How picky are the mods when it comes to the wording of a question?

Not being a mod, I can’t answer this. All I can tell you is that sometimes they allow “questions” that aren’t really questions. Like “I was sitting under a house of glass?” I mean, WTF? But they do get through.

Mostly if you ask a question with enough detail to make it understandable and clear what you are looking for, you’ll do fine.

Have you had questions modded recently that you thought were pickily modded?

Great question!

We are picky enough that several questions a day only last a few minutes before a mod sends them back to the user to correct. I would say that on a busy day we can have quite a few questions that we send back to the user to edit.

If it is a new user or one who has ESL I tend to give them a little more leeway if the question is understandable but awkward. Typos in the title always are sent back to fix.

I should add that txtspk is always pushed to edit.

@wundayatta Please flag questions that are not real questions. Some do slip through the cracks when we do not see them. :)

Oh, here’s an example from right now: “Depression?”

uh….., nice of you to offer, but no thanks.

@wundayatta…I don’t see it ;)

@chels It seems to be gone already. Wasn’t there when I went back to look for a link. You guys are effin efficient!

@wundayatta We do our best!

Mods are not picky.

They just rule with an iron fist.

I haven’t been modded for wording, but I read a question today that was really badly put together…I didn’t know whether flagging would be appropriate or if I was just being nit-picky.

@SundayKittens: Always flag if you’re unsure. The worst that can happen is that we don’t agree.

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We’re picky-ish. That’s about as precise as I can be. ;)