Questions tagged [flagging]

For questions about the flagging process, how flags are handled, etc. Flagging is the process of bringing a post to a community moderator's attention for any reason.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
1 vote
2 answers
327 views

Why was my spam flag declined on an answer that does nothing but promote the answerer's book?

I recently encountered an answer that does nothing but refer to the poster's book: Please look pages 141-147 of the book: S. Saitoh and Y. Sawano, Theory of Reproducing Kernels and Applications, ...
EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
134 views

Can I see my flaggings?

Is there anywhere a list of questions, answers or comments that I have flagged? I believe a list of such, together with my explanations why did I flag this, should be available, but I could not find ...
მამუკა ჯიბლაძე's user avatar
15 votes
1 answer
689 views

Should we flag suspected ChatGPT posts?

Another meta question raised the issue of AI-generated (by ChatGPT or similar) posts. I have a more specific question. If we see a post that we suspect to be of this genre, would the moderators like ...
Jeremy Rickard's user avatar
12 votes
1 answer
197 views

Ability to flag user accounts as spam

There is currently no method to flag a user account as spam (only posts). However, there is a huge influx of user accounts that are clearly spam (look for the "Autobiographer" badge on the ...
gmvh's user avatar
  • 2,758
1 vote
1 answer
97 views

Question visibility and reputation

I wonder whether the visibility of a post changes according to the user's reputation asking the question. Is it also known if a user's posts' visibility is affected by other actions, like having ...
M.Ivanov's user avatar
10 votes
1 answer
342 views

How to report intrisically spammy user accounts?

Sometimes, I notice that some very odd username is listed on Home as having earned the "Autobiographer" badge, where by "odd" I mean something very much non-mathematical and ...
gmvh's user avatar
  • 2,758
4 votes
0 answers
127 views

Possible additional option for "See Math.Stackexchange" close vote [duplicate]

Some of the most common close votes are for people who have posted homework questions, to which the usual appropriate response (to my understanding) is to flag as off-topic with the message "...
user44191's user avatar
  • 4,961
17 votes
1 answer
694 views

What should I do when I see a spam post on MO?

What is the correct way to handle spam on MathOverflow? Can regular users do something when they see a spam post?
2 votes
0 answers
69 views

Reviewing after flagging

Several times, I've seen an inappropriate post under "new questions", flagged it, found it in a queue, and been unable to review it (specifically, unable to flag it, and so unable to click the "I'm ...
user44191's user avatar
  • 4,961
12 votes
1 answer
647 views

Problem with posts and comments relying on macros defined elsewhere

MathJax supports possibility do define macros. (Using \newcommand, \DeclareMathOperator, \def...
Martin Sleziak's user avatar
11 votes
6 answers
1k views

What to do when a post contains a "suspicious" link (possibly with copyrighted material)?

Occasionally there some posts on the main site contain links where it is very natural to suspect that the link provides access to some material without having the necessary legal rights. Should the ...
Martin Sleziak's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
228 views

To contact moderator who responded for flag

Suppose I have raised a flag and moderator has responded for that flag, accepted/declined it. I am happy/not happy with their decision and would like to thank/explain the point to the moderator who ...
Praphulla Koushik's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
128 views

Ability to flag for migration to other stackoverflow sites

Currently on mathoverflow, flags can be set for questions to be migrated to meta.mathoverflow, math.stackexchange, and stats.stackexchange. However, there are often questions that belong on other ...
user44191's user avatar
  • 4,961
3 votes
0 answers
156 views

What's the difference between two off-topic flags? [duplicate]

I'm sure that this is somewhere on MMO, but my searching hasn't turned it up. When I flag a question as off-topic, two of the options that I am given are "This question does not appear to be about ...
LSpice's user avatar
  • 11.2k
12 votes
2 answers
705 views

Why did flagging a comment for deletion made it disappear immediately?

I wrote a comment under an answer, claiming that the answer was wrong. The poster replied to me in another comment, showing that my argument was wrong. Acknowledging this, I deleted my comment and ...
Alex M.'s user avatar
  • 5,197
13 votes
3 answers
763 views

Flagging spam user

I just noticed an "Autobiographer" badge awarded to this unusually named user: https://mathoverflow.net/users/117744 . I immediately moved to flag this obviously spam account, only to realise that ...
LSpice's user avatar
  • 11.2k
9 votes
1 answer
694 views

On flagging: what is "research level" *or* does it make sense to flag a question with positive vote ratings?

I like to contribute to MO by flagging questions that I think are rather general and thus more suitable for e.g. Mathematics.SE. Recently it is becoming clear to me that my idea of "research level" is ...
Jules Lamers's user avatar
  • 1,813
14 votes
2 answers
683 views

Flagging old questions for closure

Someone has recently been flagging lots of very old questions for closure as "primarily opinion-based" or "off topic". In my opinion, there is no good reason to close very old questions, especially ...
Neil Strickland's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
88 views

Disabled button not visible in flag dialog

Since a while, it's possible to retract a flag by opening the flag dialog again and clicking the 'Retract flag' button. Of course, if the flag is already handled, retracting isn't possible. In this ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
  • 2,743
8 votes
2 answers
469 views

Flagging Low Quality Questions

For questions of extremely low quality that are sure to get closed anyway, do the moderators still want flags? Or is that just cluttering up their mailboxes to no purpose?
Steven Landsburg's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
74 views

How to undo flagging? [duplicate]

I've erroneously flagged an answer as spam (some anonymous user tried to edit it by seemingly injecting some spam and this confused me), how do I cancel my action?
მამუკა ჯიბლაძე's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
157 views

Stack Overflow Reference in Out of topic flag

This question is motivated by this post, but not exclusively. When we flag OP's as off topic, under the "this question belongs in another site of the stack community", the StackOverflow website is ...
Amir Sagiv's user avatar
  • 3,544
-4 votes
1 answer
184 views

Mixed reviews - can I have a decision reversed?

The image says it all really - I flagged when the question was still open so how come the question was then put on hold but my flag rejected? https://mathoverflow.net/questions/229147/bourbakis-book-...
JMP's user avatar
  • 1,226
7 votes
1 answer
482 views

The strange case of a declined comment flag

I came across this question and noticed there were four comments stating the current number of deleted answers. However, as none of them were up-to-date, I decided to flag them as obsolete. But here'...
Smi's user avatar
  • 105
4 votes
2 answers
200 views

Can the flagging of off-topic questions be simplified?

To help keep Mathoverflow tidy, by speeding up the removal of inappropriate questions, I often flag them and vote them down. In every case, the need for removal is obvious. Almost none of these ...
John Bentin's user avatar
  • 2,427
7 votes
1 answer
186 views

Flag remainings

this is my first question on this meta website, so sorry if I am off-topic. I flag sometimes some questions, often because of spam (I hate this) but also sometimes for off-topic or duplicate. It is ...
Jérémy Blanc's user avatar
5 votes
2 answers
208 views

I flagged a question with the wrong option. What should I do?

Should I leave it as it is, or leave a comment to this, or flag for moderator attention and explain my mistake? I do not want to draw attention to the specific question this is why I do not link it ...
András Bátkai's user avatar
5 votes
1 answer
242 views

Flagging Options

When I flag a question, I'm given a menu of possible reasons. Sometimes there are only three reasons (roughly "Spam", "Offensive" and "Needs Moderator Attention"). Other times there are more (e.g. "...
Steven Landsburg's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
365 views

When should an answer be flagged as "not an answer"?

Since the upgrade to MO2.0 there are some new flags, among others it is now possible to flag an answer as "not an answer." I believe this notifies the moderators only (as opposed to having any ...
user avatar