Flags vs. down-votes

Question

Just to be sure; something is flagged when it's against rules but...down-votes? I can imagine answers but what about questions...?

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Answer 1

For questions:

• Flag questions that are against the rules, or otherwise need attention from staff (e.g. due to a bad title or poor grammar).
• Down-vote questions that you think are lazy, badly written, lack important details, aren't reasonable to answer, won't be useful to other people, etc.

For answers:

• Flag it if the answer is inappropriate in some way or breaks the rules (e.g. it's not an actual answer and should be a comment).
• Also flag if you think it should be edited due to bad grammar or formatting.
• Vote down if the answer is incorrect, gives bad advice, misses the point of the question, doesn't give enough explanation, etc.
• Incorrect answers do not break the rules (and can actually serve an informative purpose, if somebody explains why they're wrong). If the answer is fine apart from being incorrect, don't flag it. Just down vote.

For comments:

• Flag if they are rude or insulting for no reason. For example if an answer is bad you might downvote it and post a polite comment saying that it's wrong. But saying "you're dumb" or stuff like that is not welcome here and should be flagged.
• Comments should be on-topic, relating to the question or answer. They should be relevant in some way for people reading the question in future. A random comment like "hey what's your favourite Pokemon" should be taken to the chat.

Comments

How about for comments?

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if it is rude or insulting

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@ Conkeldude1

Not really, you aren't supposed to be rude to other users, but a seemingly rude comment doesn't need to be flagged.

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OK updated with a few points on comments. Yes, insulting comments should be flagged.

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" For no reason "
I take it, if someone gives me crappy advice on a team and I tell them pretty much exactly why it's crappy advice, and that it is crappy advice, that's not something to be flagged, right?