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If the question is specifically about a certain language, is an answer in another language valid? [duplicate]
Recently, I came across this question asking about collecting a list into sublists in Scheme. The OP received a very comprehensive answer, which was accepted.
However, another answer was posted in a ...
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Why is my not an answer flag marked helpful but not acted on?
I flagged these 2 answers as not an answer. The flag marked as helpful, but the answers are not deleted:
Oracle OCI array fetch of simple data types?
This is essentially not an answer. It is also a ...
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Reasons for declined not-an-answer flag
I know that this has been asked other times, but I'd like to know why the "not an answer" flag was declined for this specific answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17725928/2055152
I even left a ...
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Declined flag on answer copying another answer in its entirety, although with attribution
I've recently custom flagged this answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/52297393/1426539
Which is a complete copy of another answer (which funnily enough already consists entirely of a quote and ...
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NAA flag pending for twenty hours after the post was deleted before being finally marked helpful
Yesterday I raised an NAA flag on an answer (link for >= 10k users), but noticed that at the same instant that I raised the flag, the answer was deleted.
On other occasions that this has happened, ...
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Should a "related reading" answer be flagged?
I received an answer recently that I felt conflicted about. It looks like this:
A very good answer [inline link] to a related question
[Title of related question]
[Excerpt from ...
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