I've had this come up a few times, and found some older answers to similar questions on meta. However I believe that the answer heavily depends on the current moderator staff, as they are the ones handling these flags. When I see an answer in the [late answers](https://serverfault.com/review/late-answers) queue, I check if the answer already exists. If the answer has been directly copied word for word from another answer on the same question, I flag it as `in need of moderator intervention`. As the other flags don't fit at all. I then add a link to the original answer. Usually these flags get accepted. Other times the flags get declined, but the answer is still deleted. [![answers][1]][1] As I am getting both positive and negative feedback on this way of flagging, I would appreciate some clarification. Should I: 1. Flag these 2. Downvote them (seems counter-intuitive unless I also downvote the original) 3. Ignore them (also seems counter-intuitive, they are not contributions, but bloat) [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/zqZBN.png