@moonbutt74 After seven days from this moment, you would be notified that election phase has begun. (This is currently the nomination phase.) It is when you would get the chance to vote for your candidate. Until then, hold the horses tight!
@AndrewT. Would it be possible for you to try my solution? I don't know why but OP never replies back to me. Never did this time or the last time. If you try that solution, please have appropriate measures to deal with a boot loop, though it shouldn't cause any issue since I'm running my Nexus 6 on Android 6.0.1 perfectly with that solution.
NOTE: I don't know where else to ask this question. Please don't down vote it. It will help if you tell the right place where I can ask this question, that'll help.
I received an SMS from an unknown number today which had the following content. It looks very weird. Any idea what it is? Didn't kn...
I am using it right now to salvage my data from crashed XP. Takes little hit and trial but works
You can directly install the version from xda above into the app and you are good to go...no need of making bootable USB which is a pain if you don't have second PC
Once ki salvage data, plan to install xp again (good enough for my use) and probably dual boot with Linux . Total noob with Linux and many sources recommending Linux mint to start with
Would appreciate advice from Gurus here- my interest is slick performance and preferably Windows like GUI and good support for drivers etc . I don't know what else is to be factored. Thanks in advance
@Izzy I am glad to see you nominated yourself for the open Mod position you are an exceptional candidate who's tireless effort and kindness toward others does not go unnoticed. Also I do hope that @AndrewT. and @Firelord throw their hat into the election process they are both upstanding candidates that could do a lot of good for the site. The more options in the candidate pool the better for every type of user voice to be heard.
What am I seeing? The site doesn't show a preview of your manifesto during editing, unlike Q and A.
@MatthewRead In the "Editing Nomination for USER" window, it shows "150 characters to go". When that limit is reached, it switches to "1050 characters left." Is there a good reason for this separation of limits?
@Izzy You filed the nomination. What do you think the first limit is meant for? There is no description (it may be meant for an intro of yourself but that's just a guess) there.
You deserved it, that was an awesome answer. Detailed with multiple approaches and different levels of control over the feature, and info I couldn't find anywhere else
@Firelord I found it rather funny that it suggest 150 chars might be enough. Personally, I feel the 1200 chars already quite limited (but understandable: one should be precise but not write a book there).
@MatthewRead have you noted that when a flag is not declined, the post nowadays automatically receives a downvote (even if you just say "helpful, but no action required")? That's hard in some cases, as one has to decide whom to punish – as regardless how you act, someone will be punished ;)
Do you have some background on that (before I have to approach TL for it)?
@Izzy I've noticed the automatic downvotes on spam flags, but I haven't read anything about it. I didn't know it happened when a flag was dismissed ... that seems awful
@Izzy Would you be so kind as to flag this answer? Not sure if Meta behaves the same, but better to test there than the main site
Whatever the flag is: when the mod says "no action needed", OP shouldn't be punished (even if it was flagged spam – because if it were spam, the mod wouldn't say "no action needed", right?)
@MatthewRead OK, so Meta behaves different. Or that's because it was you own post (you've acted in self-defense ;)
Agreed. There are plenty of posts that seem spammy that definitely should be flagged, so if I investigate and find no evidence I will dismiss the flag as helpful
We could test it again with an answer from me, @Firelord flagging it, and you dismissing it – but I guess that will be the same result, and it's just different on Meta.
Exactly. So one can "punish" some other user and even get a badge for that, yay …
Well, let's make another test. There are some low-Q answers around here. Maybe I flag one and you dismiss as helpful, and afterwards you delete the answer (so user even gains rep, as it's already downvoted)? That's catching 2 birds with one stone, including a cleanup. Want to pick one?
I'd say the one I've picked justifies a NAA.
Well, OK, a LQ – not quite a NAA.
Or let's check the stats for really bad answers :)
Looks like broken JS. Some blockers running? Though I'm not aware of one that would interfere there (lemme check some flagged post on SR)
@MatthewRead looks normal over there. So it's either ASE, or your browser. I don't see any other of our mods here (you could @@ ping one, though). Oliver could check on where he's mod, but as it works on SR I don't expect trouble there.
A user flagged this post as Not An Answer. However, at the time of writing the flag does not show up in the flag queue yet the post timeline shows that the flag has not yet been resolved. The flag-details bar at the bottom of the page contains no content — just a close button. In the screensho...
@MatthewRead Oh! OK, that makes sense. Give the mods some piece: if 7 people flag it in 15min, our special mod takes care for it automatically (the one called "Community").
@MatthewRead Strange. Lemme see what our super-flagger has as reasons …
VLQ, OK. I flagged those few NAA. Hunt down another one?
OK, so we've got a pattern: VLQ always receives a downvote unless dismissed as noise. Others don't get a downvote when dismissed as helpful. Right so far?
I don't care if they get a flag when handled according to the flag, 'cause then it's deserved.
I further know it gets a downvote immediately when flagged as spam – but don't know what happens when such a flag is dismissed as noice (downvote reverted?)
@MatthewRead That again is a bit tricky: try applying a direct downvote on a post that just received one due to your action on the flag. You might be surprised.
Same when someone voted a question duplicate and you want to upvote that comment. You can do so only before you voted for dupe yourself.
Wow, cleanup hat – I've missed that one ;) late congrats!
@MatthewRead so with @Firelord as mod, we will have less spam flags? I remember the same was said about some other mod (when Journeyman nominated on SU) #D
@Izzy Yes, the timing is kind of funny. But what can really be done! The comment is the truth. Do you want me to take care of my comment? I can post it sometime later. :)
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