Questions tagged [disputed-flags]
A disputed flag is a flag that a community process has determined to not be valid.
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Auto-convert disputed flags when they prove to be correct
Having participated in clearing the Triage queues recently, I've found more and more that some of my flags end up being disputed. My first thought was that, just as people can disagree about votes on ...
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Disputed vs. helpful/declined flags
What does it mean when a flag is disputed? How is that different from being declined? I don't see a clear explanation for this in my flagging history, so just asking it here. Ironically, the first ...
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Is a post like 'assdddsssafffwq' spam?
For example, this post:
I think posts like this should be deleted immediately. These posts don't help anybody. So the question is, is that spam?
I did flag a post like that spam, now here is that ...
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An asker inserted insults in a question edit; a ‘rude or abusive’ flag was raised in response. Why was it disputed?
After two edits to a post to remove salutations (and fix typos) the OP rolled back the revisions and edited this into the post:
Edit: Can you like Fuckoff Mr. "insert user name" ? what a ...
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Does this post for "where can we download historical data of Bitcoin" Look OK?
I recently reviewed this question in Triage as Unsalvageable with reason "Blatantly off-topic (this question has nothing to do with programming)". But my flag was disputed because, as I understand it, ...
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Q. "How to do X fast?" A. "Fast code isn't important."
The question C/C++ fastest cmath log operation is about how to do the log operation faster than naïve.
The second-highest voted "answer" is just
How about this: write the code so it's readable and ...
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I don't understand why a flag concerning "spam" was declined
The question is about this answer: Why did this python list get passed by value?
It contains a gibberish text that is in no way related to the question and a link to a crypto exchange website. For me, ...
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What to do about my disputed flags?
I don't fully understanding Disputed flags. I understand they are like "nothing happened", and they don't count as much against me as declined. But that is not what worries me.
I think disputed flags ...
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How to handle answers which copy its whole content from another answer with proper attribution
Today while browsing the android tag I came across this answer which essentially just copied its whole content from this answer.
The text from the other answer is quoted and there is a link to the ...
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Flagged a question as rude/abusive, then edited question resulting in disputed flag
I guess this will be more of a question for 10k users, as this question has already been removed by moderation.
Today I saw a post insulting the dear SO members, and a claim that the user therefore ...
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Why was this spam flag on an answer disputed?
Yesterday I flagged this (now deleted) answer (the question is not at fault), as spam. When I checked later, I found that the flag was marked as disputed, but the post was deleted anyway.
I just ...
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Is this link-only answer ok?
I came across this answer a while ago and flagged it as not being a 'proper' answer, because it contains no information other than a link to an MSDN page where one of the comments included the ...
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What should I do when my flag for a clearly bad question gets disputed?
I know that I'm a little aggressive in flagging things as unsalvageable in Triage, so I understand that some of those flags will end up getting disputed. But today there are two questions that I've ...
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Question with rant about "downvote trolls" and saying something else very rude - rude/abusive flag disputed? [duplicate]
I flagged a question featuring this paragraph as "rude or abusive".
(NSFW content, hover or tap to view.)
I didn't edit the question to remove the rant because, frankly, I didn't want to in any way ...
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Better review handling of posts that have been edited since flagging
I recently asked What do flag reviewers see? here on Meta. Based upon the few comments that the answer got, and reading up on flagging privileges, I'd like to make a request that if a question/answer ...
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