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For questions about the review queues: the section of the site where users with sufficient reputation can review others' posts, e.g. for possible closure or deletion, and suggested edits.

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Can you see your own questions or answers in a review queue?

Basically what the title says. Is it possible to see your own posts in a review queue? Of course it's bad practice at the very least to review your own posts or whatever. However I'm trying to figure ...
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Why are the review queues always empty?

I've recently gained the privilege of accessing a few review queues, but they never have any questions in them. Is this due to lack of moderators/the time that moderators have? Or is somebody sitting ...
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Why was I asked to review "a first post"? What are the consequences for ignoring the task?

I have received an notification on scifi Stack Exchange demanding me to "review" what was labelled as a "first post". What I saw was a question I have found to be mostly ...
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What is a review in Science Fiction and Fantasy?

What is writing a review on SFF:SE? I'm not sure why, but there's a new icon in the top , along with the inbox, reputation, help, and "other sites" icon. It has "queues" for reviews and other things. ...
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Is there a place where to find examples of questions that should be closed?

I have recently gone above the 3,000 reputation mark and have hence been given the ability to review closing questions. I have recently missed some key details in how to review and close questions (as ...
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What are these lines?

This is kind of annoying, and these lines don't seem to serve any purpose. Why are they here? OS: Windows 10 Browser: Brave Resolution: 1366x768
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A plea for action

The First Posts and Late Answers review queues are arguably the two most important review queues on the site. They help moderate content from new users and point them in the right direction to act in ...
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Can we change the text of the generic NaA comment in the Low Quality Posts review?

The text, as it stands, is as follows: This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that ...
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Can't close question as dupe. Just get error message

In what looks like another example of the same bug (Why can't I close this question as a dupe?) I don't seem to be able to close this question as a duplicate. Young adult novel involving Time-...
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Why can't I review posts anymore?

I went to review queue and I was confronted with a message: Obviously it says I have been selecting No Action Needed, which I have, b/c on all the questions or answers it only provides No Action ...
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As a user who is new to the review process, is there a best-practice guide for reviewing first-posts/late-answers?

I've read How should I review First Posts on topics I am completely unfamiliar with?, but my question relates to the following line in the available guidance: Edit to improve the answer's appearance, ...
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Have my review permissions been revoked?

As of today I have noticed that I can't go into the review section. It is stating that I can go there on 9th December at the earliest. Is this because my privileges have been revoked for some reason ...
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Why doesn't this question show up in the review queue for Close Votes?

The following question has, as I'm writing this, 1 close vote against it.‡ How do the pirate tests in Uncharted 4 get reset? There is a discussion about it in the comments and I disagree with ...
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Why do old posts show up in the First Posts queue?

First posts almost invariably show in the queue of the same name within 15 minutes or so, and sometimes nearly immediately. Occasionally, however, when looking at the First Posts review history or ...
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Why is there no Review audit on Scifi & Fantasy Stack Exchange?

On Stackoverflow Review queues, there's always some hidden audit test post in the review. Sometimes they come up almost consecutively. However, In Review queues of SFF Stack Exchange, I have never ...
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I feel like I don't have enough options when reviewing low quality posts

Take a look at this answer. It certainly does not "Look OK". I can't edit it because I don't know anything about Halo. I wouldn't recommend deletion because I think the author can improve it. Should ...
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How much should one edit an edit?

Are there any established guidelines on how much one should intervene when reviewing an edit? Specifically, when reviewing an edit with several grammatical corrections, but with similar errors left ...
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Are edits supposed to add information/content to an answer?

I just approved an edit made to an answer by someone other than the answer's author. It added a piece of information to the answer's list of data. I happened to know the data was a correct addition. (...
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"Looks OK" or "Looks Good"?

I was recently looking at my network-wide activity history and noticed the following anomaly: When reviewing an item on the Low Quality Posts review queue, the options are "Delete" / "Recommend ...
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Sudden surge of late answers?

There's been an influx of questions into the late answers review queue - The ones I looked at seemed to have been answered a year or so ago, not now. Unfortunately in looking through them I went ...
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Close vote review queue: let me see the answers on a review question

I have a minor annoyance/inconsistency with the close vote review queue. Suppose I’m looking at a question which has been flagged as a duplicate of another question. On the flagged question, I can ...
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Should we edit bad answers for grammar?

Example here When reviewing first or potentially bad posts, it's not horribly uncommon to find an answer that not only misses the point, but also has bad grammar or spelling, or is unclear. Being the ...
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Editing proposed changes

I am new to reviewing edits. I've just seen three separate changes proposed which add or modify the authors original intended question/answer (but isn't wrong or contrary to what the author intended)....
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What is "Robo-reviewing"?

Currently on the review page it says: Robo-reviewing plagiarized content. Come back in 7 days to continue reviewing. What does this mean? Are posts safe from being voted-to-close for the next 7 days?...
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Why am I suddenly getting all these review tasks?

Over the past two or three weeks, I have noticed an uptick in the number of review tasks open to me (which is pretty cool- it's neat to help out more). How are review tasks assigned? Is it based on ...
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Wrong answers collection [closed]

I have recently noticed some answers that were plain out wrong to a subject matter expert, yet they were NOT downvoted. While review queue allows some chance of dealing with them, I see that ...
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First Post review instructions are mislabeled

When reviewing "First Posts", the instructions provided say that I am reviewing a first question, even though I'm reviewing a first answer. If the system cannot be made to intelligently change the ...
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How should I review First Posts on topics I am completely unfamiliar with?

I sometimes get first-time posts in the review queue that I cannot really judge, since I have no knowledge of the universe whatsoever (e.g. "Does this question even make sense?" / "Does this answer ...
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When does the system show flag review screen? [closed]

Today I had an yellow ellipse with "11" in it in my top toolbar next to "review" link, which took me to a screen allowing reviewing flagged posts. I only recall seeing that screen ...
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Why can I only delete some answers in flag review screen? [closed]

Today I was presented with flag review screen which showed some flags for review. For some of the posts, I had 2 buttons: "flag" and "delete answer" But for others, I only had the "flag" button, ...
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Why would a question not appear in "Leave Open" Review queue?

I wanted to vote to "Leave Open" for this question: What would have happened if a younger student had gotten his name in the Goblet of Fire? , but couldn't find it in the Review Queue anymore. Why ...
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Invisible link on Low Quality Review Queue

While taking a look at an item in the Low Quality Posts queue, I noticed an oddity. There's an invisible link to delete the post: When I mouseover the link, it changes color, which is how I noticed ...
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web page colors render review question unreadable

I tried reviewing on meta for the first time today and was faced with this: Nearly white text on a nearly white background seems a poor choice.
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Review notification doesn't refresh on review [closed]

When you see the little round (or square on IE) orange blob on the SE top-bar (do these things have better names) it shows you have reviews pending. Once you've made a review, it doesn't refresh, or ...
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Old review tool contradicts itself regarding the number of "first questions" [closed]

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How is question quality determined, for review etc?

I want to make a data query that looks for archaeology eligible posts, but I also want to try and narrow it down to posts that need editing and not just random posts. How is the 'quality of post' ...
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