Timeline for Why was my "not an answer" flag declined on this answer?
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| Sep 12, 2019 at 16:21 | comment | added | RyanfaeScotland | @NathanS "downvotes and delete votes (where applicable) are my only course of action against such answers?" - And comments! Don't forget the comments! We are people on the other side of the answer (honest) and if you think there is an issue with an answer you may find a lot of people respond well to a little prompting before you send the WMDs (Weapons of Mass Downvoting / Deletion) | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 2:32 | comment | added | KRyan | @NathanS and doppelgreener, I can confirm that users get a notification about post notices, as I distinctly recall getting one. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 15:12 | comment | added | NathanS | @SevenSidedDie Thanks for the tip; this further backs up doppelgreener on the fact that downvoting is my best course of action rather than trying to use the flags in this situation. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 15:05 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @NathanS I don’t know if the exact recipe is published, but as I understand it, things will automatically go into the Low Quality Answer queue based on its length, certain keywords(?), and vote patterns, so downvoting low quality, short answers like this is how to help nudge them into the queue. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:31 | comment | added | doppelgreener Mod | Correct. This is a case where the relevant “queue” is just the site's front page and its questions-by-last-activity list. The answer's not inappropriate and doesn't need flags/removal, it's just lacking detail. We're attempting to address that problem with the post notice. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:31 | vote | accept | NathanS | ||
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:30 | comment | added | NathanS | So it's one of those answers where downvotes and delete votes (where applicable) are my only course of action against such answers? And no flags are appropriate? It would be nice to have a way to put this sort of answer into the "Low Quality Answer" queue, then let the community decide, but it seem as though there isn't. Well, at least I understand why my flag was declined now. NaA and VLQ flags confuse me, so I'll probably have to study those meta questions I linked in my question whenever I am tempted to raise one... | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:26 | comment | added | doppelgreener Mod | Good point. Yeah, it's a situation where flags aren't appropriate. It's a valid contribution, albeit relatively low quality, and it is a sincere and valid attempt to answer the question. So it's not in any flag catchment. It's even a novel answer—no other answer present mentions mimics! Vote it up/down per your conscience. I'm not sure deleting it is appropriate. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:23 | comment | added | NathanS | I was going to do that originally, but it wasn't listed as an option for that answer; also, V2 pointed me at this, which suggests that is an even worse choice than NaA, since low quality flags are just for indecipherable walls of text that would be a waste of time even trying to interpret, and this answer clearly isn't that kind of bad, it's a different kind of bad not covered by... well... any of the flags, it seems... | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:22 | history | edited | doppelgreenerMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:21 | comment | added | doppelgreener Mod | @NathanS There's a flag as low quality option available for negatively scored answers. I believe users get pinged about post notices. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:21 | comment | added | NathanS | Also (just re-reading your answer since you edited), do users get pinged when that notice is applied to their answer? If it's silent, they may never know... | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:19 | comment | added | NathanS | Ah, fair enough. Well, in that case, I think the only other thing I have to ask here is: if the NaA flag isn't the right course of action, what is? Is it just downvote and vote to delete, or is there some other kind of flag or some other way to put it in the review queue or similar? | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:18 | comment | added | doppelgreener Mod | @NathanS They haven't been cleared, they're still present. We can't clear delete votes. But the answer just hit a non-negative score which prompts deletion to behave differently. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:17 | comment | added | NathanS | Also, why have the two delete flags suddenly been cleared on that answer? | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:16 | comment | added | doppelgreener Mod | @NathanS Definitely not appropriate as a comment. They're not seeking clarification, they're trying to tell the querent what the monster they're trying to identify might have been—that's an answer. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:15 | history | edited | doppelgreenerMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:15 | comment | added | NathanS | From this answer to a meta Q&A, "Clarify the existing question" is listed, is that not what this answer was? Or perhaps a better thing to ask is, how is this not something more suitable as a comment? | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 11:13 | history | answered | doppelgreenerMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |