Questions tagged [moderation]
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No more active ♦ moderators. How should we keep the site in order?
In the past few days, y'all have witnessed the terrible action Stack Exchange's done: They dismissed Monica, one of the most beloved and respected moderator and community members. Following that, all ...
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Recent string of trolling questions
Recently we've had a large number of questions deleted because they were clearly trolling. Some examples (sorry, this is going to be all 10k+ links): New coworker demanding $10k, Autistic teenager, ...
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Comment flagging - please try to use an appropriate flag type
Until recently, comment flag type did not matter very much and as moderators we basically processed them regardless of type.
As a reminder when flagging there are the following options:
From here:
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Our Comments Problem
our name is The Workplace, and we have a comment problem.
We definitely have a comment problem
We have tried to fix it, but haven't succeeded yet
We want your help to figure out a way to do that
We ...
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Why was this question about handling the fallout of a crass joke deleted?
Why was this question (not mine, although I answered) deleted? It's currently at net +4 (with one favorite), and several constructive answers, but it was deleted by Shog9. Per the FAQ,
Generally we ...
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Moderators Pro Tempore, just like mamma used to make 'em
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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Snarky Members, how are they moderated
I have on several occasions had users respond with just plain rude/dumb comments to either my questions, answers, or comments. I flag them appropriately and our moderators to a terrific job of wiping ...
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Community moderation comments template
AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for Workplace SE
CMW asked for a list of the links that we oftentimes drop in comments. I started using the Pro-forma comments Stack Apps script to increase my ...
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What is with the (Done) in titles here?
We have a status-completed tag. Why are titles being cluttered up with their status? Are moderators not responding to flags asking to have things marked status-completed? I find this is really ...
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Should we hide comments on question with several existing answers?
Lately, there's been some questions about whether The Workplace has a comment problem. After spending some time talking with jmac and Shog9 (and reading more of this site's content), I'm convinced ...
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We Want YOU for Community Moderation
"[The Workplace] is built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question ...
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Silent Moderation
Due to the nature of Workplace questions, discussion and comments are inevitable. Because of this, we seem to be more tolerant of discussion here, more-so than other network sites.
Recently, some ...
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How to flag inappropriate Edits
Whilst reviewing the Edits queue - I saw a suggested edit that added a crude personal insult to the post.
There are edits which I may reject because I disagree with the Edit being made, whereas this ...
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As a user, how should I respond to suggested edits being used to “PM” me insults anonymously?
I started responding to a question that was attracting political commentary and grandstanding. I felt that the asker was being targeted with bad-faith answers and comments, which included extremely ...
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What's the process for moving comments into chat?
I've seen on some occasions, either here or on other stack exchange sites, if I attempt to add a comment to a question / answer that's received many comments, an option that appears recommending to ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Should we adopt the Academia SE rule banning allegations about named individuals or organisations?
On the Academia SE, there is a rule banning questions that allege misconduct by named individuals or organisations, including posts that allege that the poster has performed misconduct when the user ...
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When are Elections?
We graduated on February 20th which was two weeks ago. And that is awesome. But due to the loss of privilege, we are working the moderators to the bones with our flags and general cleanup.
While we ...
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Separate Legal Advice from Company-Specific in Reasons to close
Based on the meta question on the interpretation the criteria to qualify a question as "company specific" brought up here, I noticed that there is confusion on what is the reason for closing a ...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in ...
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What are the best ways to keep controversial topics from getting heated
Inspired by this question: Advice for posting answers that invoke concerns of women in the workplace without always having to go back to the very basics?
Since troublesome topics extend beyond ...
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What is and how does it work to be "suspended for low-quality contributions"?
My question comes from seeing this on some user's profile:
I was previously aware that one could get suspended if one breaks the Code of Conduct, behaves rudely, posts spam, etc., but never have I ...
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Can this site be more "friendly" to users when closing questions?
By perusing through the site, I have seen quite a bit of topics closed and arguments ensue. The tone in most of them seems condescending. Compared to some other SE sites, this one seems to be "catty"...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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When comments start okay and then diverge, can we just move the latter ones into discussion, while keeping the appropriate ones above?
An example of what I'm talking about is here: https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113513/discussion-on-question-by-ellenoid-how-should-i-deal-with-coworkers-who-dont-wa
There were many comments, some ...
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Why did a moderator delete a comment which answered my question?
I asked a question on Workplace SE. I got a great comment from the Indian guy (it was the first comment under my question). Later I got in an argument with a person who made irrelevant edits to my ...
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2019: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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What is a helpful interpretation of “company specific” in the off-topic rationales?
I see a lot of questions closed for being off-topic because they are about “company-specific regulations, agreements, or policies.”
What should be “in” and “out” given this description of off-topic ...
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What determines whether comments are deleted or moved to chat?
As is all to common here, we have had yet another Meta question asking why comments were removed from a post. The answer to this is pretty clear, and I'm not at all questioning their removal.
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Request for data: What has been removed here as rude/abusive?
The Workplace has had a lot of discussions/arguments about what is or isn't rude. This came up most recently in chat, but it's at the core of a bunch of past meta questions too. It was also ...
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Why was my edit suggestion to revert vandalism rejected?
I recently suggested this edit to revert vandalism committed by a user against their question. One reviewer accepted the edit, but then I see that it has been rejected (shows as a "rejected edit" in ...
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What should be our approach on new feature allowing removal of a question from HNQ?
This is a recently introduced feature:
There are times when the hotness formula selects a question that a site would rather not have featured. Up until now, the only recourse that was available was ...
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Inconsistent comment moderation appears capricious
So I had a long comment thread form under one of my trademarked "Harsh Truth" answers here:
How can I reply to coworkers who accuse me of automating people out of work?
And I notice one comment I ...
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Why is this answer with 43 upvotes locked?
This answer, which has 43 upvotes, has been locked since yesterday: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/46616/12321
I'm not sure it's worthy of my personal upvote, but as I cannot vote on it (since ...
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What goes through your mind when answering these questions?
So I mostly participate on the StackExchange site Superuser.com. Answers there, for the most part, have one solution. Sometimes, there are more than one answer, but all have a logical path to a ...
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Additional optional moderator election question
Sorry, I'm late with this question, I'll explain why:
I was undecided whether I should run in this election. I had skipped the last elections, because to me it still felt too much like gunning for ...
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Is this comment adhereing to the be nice policy?
I recently answered a question, to which this comment was made:
This is a horrible answer. Company cars are simply a part of your
benefits and in OP's situation is it perfectly normal and ...
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Who on this site decides what is too specific, too broad and too subjective?
I believe they have kept closing or downvoting questions that are in fact very relevant and at the same time I see many questions with lots of answers that... in all honesty, seem like a list of ...
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Delete votes, how does it work and why is there no notification?
An answer of mine was deleted recently.
Without a comment. Without any kind of message. Just poof gone.
Why does an SE post vanish like that? Why am I not even notified of this?
I have the ...
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What happened to my comment?
I placed a comment on this question, recommending the OP to recommend Gmail to the other party due to its "did you forget to attach the file?" feature. This comment has disappeared for some reason and ...
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Is Workplace SE not community moderated like other SE sites?
Been using many SE sites (starting with SO) for a few years now. Questions are closed/put on hold in most sites by 5 votes from people who have crossed a certain threshold of points. I myself vote for ...
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Unsourced material may be disputed or deleted
Are employers allowed to access/search through one's personal email outside work hours?
My answer got flagged and received a moderator note saying
Some of the information contained in this ...
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Flags and deleted comment notifications not showing up next to posts
With this new design, the notification box next to posts indicating flag history/comment deletion history no longer shows up.
Not sure the best way to screenshot something not showing up, but if ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
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What should I do if believe a moderator is biased?
What is the best way to handle a situation where I believe a moderator is biased?
If a moderator is the problem, who moderates the moderator?
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Why was my question removed from HNQ?
Note: This is not a rant. I'm okay with whatever the reason from the removal was. I'm just curious to know the reason behind it.
I recently ask this question: Am I obligated to work with my sexist ...
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Is two days enough time for a question to be open with active reponses going on throughout that time frame?
I just saw an explanation about a question being closed because it had been open for two days already and had more than one answer.
The discussion of closing the question did not say anything about ...
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Are regular users expected to edit when we see bad content?
If we see content that is abusive, offensive, dangerous, advising potentially illegal behavior, or lacking credible references or explanation(not following back it up) are we expected to edit it out ...
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Is our policy adequate to our quality standards?
I witnessed a common phenomenomn where an objectively poor quality answer gets widely upvoted because people believe it's funny or because they approve people being salty toward OP.
I identify poor ...
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