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"Not an answer" -- really?

I agree with your initial reaction to both. The First Answer was a comment/diagnostic question. It was not phrased as an answer, nor posted with the intention of being an Answer (proper). It should …
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Why on earth was this flag declined?

I can see where someone would disagree, that the "comment" is helpful enough, and pointing the Questioner in the right direction enough, to be left as an Answer. That said, the Answer doesn't actuall …
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5 votes

"Unflag" a Question?

I'd like to think the moderators only take flags as indicators that a post might need attention, and actually think about the specifics of the situation before acting on it... We don't have an overwhe …
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How to flag questions that are too specific?

I really don't see anything too specific about this question. It does seem to be written from the standpoint of a non-professional however: I'm not convinced he knows what an ISO is from the questio …
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6 votes

New flag reason for "Pointless Answer" for "Me too" type answers

The Meta sites now have Pointless/Noise as a reason to close a question; sure makes sense to apply that to non-answers too.
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How can I know why the question was deemed non-constructive (and closed)?

First, your question is essentially a Shopping Question. Shopping Questions are Off-Topic on any of the Stack Exchange sites. See Q&A is hard, lets go Shopping for more details. Second, what you're a …
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"too old to migrate" not showing on "off topic" flag

Apparently this was silently (I can't find any announcement) changed sometime around March 2014. Related mSE question complaining about the same (and "Very Low Quality" has disappeared in the Flag me …
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