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You cannot un-flag a post; you need to wait moderators handle that flag, and then you are able to raise another flag for the same post.

The "it should be closed for another reason…" flag is the flag that should be used to close a question that is not duplicating another question. In fact, the previous flag is "it is a duplicate…." It …

In short, you cannot report down-votes as not being done in good faith; it is not required, since the system already handles suspicious voting patterns, and handle them automatically. The system does …

The declination doesn't have any meaning when applied to a question; it is specific for answers that are flagged as not answers. I would have chosen the one saying that a moderator reviewed the post a …

The very low quality flag for questions is described as: This question has severe formatting or content problems. This question is unlikely to be salvageable through editing, and might need to be …

It was automatically declined because, in the review queue, the question got 3 votes to keep it open, and 2 to close it. I would agree that is off-topic, since it makes just a list of features they w …

The flag "not an answer" should be used when: The answer was written by the OP who wrote an answer instead of editing the question to give more information The answer was written by the OP who wrote …

A post should be flagged as "very low quality" when it's not clear what it means, at the point that editing it is not even possible. The flag should not be used, for example, when: The OP doesn't ca …

The question you are referring is acceptable because it is not showing an error message caused by a bug in code, such as in the case of a PHP warning, or error message. I would not consider it too loc …

In short, automatic flags are a reason to check the flagged post; flagging a post that has an automatic flag, you are saying you checked the post, and found something that needs moderator's attention. …

Flags should be used when there is an immediate (or a potentially immediate) action that needs to be done from a moderator on a post: When an answer is flagged as not an answer, it needs to be delet …

Comments that don't apply anymore should be removed: They are confusing for the future readers, who don't know anymore if the answer is updated, or it still needs to be fixed. That is the reason you …

When a flag is marked as disputed, it means that a user (not a community moderator) who has access to the review queue for those flags marked it as not useful. IMO, it seems an answer that corrects …

Flagging should be reserved for very specific cases, for example a user who keeps asking the same kind of questions. …

Stack Exchange software doesn't allow the moderators to insert boilerplate comments. There could be a way to automatically insert them with additional software installed on the browser, but I don't kn …