Questions tagged [flags]
For questions about the flagging process, how flags are handled, etc., use this tag.
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Stack Overflow now uses machine learning to flag spam automatically
Update: We've deployed machine learning auto-flagging
Given the positive reception, we've activated machine learning anti-spam's auto-flagging feature, as detailed below. Staff will be monitoring its ...
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What should we do with completely offtopic open-ended questions (unless we are facebook support now)? [duplicate]
I just stumbled about an open ended question about... getting a cryptic error while trying to create a facebook page.
Is this thing now okay to post here? (If so, I'll have some questions about a ...
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How should I handle a sudden burst of blatantly nonsense, code-only "answers"?
Recently, I observed there is a steady stream of code-only answers, which seems completely irrelevant to the question.
A few examples:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/79557842
https://stackoverflow.com/a/...
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Count raising a flag as a review in staging ground
in the case of spam in a staging ground question, which happens a lot from my observation, raising a flag for spam is at this point not counted as a review. I think it should count as a review for ...
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How do I handle non-English answers now that the "Very Low Quality" flag has been removed?
Just recently the "Very Low Quality" flag was removed. From Is there any reason to keep the "very low quality" flag? If not, can we remove it immediately? If so, can we rename it ...
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How to handle code-only answers that are entirely copied, verbatim, from the question itself?
Recently I have noticed a few code-only answers coming into the New Answers to Old Questions (aka NATO) queue that consist entirely of large chunks of code copied verbatim from the question itself, ...
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The rudeness on Stack Overflow is too damn high
We’ve been there, we’ve done that. I know.
But I have to air a feeling of powerlessness against certain disruptive users, and I think that Stack Overflow should have a better mechanism of mitigating ...
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Plagiarism flag and moderator tooling has launched to Stack Overflow!
We're excited to share that we've launched a new suite of tools to help users and moderators on Stack Overflow handle plagiarized questions, answers, and articles. We've been working on this in ...
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Should I leave a comment when flagging VLQ/NAA answers?
In the scenario where I encounter a post that isn't an answer but without context could be seen as such by a person without expertise in the topic, what should I do? Is leaving a comment for the ...
DharmanMod
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When did questions generated by AI become allowed?
I recently raised a flag on a Question that's generated by an LLM (quoted at the end). The signs are clear, including the fact that the "Copy" sections remained, there are sections for the ...
Thom AMod
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Flagging a (specific?) spam deleted question results in error "Unable to load popup - please try again"
I tried to flag this spam deleted question to ask for the poster to be deleted as well (as the account seems to have been created for the purpose of spamming only). Unfortunately, when I click "...
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Congrats to Bhargav Rao on 500k handled flags!
It's not often we highlight moderators, but Bhargav Rao has hit a milestone: he's hit 500k on the all-time handled flags chart (it's a moderator-only page, if you're wondering). Flag handling is not ...
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Why were 2/4 of my mod flags declined despite all 4 answers being deleted?
A few hours ago, following guidance from Flag Duplicate Answers on the same Question, I raised moderator flags on 4 answers to How to remove time portion of date in C# in DateTime object only?.
As you ...
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Can I take sentences like "with the help of ChatGPT..." as self-admission and flag only based on that?
Let's say I come across an answer that reads:
I found the solution with the help of ChatGPT, here you go:
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Without other evidence that the post is AI-generated, can I take this as an admission ...
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Educating people to flag spam and not vote to close
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Is there anything we can do to help educate users to use their flags and not their close votes on spam?
It is not uncommon to see people voting to close spam. Spam should be flagged as spam and ...
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