Timeline for Answers as comments - please resist the urge
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| Dec 1, 2017 at 3:03 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | If it's any consolation, I read your question here, then a few days later I was commenting on a question and subsequenly decided to convert it to this answer. | |
| Oct 18, 2017 at 2:21 | answer | added | I say Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 9, 2017 at 5:45 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @MaskedMan, the comments vs. answers debate has been raging almost since the site started. All of the guidance I've found has been a bit ambiguous. Can you point to policy or guidance that says comments should be used only to seek clarification or add more information? | |
| Oct 8, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | Masked Man | Why do you need a new policy for that? There is already an existing policy that says comments should be used only to seek clarification or add more information. When you click Add Comment, you are even reminded to avoid answering in comments, so just flag such comments and let the moderators get rid of them. Could you please clarify why the existing policy is insufficient to deal with your case? | |
| Oct 8, 2017 at 10:31 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 8, 2017 at 10:29 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Ah - it was there, but had got scrunched in with the quote, sorry. | |
| Oct 8, 2017 at 10:28 | history | edited | Tetsujin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 8, 2017 at 10:23 | comment | added | undo | The thing is, often what we put in the comments aren't actually answers at all, simply educated guesses to potential solutions. For example something as simple as "try updating drivers" or "running X or Y tool" aren't in themselves complete answers, just ideas... | |
| Oct 8, 2017 at 10:18 | history | asked | Tetsujin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |