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6:37 PM

@IsaacMoses what is site policy regarding flagging a user as a troll? using comments to randomly air opinions?

and just in general being argumentative

@Mefaresh Most of the time, it's best to flag behavior rather than attempting to flag a user. So, if there are particular comments that are objectionable, you can flag them. If you really want to bring a pattern of a particular user's behavior to the mods' attention, flag one of that user's comments as "needs attention," and explain your view of the pattern in the text box. That's my understanding of best practice, in light of site mechanics.

Mefaresh

what falls in line as "flaggable"

Isaac Moses

Q: How does comment voting and flagging work?

Comments can now be upvoted and flagged. How do those features work? Do users get rep for their upvoted comments? Do upvoted comments have any effect on comment sorting? And can users see their own comment upvote number somewhere? Related: How do comments work? The Stack Overflow blog po...

@Mefaresh I'd say that a general rule is: any comment that doesn't contribute to improving the post it's on or that is rude/offensive in some way is potentially worth flagging and worth mod-deletion.

Mefaresh

6:59 PM

@IsaacMoses Thank you

@IsaacMoses unfortunately people think this site is also a personal blog, and piggy back on its readership to vent their frustrations

Isaac Moses

@Mefaresh That does happen from time to time. If it's in comments, the damage is limited, since they're not very prominent. Soapbox-speech questions are worse, IMO

Mefaresh

@IsaacMoses at least there is a close vote option...

Isaac Moses

@Mefaresh Indeed

Double AA

7:17 PM

@Mefaresh I know to whom you refer. Consider the user flagged.

Monica Cellio

@Mefaresh also, for answers, if something doesn't actually answer the question but is just a personal soapbox or something, flag it as "not an answer". That sends it to a review queue where it might be removed by the community. Most cases aren't that clear-cut, though; there'll be a little bit of answer along with other stuff, and in that case we want to work with the author to fix it instead of just deleting if we can. That's where commenting can really help.

We get answers that don't actually contain an answer but link to something else (that might contain an answer), for instance -- when I see that I leave a comment asking the author to edit in a short summary. BTW [edit] is a magic link in comments -- very helpful for new users.

Mefaresh

@DoubleAA flagged as in removed? or flagged as in warned?

Double AA

@Mefaresh As in the mods have been notified. Beyond that is, technically speaking and with no disrespect intended, none of your business.

Mods cannot share details of disciplinary measures in public.

Mefaresh

@DoubleAA understood, thank you

Isaac Moses

@DoubleAA (or lack thereof, for that matter, to be complete)

Mefaresh

7:54 PM

can anyone explain to me why i didn't at least receive any up votes for such an active question?

Q: Why is the big bang considered a proof for Jewish tradition

From the little I understand of the big bang It states that the universe was in a very high density state and then expanded. This is commonly used among kiruv lecturers as a proof that the world had a beginning and thus torah tradition and science are not at odds. Dr. Gerald Schroeder wrote a bo...

hashkafah-philosophy science kiruv-outreach

Isaac Moses

8:04 PM

@Mefaresh It's very narrow in scope - asking about the intent of certain kiruv speakers when they try to prove the truth of Judaism. Maybe it just hasn't gotten the attention of voters who are interested in that scope. Also, it's founded on misstatements of the relevant science, which is not necessarily objectionable, but also not necessarily a high-value question.

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Noach mi Frankfurt

11:43 PM

Does anyone know the technical term for the hand gesture used by kohanim during duchening? I suspect that "Spock salute" or "Star Trek salute" have any bearing on our mesorah.

Fred

11:59 PM

@NoachmiFrankfurt If you don't want to use the more generic "נשיאת כפים," then I guess you could use something like "פרישת כפים" (cf. Shulchan Aruch OC 128:12).

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