of an odd duck here: it specifically represents the action of "do nothing with this X, not even saying that it does not need any action".

The reason why someone should pick that option is because they aren't sure what to do with the post in question.

Making the button text always read "not sure" rather than "skip" makes it clear when it should be used. That alone might be enough to encourage its use by reviewers.

This is also in line with the new text in the review guidelines (again, my boldface):

If you're unsure how to review a post (perhaps it's outside your areas of expertise), skip it.