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What's the best way to deal with VLQ "answers" when you can't flag them appropriately?
This is about THIS question. If interpersonal skills are a way to deal with the issue (not even sure about that, though...), the problem lies with the "answers".
How do you know an IPS question has ...
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Should this answer have been deleted?
The answer: https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/20726/21067
Note: This answer had been flagged, go to review and was judged "ok". I'm posting this here because I disagree with the judgment.
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How can we politely communicate to users that ignoring IPS' policy about answering is hurting the site?
I've seen this behavior around for several months now, but observing it again this morning while reviewing the low-quality posts queue made me think it may be worth a meta post.
I've observed that ...
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When is an answer 'not an answer'?
The 'Not an Answer' Flag has the text
This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question, or deleted ...
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What happens after using the "recommend deletion" option, when doing reviews?
When I'm reviewing answers that show up as low quality, and I've read the low-quality answer and agree that it's delete-worthy - e.g. there's no IPS solution in it or the answer is 2 or 3 sentences ...
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How do you tell an answerer that you think their answer needs work?
Today I saw a weak, but well voted, answer.
There were a number of viable, potential answers to the question. So this was not a "how do I drive drunk safely" impossible answer that must be ...
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Why was my answer deleted last night?
Why was my answer to this question deleted?
How do I effectively get people to look past my age when considering my abilities, if they know how old I am?
My answer is below, for reference. I ...