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offensive / stupid questions
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How about providing some kind of facility which would enable AB users to remove offensive/stupid/repeated/marlboro/branflake questions.
The way it would work is this.
When the reader goes into the question, there is a little button (like the answer rating one) that says "vote to remove this question". If a significant number of DIFFERENT users choose this option, the question is removed. Simple as that.
This would operate in addition to the editing that the ed is supposed to do anyway.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ...the questioner could then be sent a mail that says 'I'm sorry, but you are too stupid to use the answerbank. You have asked a question that has been asked 5000 times before, and selected not to view the previous answers. Your question has been removed by your fellow users'.
That would be a nice touch, but not essential.
This is kind of ironic, ludwig, but this has already been said before! Re-read my post (below), which first appeared on this thread.
A good idea would be to have a "report" function. If, say, five individual members hit the "report" button on a post, then the offending post would be sent to, say, five moderators by e-mail. If, say, four out of five moderators agreed that it was offensive and against the rules of AnswerBank, then it would be automatically deleted. This is nothing new, I've seen it on lots of sites and I've even been a moderator of this kind.
A good idea would be to have a "report" function. If, say, five individual members hit the "report" button on a post, then the offending post would be sent to, say, five moderators by e-mail. If, say, four out of five moderators agreed that it was offensive and against the rules of AnswerBank, then it would be automatically deleted. This is nothing new, I've seen it on lots of sites and I've even been a moderator of this kind.
In the SF Bay Area we have a site called craigslist.org, very different sort of site but they have a system whereby people can "flag" messages that are inappropriate or abusive. Then they get reviewed by the site editor. Seems like that would make AB Ed.s job easier, and give us the opportunity to do more than just ignore the posts.
Ok, the bit about the email is not entirely serious, but the original suggestion is. I'm sure it could be workable in some way, as vittoria says, perhaps more as a way of quickly flagging things up for the AB Ed.
smudge - I awarded myself 3* cos I thought I deserved it, but to show I'm not being greedy, I've given you some as well :)
thanks everyone for the comments.