<p>In case @glen_b does not have time to answer and close the thread I am posting here his links
<a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95275/what-is-a-disputed-flag">What is a disputed flag?</a>
and
<a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/141292/what-is-the-difference-between-disputed-and-declined-flags">What is the difference between disputed and declined flags?</a></p>

<p>In the hope that others may learn from my two mistakes :</p>

<p>First mistake was to forget that this was likely to be an SE-wdie issue so serching as I did just on Meta-CV was not going to work.</p>

<p>Second mistake was not to think through what my area of ignorance really was. In fact reading the helpful linked posts it is clear that I did not really understand what happens to flags at all. I have subsequently re-read the description of the <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/flag-posts">Flag posts privilege</a>
which  has helped clear up some of my confusion.</p>
