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Is it okay to flag for moderator intervention attempts to circumvent question block at other site?
I didn't decline that flag, but here's my take on it.
If you have the tools to do something as a user, you should be using those tools. There's nothing that I, as a moderator can do that you as a ...

Thomas OwensMod
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Get people that have marked a question as a duplicate to review it since changes have been made
If you see something that doesn't agree with you on this site with regards to content or user actions, then please flag for a community moderator. That is why we are here so that you don't have to go ...
maple_shaftMod
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Was flagging as "Rude or Offensive" the wrong choice here?
I fat fingered this.
The conversation in the comments had definitely taken a non constructive turn, and your flag was helpful (~ it pointed me to the right direction). The type of the flag is ...
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Question "smell"
I had to think about this one a bit.
Practical and answerable? Perhaps it is because the OP is likely asking trying to figure out how to squeeze performance out of SQL Server in low level ...
maple_shaftMod
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Why does this homework dump deserve to stay on site (while prior was deleted)?
I took care of it. I got distracted and forgot to finish dealing with the question.

Thomas OwensMod
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Are Questions Asking for Help Using a Tool Off-Topic?
If a question is otherwise a good question, tool questions are likely to belong on Stack Overflow, and that site is a migration target. Potentially, Super User, Unix and Linux, Ubuntu, Mathematica, ...

Thomas OwensMod
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What flag for an irrelevant comment?
With the exception of the spam flag, I wouldn't worry much about picking the correct comment flag. When in doubt, "too chatty" is usually the better option.
If you really feel none of the predefined ...
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Is it okay to flag for moderator intervention attempts to circumvent question block at other site?
I declined the flag. I simply didn't see what was so urgent about a question that may or may not have been posted here to bypass the title filter in Stack Overflow. To me, it was a typical off topic ...
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Is it okay to flag for moderator intervention attempts to circumvent question block at other site?
Like Thomas I didn't handle the flag; but, like the moderator who did, I would have declined it too.
Moderators are here to do the things you can't. You shouldn't be using us as your proxy.
As ...

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Adjustments to some automated moderator flags
Your arguments look sane; let's just try it. As of right now...
...Authors will be warned when adding an answer if there are 5 answers already on the question. (also, comments scoring < 1 will be ...
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
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