reporting questions

[aka estie]

Hello ED,

Can you please state for the record how many people have to report a question for it to be automatically pulled? I know for a fact that the following question has been reported as a duplicate at least 5 times this evening, and yet it is still there as I type this post.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Science/Question177965.html

These duplicate threads are becoming more and more infuriating as the days go on :-(

Thanks!

Estie

[AB Editor]

Hi estie,

That thread is gone. A question will be automatically pulled after 3-5 reports. For duplicates, however, they must be reviewed by the moderator before being pulled as some legitimate Quiz and Puzzle questions are reported as being duplicated when in fact they are not, and we do not want to keep legitimate posts from appearing.

AB Editor

[aka estie]

Thanks for the clarification, Ed.

Makes perfect sense.

:-)