What are flags and when should they be used?

Help Center · What are flags and when should they be used?

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After gaining enough reputation points, you will be able to flag all questions, answers, and comments posted on this site. Flagging posts is a moderation privilege awarded to trusted members of the community. Flags allow marking content that is for any reason inappropriate for this site. Posts that receive a certain number of flags (the number varies) are automatically hidden. Flagged posts are also brought to the attention of moderators and other community members who can single-handedly hide posts.

Please flag a post when:

• It contains spam or other abusive or offensive material
• The majority of the post is non-english
• It doesn't belong to this site per What kinds of questions should be avoided? and What should I avoid in my answers? guides, that can be viewed in the Help Center
• It is posted as a question but doesn't provide any
• It is posted as an answer but doesn't attempt to answer the original question (moderators can convert it to a comment if the post is useful)
• An exact question has already been asked (please link the duplicate question in the comment)

Please do NOT flag:

• Answers that you find partially or completely incorrect (this is handled by voting)

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See also: When should I flag the post as "very low quality"? [Meta TibiaQA]