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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

It's now possible to retract a raised flag. Once flagged a post, clicking on flag will show a dialog box similar to the following one. Instead of the Flag Answer or Flag Question button, there …

The flags for closing a question, together other flags, are visible in a page to 10k users and moderators. The flag is automatically handled when the question is closed, or it is manually handled by a …

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 …

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 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 …

It simply means you marked a flag as invalid, and marking a flag as invalid is shown as disputed, since it doesn't increase the number of helpful flags, but it doesn't increase the number of the decli …

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 …

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 …

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 …