Timeline for What to do with answers to abandoned questions?
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| Mar 14, 2012 at 5:49 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit | @MichaelK I would suggest you go to MSO and do a search for the topic. The issue has been discussed, rediscussed, rehashed and declined multiple times, since it is not considered a problem by a majority of users. Again, there is no guideline or rule that states every question has an accepted answer, and the site's definition of an answered question reflects that. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 22:20 | comment | added | Michael K | Figuring out the right answer is one problem, to less attention to many questions to give it enough votes is another one. It seems to me that there are to much niche questions that no one can approve or even vote on the answer correctly. There has to be a way to deal with this. like pictured in the xkcd imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wisdom_of_the_ancients.png that is the main problem. I asked my self if someone may have an idea for this, since every discussion seems to end like I mentioned in my question, I wanted to start this from another perspective. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 22:06 | comment | added | slhck | @MichaelK But how do you figure out if something is the right answer if not through the score of an answer? In the long run, the best answers will automatically float to the top. If you see something wrong, downvote it or even flag it for deletion if it doesn't answer the question. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 19:53 | history | edited | BinaryMisfit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2012 at 19:50 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit | @Kyle Fair point. During the time I was moderator I rarely answered questions, and have since not had the time or lost interest. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 19:32 | comment | added | Michael K | First of all since that seems to be misunderstood, this in NOT about getting reputation. It is just about making clear what the right answer was. I am aware that a moderator or even community votes won't ensure that, but we discuss here to find a better way. Since this is a comment, I will add something more to the question. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 19:12 | comment | added | Supercereal | There was also wasn't as many question on the site when you stopped answering so there was a better chance community would bump it or someone would edit/retag and bump it. Also as a mod your profile got alot more views than your average user would. I personally remember reading through your answers when I first started here. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 18:47 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | Note that for niche topics, even good answers rarely get more than +2. The checkmark almost doubles that. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 17:34 | history | answered | BinaryMisfit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
