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Why wasn't my deletion flag on this unconstructive comment approved?
It's a judgment call, but I do see a few points in favor of deleting the comment:
The OP already stated that the comment made them uncomfortable (by flagging it).
Speculating about another user's ...
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Question interested in illegal prostitution
The question is fine, the guy was asking if there's a "red light district", the way he asked implied that he is after a legal place, such as the one in Amsterdam.
The answer also is fine, it made it ...
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Why wasn't my deletion flag on this unconstructive comment approved?
To add to Heinzi's answer it also doesn't fit with the site's policy on comments:
Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements.
Avoid answering questions in comments.
The ...
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Why wasn't this seemingly unnecessary comment deleted?
I handled that flag and I did not think that comment an personal attack.
And seeing the 47 upvotes on the comment, I would be doing a bad service to remove it on a flag which is not clear.
To tell ...
WillekeMod
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Why wouldn't a comment saying ~"avoid travel during COVID" be deleted after flagging it?
When I wrote that comment I could see from a series of questions that you were planning a trip to Mexico, using loopholes in the laws and COVID 19 rules, not breaking the law but certainly not acting ...
WillekeMod
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Should comments be removed if their content got included in the answer?
I looked into the flag history for this: one of the other reasons a comment can get deleted is if it's "obsolete". This is what happened in your case, and yes this kind of cleanup is sometimes done if ...
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Arbitrary deletion of comments
Comments are not meant for conversations, so a common reason for them being removed is when 20 or more appear on a post - they'll get auto-flagged for removal - sometimes into a chat room if need be, ...
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Comment templates to be used when flagging for closure / deletion
Questions
Subjective / Opinion-Based Question
Recommendations - Places to Visit
Hi and welcome to [travel.se]. Unfortunately recommending places worth visiting is off topic on this site. Since we all ...
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When voting to close as unclear, please briefly explain why, and request clarification from OP
I'll disagree with Karlson on this one. You don't have to, but it's not very helpful.
Just like the discussion on meta about closing Q with no research, my approach is a case by case.
New/recent ...
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Why was my comment simply thanking a commenter and quoting a definition deleted as not being nice?
I didn't see your original comment, but yes, giving a definition of the word travel seems a bit ridiculous. We use a restricted definition of "travel" here anyway. A reply comment that states that you ...
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Notify on comment moderation
I did delete the 8 x city name comment, as useless, filling space but not adding anything to the discussion. Yes, I did see it was getting upvotes, but I did not feel that upvotes were given for the ...
WillekeMod
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Arbitrary deletion of comments
Is it possible for a 'normal' user possible to find out which mod has deleted comments on a particular question or answer
No.
At least, I'm unaware of any such facility available to 'normal' users.
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When voting to close as unclear, please briefly explain why, and request clarification from OP
A good writer will be able to figure out why it's unclear and fix it. But not everyone is a good writer. "It's totally obvious to me what I meant!"
So, while an explanation may not be mandatory, it'...
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Arbitrary deletion of comments
It does not seem possible. The moderation tools available to users with more than 10000 reputation points include tools to review recently deleted questions and answers but not comments. Clearly, ...
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Overzealous deletion of comments
I'm the mod who deleted your comment.
Comments are second-class citizens on Travel.SE and as such they can be removed at any time, especially if they've been addressed already. I understand it might ...
JonathanReezMod
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Hammer deletes comments. Is it fair to do that?
I have noticed a similar behavior. Apparently when you comment with a link to the dupe question and then vote to dupe-close, that comment is treated the same way as the standard "Possible duplicate of ...
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Should comments be removed if their content got included in the answer?
Is my guess correct?
I don't know as I don't have enough reputation here to find out. However, in stackexchange sites generally, I think it is rare for moderators to step in and clean up comments - ...
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Who ate my comment?
Who ate it
This comment was deleted by the system, because several ordinary users flagged it as offensive. Mods can always undelete comments that any other mods deleted. But comments deleted by ...
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Deletion of questions from new users without explanation
Should moderators be deleting such answers without comment?
No definitely not. Rather, moderators should leave a trace when acting. It says so in the theory of moderation:
Whenever possible, ...
JoErNanOMod
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Should Comments indicating possible duplication be flagged when incorrect?
You should not flag any comment unless it belongs to any of the followings:
If you don't agree with the comment with a duplicate link, you can make a comment using @ + commenter's user name or edit ...
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Arbitrary deletion of comments
I'm reading this "complaint" with a smile. As an old timer on the Internet I have see every so many discussion board go overboard and users leaving in frustration. There are trolls and rude people ...
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Notify on comment moderation
It would be nice to inform/warn the user when a comment is moderated.
The feature request was asked on Meta.SE, and it got declined: Notify user when their comment is removed.
Overall, SE isn't into ...
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Comment Formatting Goes Awry
@MarkMayo was correct: the comment didn't format correctly because I had omitted the "https://" part of the URL. With the entire URL included, the comment formatted correctly.
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Comment templates to be used when flagging for closure / deletion
Answers
I'm Having this Problem Too
Welcome to [travel.se]. This is not a discussion forum; please do not answer a question with another question. I strongly encourage you to take the site [tour] ...
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When voting to close as unclear, please briefly explain why, and request clarification from OP
There was a similar discussion on Meta Stackexchange going back to 2010. While it may be courteous to explain what is unclear it has never been the policy of Stackexchange to require people doing so. ...
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Comments disappearing for no reason
Comments are not meant for eternity. You can find numerous quotes of that type all across meta.SE and the help centre. Deleting comments is a very simple and easy process both for those who wrote them ...
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