Timeline for How can I add a Note to an answer that stopped working with an Windows update?
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| Jul 13, 2020 at 9:59 | comment | added | Frank Breitling | The only thing I am proposing is to save the reader time by adding a "Note" at the beginning since a comment only appears at the end. The "Note" is important since it addresses a problem from a new Windows update which the author could not address at the time of posting his answer. Therefore I assume the author and readers would appreciate my edit. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 8:48 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | @FrankBreitling As a final point, are you proposing that you go through every answer on our site and editing in their version applicability or the exact date they stopped working? If so then I commend your dedication. If not, then why does this one particular answer deserve to be singled out? | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 8:40 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | You've left a comment and as far as I'm concerned that is enough unless you can state why it no longer works with an explanation, in which case that may warrant a new question rather than digging up an old answer just to say "Nope." You could even post a bounty asking for new answers that do work with 2004. There are many better ways to do it than defacing old answers. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 8:38 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | The disclaimer is obvious. "It may not work for you", YMMV, IANAL, however you want to state it it clearly implies it may stop working at any time for any number of reasons including updates. Adding a list of things it won't work on to the top of the answer is noise as you would quickly end up with a whole page of "doesn't work on Lenovo xR5" or "works on Dell FlibbleWidget6" and is just useless. All advice is subject to the whims of software and hardware designers and what may work now may stop in 5 minutes. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 8:22 | comment | added | Frank Breitling | "The reject reason" is not a reason but a plain statement. I have given reasons why it needs to be in the answer. Therefore please except my edit. The "disclaimer" is not obvious and not enough. As other people and I have confirmed it used to work until Windows update 2004. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 6:21 | history | answered | MokubaiMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |