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Overzealous flagging?

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1sturlington
Nov 7, 2014, 8:09 am

I posted a review of the book Grimms' Fairy Tales here: http://www.librarything.com/work/1455755/reviews/90248558

Seconds after it was posted, I see it was blue flagged! Could someone either explain why or please counter-flag it?

2sturlington
Nov 7, 2014, 8:17 am

The flag has now disappeared. Thanks to the counter-flagger, or perhaps there was a glitch in the matrix.

3aulsmith
Nov 8, 2014, 9:13 am

On a broader topic, I have to say that the flagging of short reviews, especially those which are sentence fragments has gotten so out of hand that I now have my review order reversed and look at the down-flagged reviews first.

Unless I'm seriously misunderstanding something, the length of the entry is not a criteria for flagging. If it uses a word involving evaluation (like "no") or it is a plot summary, with or without spoilers (Henry loses his shoes), it is a legitimate review, even if you personally don't find it informative.

4lilithcat
Nov 8, 2014, 10:25 am

> 3

Unless I'm seriously misunderstanding something, the length of the entry is not a criteria for flagging.

You're not wrong.

5sturlington
Nov 8, 2014, 12:06 pm

Here is another example, and it's not even short. This is not my review but there is no reason why it should be blue flagged:

http://www.librarything.com/work/11812442/reviews/82957394