Skip to main content
The Workplace

Return to Question

Link
Community Bot
Community Bot
  • 1
Tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/438805242969600001
edited tags
Link
jmort253 Mod
jmort253 Mod
  • 11.4k
  • 1
  • 27
  • 46
Source Link
Monica Cellio
Monica Cellio
  • 52.9k
  • 3
  • 63
  • 119

Are we using NAA and VLQ flags correctly?

I've been noticing for a couple months that the 10k flag queue seems to have NAA and VLQ flags for things that I think wouldn't be flagged that way on other sites I'm active on. These are generally poor answers (usually pure opinion) deserving of downvotes, but my understanding of those flags is that there's a higher bar. Are we using these flags correctly?

My understanding from things that CMs have posted on MSO and per-site metas (no links handy right now, sorry) is that these mean:

  • NAA: does not even attempt to answer the question (a wrong or unsupported answer isn't NAA)

  • VLQ: Shog once evocatively described this kind of post as "a steaming cowpile". That is, VLQ means "unredeemable", not just "anecdote" or "wrong" or "opinion".

If those aren't what these flags mean on this site, could we have some better local definitions? I've been finding in recent weeks that I feel deterred from acting on that flag queue at all, while especially post-graduation I should be taking a more active role with it. Please help me understand how I should be viewing these flag types.