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Solution Include a post notice that says the following: We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and context. Don't just give a one-line answer; explain why your answer is ...

I'd propose another solution: lock the answer. This is often done for questions that are historically significant and popular, but don't meet guidelines in the present day. I'd also recommend either ...

TL'DR Please flag spam as "spam"; nonsense should be flagged as "abusive". For questions it is recommended to also vote to close the question. Downvoting isn't necessary and costs ...

Mark the question as "too broad" or "primarily opinion based" as recommending "good" books / courses is clearly subjective, and listing all of them is ridiculous (and can be had simply by hitting "...

Solution Mod-delete the answer Problem(s) The answer has been present for years and has ~50 up votes on it. The user that posted it stands to lose a significant quantity of rep from it being ...

More seriously, I tend to agree that it's worthwhile to ask people to give more information than a yes or no in answer to a question. On the few occasions where it seemed amusing to me to be a ...

I just dug through the system and found the reasons for the declined flags. So to understand this we need a short primer on the way close-votes and the flags work. First, for close-votes there's a ...

First up: @SEJPM accepted that first flag. resulting in deletion of the answer, while I rejected the other flag when stumbling upon it (which is why @PauUszak's answer is still there). As a result, ...

First thought: in case you're unaware of it, you can always vote to reopen if you think that makes sense and if you have the according reputation. This works like ...