What are the flags for?

Question

I have been answering various games for a while and I realise that there is a flag link which I don't know how to use. What is the flag, should I be doing something with it? Thanks Jenny

Gregory has a good answer, it is to let the moderators know to look at the thread and see if it needs to be deleted or closed. - martha-sd, Feb 18, 2012

Answer 1

It is an effort to keep the site "clean" since all ages use it... and sadly some abuse it. Also, cultural thinking on 'appropriate' differs around the world, but if it's questionable in one, then it needs at least some attention.

There really needs to be a spacer between 'flag' and 'edit'. The way it is now, it looks as if they are the same and it seems confusing to me.

I see the spacer on your question, Jenny, but not on the comments on the answers post. - katydew, Feb 18, 2012

Answer 2

Although one can get flagged for no obvious reason , I was flagged yesterday by an

unthinking "personaje". But, I remember my first week here I was playing around

one day and saw the "flag " and thought " I wonder what that is for " ? and I pressed

it , well some poor member is probably still wondering, why ?

I have done this same in the past - also voting and unvoting! Interestingly the flagging instructions still give "requires moderators attention" - what moderators? - caza, Feb 18, 2012

And so many of Rays posts need to be flagged.... ha. - katydew, Feb 18, 2012

Ray -- you've just been flagged!!!! I've never hit the "flag" tag before --- so just did it to see what would happen. Here is a vote for the inconvenience!!!! - CaliforniaDreamer, Feb 18, 2012

Ray is everyone's flag test - SonrisaDelSol, Feb 18, 2012

I am a "Claytons Flag" the flag you have when you dont have a flag , now flag off ! - ray76, Feb 18, 2012

Answer 3

Posted 1 min ago | 2 views | link | flag | edit

Are you referring to this?

Its for flagging a post for being abusive, inaccurate, etc....

Answer 4

Thanks everyone, now I know what the flag is for. Fortunately I have never seen a post which would have to be flagged. So far everyone has been well-behaved.

Gracias a todo, ahora sé la función de la bandera. Fortunadamente no he visto nunca un puesto que tiene que marcarse con una bandera. Hasta ahora todos han sido bien comportando. (at the limit of my Spanish here)

"Gracias a todos ahora sé la función de la bandera ( = sé para qué sirve la bandera). Afortunadamente (=por suerte) nunca he visto un mensaje que tuviera que ser marcado con una bandera. Hasta ahora todos se han portado bien (=han sido muy educados)" ;) - Cordobesa, Feb 19, 2012

Hola Cordobesa, muchas gracias. - jennysk, Feb 20, 2012

Answer 5

Just pressing the flag button does not flag a post. It brings up the dialogue box which indicates why you want to flag. When you choose the option to flag the post is then flagged. To cancel the dialogue box without flagging just click on the X in the right hand corner of the box.

typo on buttoN - katydew, Feb 18, 2012

Thanks Katy - Eddy, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 6

Type "flag" in the "search" box and get several explanations.

Answer 7

I just discovered that if a thread (or presumably a post) is flagged 4 times it is autodeleted. Well how about that!?! Room for mischief making there....