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What does being a 'Contributor' look like on Worldbuilding?
(I am not a moderator and normally the term "moderator" on the StackExchange network describes elected (diamond) mods, but I do have access to the mod tools privilege on Writing.SE and am close here ...
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How to lock my question and/or answers?
Locking can only be done by a moderator, or by the system under certain circumstances. It's not something you can do yourself. A locked post cannot be commented on, voted on, favorited, edited, or ...
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Why is there zero moderator accountability on this stack?
What is the process for lodging complaints about moderator behavior, and how is that process resolved?
The typical process is to start by flagging the post your grievance is related to with a custom ...
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What does being a 'Contributor' look like on Worldbuilding?
I mostly agree with what Secespitus wrote, but there's one thing in that answer which I disagree with (as seems to be common).
If you see something that you're unsure about, you don't necessarily ...
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King is back or Should diamond users define behavior of everyone else in case of this Q as an example
Answering in comments in frowned upon, because it circumvents the quality checks in place.
If those 3 comments were actually working with the OP to make the question a better fit for our community I ...
L.DutchMod
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What does being a 'Contributor' look like on Worldbuilding?
Kind of a backup to Secespitus' answer; There are a small handful of users that are verified help vampires. They routinely try to pull focus from everyone else and ask endless streams of questions, ...
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You Said it Yourself
As a matter of full disclosure, I voted to close the question for being story based.
The fundamental reason that I can see for this particular answer to be closed is that it ...
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Allow me to use an analogy to explain what the problem was with your alleged answer.
If the questions would have been:
Little Tommy has 10 Euros in his pocket. He is in the supermarket and he is ...
L.DutchMod
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Should a good question be mark a duplicate to another question that is closed?
I'm one of the commentors on your question and I'll take the time to expand on my comment. I'm bothered that your question was closed as a duplicate of another question that was itself closed as ...
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King is back or Should diamond users define behavior of everyone else in case of this Q as an example
It was painfully obvious that the OP was asking a Real World question for the purpose of solving a Real World problem
And that's off-topic. There is a small group of people out there who figure this ...
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King is back or Should diamond users define behavior of everyone else in case of this Q as an example
My own take on the question in question is that it initially didn't have enough information for a reasonable answer to be able to be given. Then, subsequently, when the question was edited so as to ...
Monty WildMod
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In support of @Tortliena's answer, and in response to @JamieB's answer (which is only his opinion)...
From the Help Center: Why and how are some answers deleted?
Answer posts that do not ...
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Don't make assumptions, ask for details instead
Please note I don't have access to your original, deleted answer.
Answer well-asked questions
Not all questions can or should be answered here. Save ...
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King is back or Should diamond users define behavior of everyone else in case of this Q as an example
The only part of L.Dutches answer I would personally take exception to, is the notion that "it looks more like you are trying to start a debate on nuclear power", which personally I didn't ...
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What does being a 'Contributor' look like on Worldbuilding?
The first time that I got access to Moderator Tools on a stack, I asked if there was something that I should do with them. The general answer is no. They provide some information that is mostly ...
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Should a good question be mark a duplicate to another question that is closed?
While the questions clearly are not duplicates with any close reading (the first asks specifically about viewing reflections off of other planets as opposed to the use of a mirror) there is an ...
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Community Bot works as expected.
The question was closed, had no answers, and had a negative score. Such questions are routinely deleted after about one week of inactivity. If the question would be ...
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Why is there zero moderator accountability on this stack?
I'll assume you're talking about this answer, this is almost the definition of a link-only answer, see point five of the list for Why and how are some answers deleted?. It relies on a series of links ...
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