[wouso-dev] Flag/report question feature

[Razvan Deaconescu]

Iulian Radu <iulian.radu67 at gmail.com> writes:
> As discussed in the last WoUSO meeting, we need to have an easy method of
> reporting a question.
>
> I suggest that on the challenge result page we would have a flag question
> button/icon that when clicked will open a dropdown list, allowing the user
> to select a corresponding flag for the question (ambigous, typo error
> etc.). We can later count the number of flags for a question and display
> them on a page, somewhere in the CPanel.

This should happen for QotD questions as well.

> I can work on this but I need some directions. I assume the dropdown list
> can be a form. How can we autosubmit the form when selecting an item from
> the list?

I see you have already found something out on Facebook and as we
discussed on Facebook ourselves[1].

> Also, the page shouldn't be refreshed considering the challenge result page
> can be accessed only after ending a challenge and submitting that form.
> From what I've read, we have to use ajax for that.
>
> Also, another way would be to not use multiple flags and just have a
> flag/report question button. If we see 15 reports on a question, we won't
> need a flag to find out the problem.

Why not have a number of times a question has been flagged. That value
would be stored in the database and that would be it. If a question
"number_of_reports" is past a certain threshold we really need to fix it.

Răzvan