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Due to massive abuse in the Q&A forum (sometimes elsewhere), we do a lot of reporting on the posts, such as "Repost", "Not a question", "Spam/abuse" and the like. Reporting on the member account also takes place.
It seems to me that the authors of the posts being reported or the owners of the accounts being reported get no notification on such reports. Is that so?
If the notifications on reports are not provided, how people being reported can use this information for some correction of their use of the site or particular posts? Wouldn't such notification be useful, but that reason. And, if the notifications are not provided, is it recommended to just comment on the problem?
For example, the comment "Sorry, not a question" (too bad, we are presently overwhelmed with non-questions) is useful to help a member to ask a question properly next time or fix existing post to turn it into a real question. But if just reporting "Not a question" (under a red flag) could simply automatically inform the author of such feedback, it would work the same way, but simpler.
Any ideas?
Thank you,
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote: It seems to me that the authors of the posts being reported or the owners of the accounts being reported get no notification on such reports. Is that so?
If a question/answer/article is closed, then you get a notification. I posted an article in August, and because it was incomplete, it was reported 5 times (Unclear or Incomplete), and I got a notification after the article was closed. But you don't get a notification if a particular user reports your article. In my opinion, it's not necessary to send a notification if a particular user reports a question/answer/article, because if the question is clear for one member, for example, but unclear for another member (who should read the question again, if he doesn't understand the question after reading one time), then the second member will perhaps reporting the question before reading it again. In that case, the OP would get a notification "Your question is reported as 'Unclear or Incomplete'", then the OP will think "What's wrong with my question?", however there's nothing wrong with it.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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I don not mean some of the events you described. I only meant the reports the member sends, under the red flag: "Unclear or incomplete", "Not a question", "Not an answer", etc. They are different.
As to "unclear" report, yes, everyone understands that only one members expresses such opinion, as in case of any other report. You would see it you have no reports, or three "Unclear or incomplete" reports; wouldn't that be good to know? And these days, the most needed reports are "Not a question", "Not an answer". I write them several times a day, and that's annoying. Deleting a question without motivation would be, well, counterproductive, so I have to…
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote: Deleting a question without motivation would be, well, counterproductive, so I have to…
Yes, you have to! The privilege of deleting questions/answers isn't longer available for Gold Author, Authority, Editor and Organiser, but deleting is currently only available for Subeditors, Protectors, Editors or Admins.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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Well, yet another reason to use reports and to provide notifications to the author or reported object, isn't it?
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Perhaps it's a good idea to provide only a notification if the user who reported wrote a comment in the "Comments?" textbox.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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I think, just the opposite. If a reported writes a comment, the notification is already sent. Let me put it this way: my suggestion is about a way to avoid redundant and trivial comments.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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I didn't even notice that had changed. Since it appears we pushed the Live Stream Spammers out (for now) or Chris deployed a new batch of spam eating hamsters, I don't have a pressing need for being able to delete questions and answers.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: I don't have a pressing need for being able to delete questions and answers
I also don't have, but I always delete spam questions after the spammer is gone. I never delete them before the spammers are gone, because in that case there's no proof that the member was a spammer.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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For Questions and Answers you only get emails if your question is closed. For articles, it's the same, but for "Needs formatting" reports, our Editors monitor these directly and take action as required.
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote: For example, the comment "Sorry, not a question" (too bad, we are presently overwhelmed with non-questions) is useful to help a member to ask a question properly next time or fix existing post to turn it into a real question
Would they, though?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Would they? They might. If they won't, the comment would not help, either.
And, to comment on reporting, to was good to know that the notification on reporting or statistic of reports is not provided. Thank you for answering my question.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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This[^] user has abuse voted me (at least) twice for questioning why there's no source code in this[^] article. Perhaps one of the admins could have a word with him about abuse voting to remove disagreements with him from articles.
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I am writing a very delicate email as we speak.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Cheers Sean. With just a little bit of work, he could probably turn it into a decent article.
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I see peace burgeoning on that thread. He's in good hands. Thank you Pete.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Not a problem mate. I really didn't want to vote abuse, so if he's happy then I'm happy. Thanks for intervening.
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Don't delete the article. Don't delete the message either, and I apologise if I helped to make your day that little bit worse. There is an easier option - Sean, can you please delete the message chain from the article? That way it's a fresh start.
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Yes, yes I can. I have done so. We're all on the same page now, and we all want to see the article do well.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks Sean. Much appreciated.
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Sean, could you please delete the messages from the article? That way we can all start fresh with it and see where it goes from there.
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This one was a special case because of the interactions I had with this user. Sean and I had a word with him and he's a good citizen then.
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This is great. I also had some cases when a little motivated explanation or friendly warning makes a member play fairly, but it rarely affect heavy abusers or cheaters.
And thank you for answering my question.
Do you have an opinion on my suggestion to provide notifications on member reports to the member being reported?
—SASergey A Kryukov
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