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How to start cooking question
I closed this. To expand a bit on my comment there...
Broad doesn't mean it's not a valid question. It means that reasonably answering it will involve writing an awful lot. The standard in the help ...
CascabelMod
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Flag helpful but obsolete comments?
I posted this question 2 1/2 years ago. Since then I have gained a lot more experience on Stack Exchange and have of course become a moderator.
As a moderator, I appreciate obsolete flags in cases ...
JolenealaskaMod
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What are "very low quality" flags for?
It's rarely needed, and it's definitely not for wrong answers, even if they seem really obviously wrong to you. That's what downvotes are for, and please use them liberally. Very low quality flags are ...
CascabelMod
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Has anybody else received abusive comments that were later edited or deleted?
If you permit me, I would like to play the devil's advocate on the topic.
I have been the recipient of such fixed-quickly comments Since I have an Android app which raises a notification on any ...
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Is this question still primarily opinion-based?
I don't agree with the question being placed on hold as opinion-based, but as written I think it's still too broad.
There are a couple reasons for this:
There's likely to be a major difference ...
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Is this question still primarily opinion-based?
Thanks for trying to edit to get it reopened! Sorry no one explained in the first place; they probably thought it didn't really need much explanation. I did go ahead and edit again and put back some ...
CascabelMod
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How should we flag suspiciously low quality questions?
Flagging is for things that require moderator attention. "Very low quality" in that sense mostly means questions where we can't even tell what the OP is trying to ask, so we can't hope to answer.
For ...
CascabelMod
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Has anybody else received abusive comments that were later edited or deleted?
Facebook has an edit history button. I believe there should be something similar, with an ability to downvote comments like you can in Quora. I hate e-backtracking as well, especially when you take ...
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