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Tagged with specific-answer flags
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Why did this Not an Answer flag get declined when it was just a copy paste of another answer with only a minor change to the code
I flagged the following as Not an Answer: Execute multiple async actions in the gulp task?
This is just a copy/paste of another answer (with no attribution!), with 1 line trivially changed to fix a ...
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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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Is this answer insulting the developer who wrote a piece of code really ok?
I flagged this answer:
Its an abomination that works. So you are correct in assuming that when you do a join function call. You pass a empty string so that there is nothing put in between the ...
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NAA flag got declined [duplicate]
Recently I flagged this answer as NAA.
The answer was
I have solved this issue by regenerate Key
While flagging as NAA it's mentions
This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to ...
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Not an answer approved as helpful, yet answer still exists
I flagged this answer as "not an answer" which was approved as helpful, yet the answer remains. The "answer" itself is one sentence which appears to be a question:
It is assessed correctly the ...
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Is this answer NAA or VLQ worthy? [duplicate]
Before I flag, I wanted to confirm if this answer is worthy of either of those flags:
The question is tagged with php and json. The OP wanted php code to solve the issue (as seen by the tags and ...
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Why was this VLQ flag in a link-only answer declined?
I flagged this answer as very low quality, since it was a link-only answer. There was no context around the link - or actually there was, how helpful the link was.
Strangely, the flag was declined ...
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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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Why does the moderator intervention flag bears a pending status even when the respective answer is deleted?
As the in need of moderator intervention flag mentions that flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention then is there any other reason for the ...
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Why was this moderator intervention flag declined on a link only accepted answer?
I flagged this answer, which is nothing more than a link to jsfiddle, for moderator intervention. It was also the accepted answer. The flag was declined with the explanation:
"flags should only be ...
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Low-rep flagging answer for deletion [duplicate]
I recently raised a Not An Answer flag on an old answer that had nothing to do with the question (or the question in its revision history, I checked).
My flag was:
declined - flags should not be ...
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Flagging a duplicate answer
I just noticed that one of my flags had been declined stating:
flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer
Fair enough, but this answer openly admits ...
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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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Custom duplicate-answer flag marked "helpful," but no action taken
(There are lots of questions about flags having been marked helpful but not acted on, so I at least understand the mechanism that can cause this circumstance; however, each existing question seems ...
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(How) should I flag an answer that links to a self-written external package to solve the question's problem? [duplicate]
(How) should I flag this answer?
I wrote angular-server-repeat to (partially) solve this problem. Check it out.
It's not exactly NAA, since it does specify a package name to search for if the link ...
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