Delete questions and closed proposals; access to moderation tools

What is a trusted user?

Trusted users are allowed to perform trusted actions, including:

• cast delete and undelete votes on proposals
• view deleted proposals
• have access to moderator tools

When should I delete proposals?

Closed proposals that are of no lasting value whatsoever should be flagged and deleted.

It takes 3 votes, minimum, to delete a closed proposal — and the proposal must have been closed for 2 days. However, the number of delete votes required scales to the number of followers. If you feel a proposal should be deleted despite having lots of votes, please flag it for community moderator attention.

You can view a list of posts with outstanding delete votes via the moderator tools delete tab.

What's in the moderator tools?

• posts flagged as offensive or spam
• recently deleted proposals
• recently closed proposals
• see all recent edits in chronological order
• new posts by new users
• recent proposals with most view velocity
• recent proposals with most edit velocity
• recent proposals with most vote velocity

These help highlight potential problem areas — or just areas of high activity — on the site.