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Q&A "Needs author's attention" should not be a flag option

It should be a flag. If a post needs author attention, then it's not ready to be answered and should be closed. Until we get a better close mechanism, this is the only way ordinary users can cont...

posted 11mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2023-06-07T12:18:59Z (11 months ago)
  • It <i>should</i> be a flag.
  • If a post needs author attention, then it's not ready to be answered and should be closed. Until we get a better close mechanism, this is the only way ordinary users can contribute getting a question closed. Effectively, only mods can close questions here, so this flag is for alerting a mod that a question needs to be closed.
  • It <i>should</i> be a flag.
  • If a post needs author attention, then it's not ready to be answered and should be closed. Until we get a better close mechanism, this is the only way ordinary users can contribute to getting a question closed. Effectively, only mods can close questions here, so this flag is for alerting a mod that a question needs to be closed.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2023-06-07T12:18:30Z (11 months ago)
It <i>should</i> be a flag.

If a post needs author attention, then it's not ready to be answered and should be closed.  Until we get a better close mechanism, this is the only way ordinary users can contribute getting a question closed.  Effectively, only mods can close questions here, so this flag is for alerting a mod that a question needs to be closed.