Timeline for How to deal with out of date questions?
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| Jun 4, 2019 at 15:12 | comment | added | music2myear | @WendyG which is why I specifically noted that my comments were for those cases where the answer was NOT applicable across both versions. | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 11:07 | comment | added | WendyG | @music2myear As long as the windows 10 answer is explicitly tagged it can be very useful added to a top rated windows 7 question, so your first search answers your question. As so often the same answer applies to both versions i often read old ones and find it useful. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 23:59 | comment | added | music2myear | That's a good point @Ramhound: If a question is for Windows 7, and contains aspects specific to that OS, adding Windows 10 answers is not answering the question, and if there is a Windows 10 question along the same lines, there should probably be a new question to cover that. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 19:52 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @Ramhound, people likely read that as "nobody in particular", i.e., not a specific user like the OP. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 19:40 | comment | added | Ramhound | "While an answer is for nobody" - Does anyone read comments anymore? I meant "everyone" but 4 people apparently agreed that answers are for nobody. | |
| Jun 1, 2019 at 12:48 | comment | added | Ramhound | My only advice is make sure the new answer also applies to the authors question. While an answer is for nobody it also has to be applicable to the question that was asked. If it isn’t applicable then a new question should be asked, in which you specify the existing answer(s) do not apply to your question, and then self-answer your question. This way it will be clear, that you have a new question, and your answer does not apply to the original questions. First thing I do as a reviewer, when an answer is submitted to an existing question, is verify it is applicable to the authors question. | |
| May 31, 2019 at 19:50 | history | answered | fixer1234 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |