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flaggin contradiction?

Yesterday I flagged How is Algebra, Equations, Geometry etc. going to help with life citing reason 'it is too broad to be answered' the flag was rejected 'only flag if it needs moderator ...
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Question about using flags

I recently flagged an answer because I thought that something strange was going on with the votes on the answer. The flag was declined because "flags should only be used to make moderators aware of ...
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Guidance for how and when to flag a question: declined flags

When reviewing first posts in particular, it is my understanding that one should check if the question is a fit for the site, among which if the question makes sufficient sense. I take these tasks ...
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How to suggest questions for transfer to a sister site, if that site appears better suited?

Compare also Willie's feedback here that this is perfectly legitimate, at least in his eyes. However, when I flagged this question for possible transfer to cross-validated, as I consider it a much ...
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Flags on comments don't sum up correctly

When you look at Your flagging history it might happen that the flags on comments don't sum correctly. Seems like there are some that are still waiting for review (which shows up for flags on for ...
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Why was the request to migrate a generalized Stack Exchange question to Meta Stack Overflow declined?

I'm an elected moderator on Stack Overflow. I recently flagged the following question on your meta to be migrated to Meta Stack Overflow: Do mods of stackexchange sites get paid? The reason I did ...
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Moderators ignoring flags

For some reason the moderators have ignored my recent flags. My flags have not been declined, deemed helpful, etc. Is there a reason for that?
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Flood of low-quality flags!

In the past hour or so there has been a flood of automatic "low quality" flags. At the moment there are $33$ of them. Almost all are not low quality at all. Seems quite a trouble to start ...
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Capture the Flag: FAQ on Flagging

What is flagging for moderator attention? How does the flagging process work? What are the different flags, and what are they useful for?
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What does the new “helpful flags” field in the profile page count?

Recently the flag weight field was scrapped from the profile page, and replaced by a “helpful flags” field. I would like a clarification about how this new system works. Here is my ...
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What are those flags in the mod-tools good for? When and how should I act on them?

Every once in a while I see flags displayed to me in one of the tabs of the moderator tools. Most of the time I just ignore them, because I don't understand what they could possibly be about, but ...
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Declined user flags for “Deputy” badgers

When flagging an answer, question or comment you later see in the flagging history page whether or not a moderator thought your flag was helpful, disputed or declined. In past versions it was ...
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Flagging comments

In the context of this now-closed and deleted question, there were a couple of comments by the OP that I thought merited flagging for moderator attention. Much to my surprise, as soon as I flagged ...
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Upvoted rather than flagged a comment; can it be undone?

I was trying to flag a comment in this answer, and messed up and upvoted it instead. I immediately tried to cancel the upvote to discover, somewhat to my surprise, that comment upvotes cannot be ...
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Can I flag a question for moderator attention without voting to close it?

I just now happened to flag a question for moderator attention, for the reason that I felt it could be considered a duplicate of another question. I only wanted to bring it to a moderator's attention ...
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What does “flag weight 120” mean?

On my profile page the following is written: "flag weight 120" What does this mean?