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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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I have to agree that it should certainly help.
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After a discussion with Sean this morning we've decided to reduce the number of votes needed to close an item in Quick Answers. Previously it required 5 votes. It now requires only 3.
As always, let's help those who are having trouble framing their question properly by editing them, and lets help our technical experts sort the wheat from the chaff by closeing those questions that simply aren't phrased in a way that makes it possible to answer.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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