Changes to the flag dialog have been made. However, I can't help but feel that the job was rushed, as many things have been left untouched, resulting in inconsistencies between old and new elements:
The "Not an answer" option on the answer flag dialog looks terribly out of place:
I think this answer should be...
deleted as spam
deleted as rude or abusive
Not an answer
...
It is the only option with a remaining capital letter, and it doesn't work with the initial phrasing ("I think this answer should be Not an answer").
The
"This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network"flag is found under"closed" -> "A community-specific reason". While it made sense when"closed"was"Needs improvement", it's no longer correct: I don't want the question closed, I want it migrated to another site.(One might argue that from the system's perspective, migration means closing and duplicating the question, but we're users, we speak human, we can't be expected to guess how SE's backend works)
The Help Center wasn't updated: it still mentions the old options' names (same on SO, and I assume most if not all sites)
Considering the flag dialog changes are network wide, it should be up to employees to update help centers accordingly with the changes they made.
There are two paths to flagging as a duplicate (
"closed as a duplicate question"and"closed" -> "Duplicate")This was already a thing before the flag dialog changes, but well, it's worth rementionning.
After selecting
"closed", the next dialog reads:What kind of improvement does this question need?
...even though the option I clicked is named
"closed"and no longer"Needs improvement".The wording is inconsistent, while the first dialog for questions and answers is worded as such:
This is the beginning of the sentence, and this is...
the first possible ending of the sentence
the second possible ending of the sentence
...
The other dialogs are left untouched, keeping their original wording:
What option will you go with?
Option A
Option B
...
Please keep it consistent. Maybe could the
"What kind of improvement does this question need?"dialog be changed to something like:This question needs to be closed because...
it is a duplicate
of a community-specific reason
it needs details or clarity
it needs more focus
it is opinion-based
To fit the new wording style. The opposite can also be done (and personally, I'd prefer that) by restoring the original wording style to the first dialog (honestly, not having a capital letter at the start of every option looks really bad.)
discussion: I'd like to know which of these points the community cares about and which they don't or feel are fine as-is. If you have more things to raise, please point them out, I'll gladly add them to this post!
bug I see most of these problems as "due to a mistake". Clearly, not enough time was put into this, and it is SE Inc.'s mistake for not properly testing these changes and make everything consistent and coherent.
Gives a whole new meaning to "Community Asks Sprint". "Sprint" doesn't mean you need to complete it as fast as possible without caring nor testing.
