Skip to main content
Super User

Return to Question

replaced http://superuser.com/ with https://superuser.com/
Source Link
Community Bot
Community Bot
  • 1

The poster of this questionthis question subsequently edited it and added a solution he had found. I left a comment asking him to post his edit as an answer instead (and self-accept if he feels like it), but he hasn't done so yet. Odd, because he's been a member of SO for over a year, and has self-answered before.

Anyway, suppose he never returns. In such cases it would be easy enough for any of us to move that solution to an answer, but is that the best way to go about it? In such situations can mods add answers as other users so the users get the credit? If not, should we add an answer and perhaps mark it as Community Wiki?

The poster of this question subsequently edited it and added a solution he had found. I left a comment asking him to post his edit as an answer instead (and self-accept if he feels like it), but he hasn't done so yet. Odd, because he's been a member of SO for over a year, and has self-answered before.

Anyway, suppose he never returns. In such cases it would be easy enough for any of us to move that solution to an answer, but is that the best way to go about it? In such situations can mods add answers as other users so the users get the credit? If not, should we add an answer and perhaps mark it as Community Wiki?

The poster of this question subsequently edited it and added a solution he had found. I left a comment asking him to post his edit as an answer instead (and self-accept if he feels like it), but he hasn't done so yet. Odd, because he's been a member of SO for over a year, and has self-answered before.

Anyway, suppose he never returns. In such cases it would be easy enough for any of us to move that solution to an answer, but is that the best way to go about it? In such situations can mods add answers as other users so the users get the credit? If not, should we add an answer and perhaps mark it as Community Wiki?

edited tags
Link
Sathyajith Bhat Mod
Sathyajith Bhat Mod
  • 62.1k
  • 3
  • 54
  • 93
Source Link
Karan
Karan
  • 56.9k
  • 12
  • 16

How best to handle an answer added to the question?

The poster of this question subsequently edited it and added a solution he had found. I left a comment asking him to post his edit as an answer instead (and self-accept if he feels like it), but he hasn't done so yet. Odd, because he's been a member of SO for over a year, and has self-answered before.

Anyway, suppose he never returns. In such cases it would be easy enough for any of us to move that solution to an answer, but is that the best way to go about it? In such situations can mods add answers as other users so the users get the credit? If not, should we add an answer and perhaps mark it as Community Wiki?