Questions tagged [moderation]
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What can we do about incorrectly pedantic moderation?
I've just seen a question closed by a moderator because "Career advice is explicitly off-topic, per the FAQ" (link), which is simply incorrect: the FAQ makes clear that career advice specific to ...
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Congratulations, Anna Lear!
Good news, everyone!
Everyone's favorite Programmers mod, Anna Lear, has joined the Stack Exchange Team as a Community Manager, where she'll be working her magic across the network.
Anna's been an ...
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Do moderators discretely neglect the FAQ when they close certain question and not others?
My question was close because it was off topic. Here it is
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/132878/how-to-sell-yourself-to-the-manager
It was asked in the context as developer. ...
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How does one deal with trolling, when more than a single comment is involved?
A user has been going around on this question and trolling -- posting anti-C++ answers -- to a question whose activity ended ~3 months ago, with no technical basis, to every possible comment box. ...
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Dangers of too eager moderation
My impression is that a lot of moderators on stackexchange sites overuse their powers. It seems they browse the site for fun in their free time, and close questions trying to find a reason. They ...
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How to resolve ongoing trouble with moderators?
DISCLAIMER: This question is not a response to cleanup activity of old content. It is about current content, that is blocked soon after posting.
I am aware, that I am not the first one to address ...
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Posse request: jobs/career/etc. tag cleanup
We discussed merging career and jobs, but now it's time to put a plan into action. Aaronut's plan is great, but we need some help from the posse:
Step 1: Clean up the tags
There are currently ...
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Was a comment complaining about sexism deleted by a moderator?
In Are there any jobs in the programming field that don't require you to sit at a desk all day?,
one user said in comments
(2 upvotes) +1 this is a good suggestion... I forgot to mention that.
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Should we be deleting questions which still have valuable answers?
Reviewing an old answer of mine, I noticed that one of my links to another answer of mine had gone stale, losing both the content and the context of that answer.
Now I seem to remember that the ...
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When is "collaboratively edited", hijacking someone's question?
I'm upset that my question caused such negative responses. For my part I am sorry to have contributed to the Bait, Bully and Gang activity that I feel the post was creating. I was on the defensive for ...
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Why was my question about the consequences of using Windows XP closed?
I open this question on meta because I want to know why Anna Lear closed my question? Is it my question really sucks or Anna Lear was angry with my comment in other unrelated question?
Someone told ...
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Why was my question closed?
I recently had my question closed, but I don't understand why, and it doesn't seem fair.
Why wasn't my question left open so others can decide if the question is good themselves, and how can I get ...
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What is an "extended" discussion?
Since I've recently noticed, for the first time, that some higher ranking users have the habit of deleting discussion in the form of comments in bulk, under the justification that it falls under the ...
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Moderator closing, reasoning behind it, and handling thereof
I am leaving the relevant moderator's name out of this question because I wish to focus on the actions and facts and not on the person.
First, I sincerely thank whomever migrated my question (Need to ...
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What's constructive about being CVS-crazy and Bugzilla-nuts?
So we have a question that's pretty popular today: Software engineering has become all about the red-tape and not about the programming.
Which, to me personally, reads very much like a rant and the ...
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Is a question asking for regex engine comparisons and benchmarks really off-topic for all of stackexchange?
looking for regex engines comparison and benchmark was closed as "not a real question". The user was told stackexchange does not have a place for technology comparisons. This seems odd for a few ...
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The business of being a migration path for Stack Overflow
So over the past few days I noticed a bit of an up-tick in the number of questions being migrated from Stack Overflow that aren't good fits for Programmers.SE or Stack Exchange in general: either they'...
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What's constructive about being lazy and incompetent?
So we have a question that's pretty popular today: Are programmers getting lazier and less competent
Which, to me personally, reads very much like a rant and the answers its received have mainly been ...
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What to do about the proliferation of bad questions from generic accounts?
For instance, user252244 has asked twelve questions in the three days they have been a member and ten of them have been closed. That's an 83% close rate. These generic "userXXXXX" accounts seem mostly ...
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Since when did Vote Count indicate the correct answer to the question?
Really!
We find highest voted answers to the questions often not conveying the point or answering the direct question.
I find Vote count is more of a popularity contest ,rather than what ...
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Need a link to the rules
I'm not sure if this where it's brought up, but i can't see any other avenue to discuss (or query) why this question was closed.
Should this be the wrong avenue, please email on my username with a ...
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Moderators Taking Community Function
Hi All,
I have come across quite a few questions now that have been closed a single Moderator (and a couple with 1 Moderator, and 1 Community Member).
Shouldn't this not happen? Half the point of ...
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Do we need a definition and policy on what would be considered "overly broad" questions?
It seems to me there is a difference of opinion about how to handle questions that would be considered overly broad, and that is leading to inconsistent handling of questions.
For your consideration,...
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Should reputation requirement for moderator be increased?
Currently the reputation requirement for using moderator tools set at 2,000 points. Seeing as many members are reaching that limit, should it be increased?
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Incorrect order of checking the close vote reasons? [closed]
See the close votes and comments on the question When will IE6 be irrelevant?:
Off topic (2)
Not constructive (1)
Not a real question (1)
Can you edit this question to meet "Guidelines for ...
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