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Is it wrong to ask people to accept an answer to their question?
I was looking through some of the questions I've answered, and an unsettling amount have:
Not accepted an answer
Not given extra details to help people answer
In essence, these questions are now ...
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Re-assign accepted answer years later?
A few years ago I asked Remove or prevent sidebar from opening by default on Adobe Reader and received a superb response.
A recent update to the software in question nullifies this accepted answer ...
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Should the accepted answers be unpinned on superuser?
Inspired by this
Stack Overflow now doesn't pin the accepted answer as per this post
We no longer pin the accepted answer (with the green checkmark) to the top of the list of answers. By default, we ...
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Is it kosher to accept your answer on your own question?
I've on occasion come across the answer to my question, and feel that it's the best answer, but do not want to "rob" anyone of rightfully earned rep... What do I do? Also I'm assuming that I do NOT ...
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What is the proper procedure for us laypeople to edit an answer?
How do I get rid of adware from Search Conduit/White Smoke?
A few days ago, I had this question answered with the assistance of another user. His answer did not entirely solve my problem, however. ...
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How should I choose an accepted answer if several are good?
I asked this question. I accepted one of the answers, but honestly both were great. Which one is better? Consider:
Which was first.
Which has more information.
Which has more links.
Which is more ...
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Is a valid answer to a problem a valid answer to a different question?
I'm not exactly sure how to formulate my problem, so I'll present it with the help of an example (which is the actual reason I ask this question). I asked a question (Delay audio for specific device) ...
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Is this refusal to accept an answer aligned with community standards?
I added an answer to the following question, thinking I fulfilled what the OP expected:
Is there an equivalent of a downloads list for attachments saved from MS Outlook?
The OP says the answer is not ...
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Do I need to prove the accepted answer is correct? AKA is my question unclear?
I posted an unclear question that I later tidied up, but now commenters are doubtful that the accepted answer (which was edited when I clarified my post) is correct.
I posted a screenshot to prove it,...
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What to do if the accepted answer is not the best?
In a question I came across, the accepted answer is a good answer. However, a later answer (later by only 2 hours) is a better answer to the question.
Is there a way to change the accepted answer? ...
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Which answer to accept: best for me, or best in general?
I asked a question a few days ago which I subsequently found my own answer to. I gather that accepting your own answer is fine, however in this case I feel that whilst my answer solves it for me, in ...
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What to do with questions that you have "given up on"?
I used to have a problem with Firefox portable but for various reasons decided not to use it. So now what should I do regarding answers to this question? I can't test any of them as I don't have ...
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What can one do when a poster accepts a ridiculous answer?
It sometimes happens that I come upon a post where a completely ridiculous
answer is accepted by a clueless poster.
The immediate gut-response is to do something, since leaving the situation as-is
is ...
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I am not seeing where to mark a response as the answer - it's not visible on my page
I have a question about my Super User post: Is there a secure way to provide outside access to a computer inside a cablemodem LAN?
One of the comments says
"As the problem seems to be solved, you ...
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Accepted answer without any up votes
I answered a question, and the user who asked it, accepted it.
That user didn't give me an up-vote.
Is there ever a good reason for not to up-vote the answer (except for not having sufficient ...
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Acceptance while in Hold/Closed status
New answers cannot be added to a question in hold or closed status. However, if there are existing answers at the time the question is put on hold, can one of those answers be accepted while the ...
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Reopen request for "Installing fltk on VirtualBox"
In this question: Installing fltk on VirtualBox the asker wrote:
Can someone give a very specific step-by-step instruction on how to install it?
The next day fixer1234 posted this comment asking ...
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