QP

Purpose of the Queue

The Question Policy queue ensures that questions are well-written attempts to obtain information.

The Queue in Context

Items are enqueued in the Question Policy queue in two ways: 1) user reports and 2) reviewer reports for policy violations in the Question Quality Triage and Question Vandalism queues. Depending on the policy violation, content in the Question Policy queue is collapsed or deleted, and users are notified about what policy their question violated. Because of these consequences, it is important to be accurate in this queue.

How to Process the Queue

Questions will appear in the queue one at a time. You will see the question and the reason it was reported (if applicable). 

Follow these steps to process the queue:

• 1. Read the question.

  2. Decide whether the question violates a policy in the list of labels. 

• • • • The labels in the queue appear in order of decreasing severity.

      • If a question violates multiple policies, choose the highest severity policy. 

        • • For example, if a question violates both Spam and Needs Improvement, it should be labeled as Spam.

      • If the question is both Wrong Language and a more severe violation like Hate Speech or Harassment and Bullying, the correct label is Wrong Language. We do not expect you to translate questions.

      • If the question is sexual in nature, without a clear educational purpose and in the absence of any other violation, label it as Adult content.

  • Otherwise, label it as OK if the question does not contain any policy violations.

We recommend using keyboard shortcuts to process this queue.

When to label as Needs Improvement:

• • Apply this label if the question contains 2 or more minor errors or 1 or more major error.

  • Minor error

    • • A minor error is a spelling, grammar, or formatting issue. Each issue is one minor error.

        • • EXCEPTION FOR GERMAN QUORA: comma errors and verb conjugation errors count as major errors because they are very significant mistakes. See the “Major error” section below for details and examples.

      • For more details on how to count errors in questions, see step 2 of the Question Quality Triage guidelines. 

      • See the formatting guidelines for more detailed information on grammar and structure.

  • Major error

    • • The four types of major errors are below.

• • • • Incomplete questions or questions that need to be reworded

        • • Frank Lampard is the best soccer player in the world - right?

          • Aung Sun Suu Kyi said she will be above the president and he will have no authority. It doesn't sound convincing to me?

          • If x=3y+2, find x ((imperative sentences need to be reworded)

          • Give examples of sedimentary rocks (imperative sentences need to be reworded)

          • Create a 500 word essay describing your college life (imperative sentences need to be reworded)

          • Diagram of double fertilization in flowering plants?

          • Evolution of China's one-child policy? 

• • • • Vague questions: if you were to answer this question right now, would you be able to provide a helpful answer? If not, then the question is most likely too vague.

        • • Is this means if Russia retaliate, NATO will not intervene?

          • Are you my baby?

          • Ayurvedic cure for ulcerative colitis?

          • How to do buy a car?

          • Am I a banned driver?

          • Why did my boyfriend borrow?

          • Why is my mom here?

          • What is the best phone to buy under 12000? (missing currency symbol makes question vague)

• • • Overly reliant on information not included in the question.

      • • Does this photography look weird to you? (photo in question comments)

        • Do I seem depressed? Please fully read link before answering.

• • • • • • What should I do? See comment.

• • • EXCEPTION FOR GERMAN QUORA: comma errors and verb conjugation errors count as major errors because they are very significant mistakes.

      • • If a question has 1+ comma error or verb conjugation error, flag as Needs Improvement.

        • Examples of verb conjugation errors:

          • • Was machen Du am besten auf Mallorca?

            • Lassen Du Leute absichtlich warten?

            • Warum haben Du Deine Ansicht zum Klimawandel geändert?

        • Examples of comma errors:

          • • Weshalb stören sich einige Menschen an Ausländern wenn doch alle Menschen gleich sind?

            • Warum nehmen die USA das Recht heraus die Weltpolizei zu spielen?

            • Was sind ernstzunehmende Gefahren aus dem Klimawandel und wie kann manA denen begegnen um Schlimmeres zu verhindern?

        • Note: missing other punctuation marks (periods, question marks, etc.) is not a major error.

When to label as Adult content:

• • Apply this label if the question is sexually explicit, suggestive or pornographic without any educational purpose and only after any other possible violations have been ruled out. Use the following table as a quick reference for how to label questions with Adult content:

Additional Training Resources

Examples -- a spreadsheet with examples of questions, labeled

Evaluating Current Events Related Content -- tips for evaluating questions about current events you're not familiar with.

Gun Control in the USA -- background information on gun control in the USA + how we should approach Quora questions on the issue

Pattern Tracking -- lists historical patterns of troll questions/other content to look out for