Timeline for Is it wrong to ask people to accept an answer to their question?
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| Apr 10, 2012 at 15:47 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse Mod | Well someone disagreed and flagging your comment and when I looked in your profile, I thought I saw more of these comments. Furthermore, the user has a 93% accept rate, he clearly knows he can accept answers, so I find it rather pointless. Also, just because something is highly upvoted on Meta doesn't mean I have to agree with it. For all I know it was upvoted only by people who want to leave these comments and nobody else bothered to vote. | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 14:56 | comment | added | Daniel Andersson | @Ivo: Who does (unobtrusive, polite) comments asking the person to tie up their loose ends hurt? The argument seems to be that it looks unelegant if someone is begging to be accepted, but "begging to be accepted" != "asking poster to accept or give more info". I concur with Wuffers. Is this to be seen as the most authoritative answer and thread on this subject? I tried to follow this and this and got a (kind) response from a mod to stop commenting on old questions in this way. | |
| Jul 11, 2011 at 23:22 | comment | added | James T Snell | +1 I think it's fine, unless you clearly get in to begging for accepts, implicitly just to gain rep. | |
| Jul 10, 2011 at 16:54 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | @Mark I'd decide on a case by case basis to nudge a user. While accept ratio might be helpful for you in deciding whether to actually bother with answering a question, it doesn't tell you whether it'd be helpful to remind him to respond to answers. If he has 98% accept ratio, I don't care. Either respond to answers, clarify the question, or accept an answer. | |
| Jul 10, 2011 at 16:52 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | @Simon while sometimes a low acceptance rate might be an issue, it's a weak indicator. You really should check the user's questions whether the answers he got are actually useful. | |
| Jul 10, 2011 at 4:41 | vote | accept | nopcorn | ||
| Jul 10, 2011 at 1:36 | comment | added | Wuffers | @Simon: I most certainly think it is. It's very common to remind people to work on their accept rate. | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 22:53 | comment | added | Simon Sheehan | @Ivo Lets say a user has 250 rep or so - they've been on here a bit. but then they only have a 20% acceptance rate, or less. Is that acceptable for a little prod? | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 17:16 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | +1 I do this sometimes, reminding users to comment on answers whether they worked, to provide additional information requested in comments, etc.. Especially if there's more than just my answer, I keep these nudges neutral. I see absolutely no issue with this, as it either is ignored anyway, leads to better questions and answers (through edits and clarification), or marks a question resolved. | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 16:58 | comment | added | Wuffers | I only tell people to make sure to accept when they have less than 10 rep. | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 16:31 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse Mod | I'd see it as the inverse of the acceptance percentage: if you ask for getting your answer accepted 80% of the time, its too much ;-) | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 15:35 | comment | added | nopcorn | @Ivo Flipse: How should we know which questions to prod? Right now I have about 20 questions with good answers (not just mine) and absolutely no input from the OP. | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 15:22 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse Mod | It becomes improper when you ask it on every single question you answer or every unanswered you visit. But some gentle nudges to new users are off course no problem | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 15:06 | history | answered | Wuffers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |