Timeline for Difficulty trying to answer old unanswered questions
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| Oct 15, 2014 at 14:14 | comment | added | user | I would still recommend turning the comments into at least a CW answer in that case. If someone comes along needing an answer to that question, they at least have it all collected in a single place rather than in a jumble of comments. If someone familiar with the subject eventually comes along, they can take that CW answer and expand on it turning it into a proper answer, either by editing or by posting a new answer. IMO that's a win for everyone involved. Remember that comments are second-class citizens on Stack Exchange and can be deleted for almost any reason. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 7:04 | comment | added | fixer1234 | I used the term "answered" loosely. Mostly, they are questions, hints, or collections of suggestions that pointed the OP in the right direction and they subsequently implied that they had solved the problem. There isn't enough there to convert it to an answer. Often, the OP is long gone. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 6:29 | comment | added | Robotnik | If the question is answered in the comments, or the OP has edited their question with the solution, you should first leave a comment, asking them to put it as an answer, and (if after a couple of days they don't) - Add it as an answer yourself with the 'Community Wiki' checkbox ticked (and edit it out of the question). | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 8:06 | vote | accept | fixer1234 | ||
| Oct 13, 2014 at 8:00 | history | answered | fixer1234 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |