Questions tagged [answers]
Anything related to posting answers, e.g. about improving their content, voting on answers, editing others' answers, etc.
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Retagging questions with the answer
This is a bit related to this topic on MSO.
In a recently suggested and approved edit a tag was added to the topic, but it only became applicable through the answer. The user didn't know the tag was ...
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Advertisement answers and company references
What is the proper way to handle
Answers that specifically mention a company's products in a way that obviously is more an advertisement than a real answer
Answers that refer to a (company's) weblog ...
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How should I deal with link-only answers where the information in the link can't be copied?
Usually link-only answers are considered low quality and their author is encouraged to edit them to include the relevant part of the linked page in the answer itself and if they don't do so, their ...
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Understanding the flawed audit review system
I came across a post, analyzed its content, and subsequently answered, drawing from my own experience of encountering a similar issue in the past.
In an effort to provide a comprehensive answer rooted ...
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Should "Not an answer" include off topic answers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is an answer eligible to be flagged as “not an answer”? What to do?
This answer turned up flagged as not an answer. I'm not actually certain which way it goes ...
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What should you do when you're not receiving any reputation for your answers?
I have posted several answers on Super User where my answers are the only ones posted for the questions, and they have never been accepted, nor have they been voted on. What should I do to ensure that ...
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Is this kind of "non-answer" appropriate?
Edit: After posting this question and receiving feedback, I expanded the answer to make it more of a direct answer to the question. So the referenced answer is no longer a good example of the issue ...
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Why do people post their answers as comments?
Often while browsing Super User, I notice that people post their answers to questions as comments on that question. Why wouldn't they post their answers as answers, so that they can be accepted? I ...
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Should I delete answers with no votes?
Assuming that I had answered a question and didn't get any votes(up or down) for a month or some weeks, should I worry about delete it? I mean, should I assume that it is a bad answer as well if it ...
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Target audience of answer on SU
You have to remember this site is called "superuser" not "idiotuser". You said "it's useful to have such a warning". I don't think it's useful to you at all. It's useful to somebody that perhaps doesn'...
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What do we think of "Alternative to" answers?
I recently saw this answer, where the user simply did this:
http://alternativeto.net/software/games-for-windows---live/
Most of them integrate in games explorer anyway.
Are we against just ...
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When people give good answers to the wrong question
I asked this question last night just before going to bed. In summary, the question was "Why does my browser ask me before it will make an HTTPS connection?"
I've got two answers now, but both have ...
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How to deal with answers I cannot check anymore?
Since I asked https://superuser.com/a/1282119 I reinstalled my computer from scratch, therefore I cannot test the answer(s) provided.
How should I handle them? never accept any, since it's not tested?...
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Is there is a limit of how much "quoting" a linked reference I can have in an answer?
This was actually prompted while I was editing an answer that was link only, but there have been times that I myself have found a useful site with detailed instructions. Most times, when I'm ...
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How should I handle this review task / answer?
While reviewing I came across this post: https://superuser.com/a/1359300/926024 and I'm very unsure on what to do about it.
Technically, it is an answer to the question, even though it is basically ...
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Why do high-reputation users tend to have lots of answers but very few or no questions, and am I asking too many questions for my reputation?
After looking through the user profiles of very high-reputation users, it seems that most such users have lots and lots of answers, but very few or even no questions at all. Why?
On the other hand, ...
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Add Another Answer—Why?
What exactly is the point of the Add Another Answer button? What would we need to do with it that we can't do by adding another clause to our already existing answer?
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Is it OK to downvote link only or link/copy/paste answers? [duplicate]
This is related to this question from Diago last year. I have seen a lot of answers with either a link only, or a link with a short description copy/pasted from the developer's website.
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How do we handle duplicate answers?
I flagged a post for deletion that was (IMO) low quality being that it was more of a comment/question for more information than an answer. I had also posted onto the same question a duplicate answer ...
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Randomise order of 'Answered questions' responses for Election events
I'm not sure if the actual candidates in the election are randomly ordered, but I've noticed that as the default (is rightly imo) set to show the highest voted answer - currently David Postill appears ...
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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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What should I do about a low quality answer that's helpful?
I got an answer on one of my questions that helped me a lot. However, the answer is incomplete and would fit better as a comment. Although it was very helpful to figure out where the problem was ...
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Add "views" ordering to answer list again
There once was a views sort order for answers in a user's profile, but it apparently was removed. It is only available for questions.
While it might need to be made clear that it's not answer views, ...
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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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How to improve this answer?
I was wondering how to improve this (my) answer:
https://superuser.com/a/1342178/201818
Unfortunately the down voter did not leave any comments. Thanks!
PS. Note sure I'm should ask this question ...
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Superuser homepage answer bug
I was just looking at this post that had 2 answers, but on the home page it said there were 3 answers.
Edit: I just went back and the third one is there now, does SU have some kind of timing problem?
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How to express extra appreciation for answer
I asked a question yesterday and the person who answered the questions went to great lengths to help me out. Is there any way that I could express appreciation for this besides just an upvote and the ...
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Is it okay to point readers to the edit history of an answer for old, (mostly) out-of-date information?
Background: For the last year or so, new features for Windows Subsystem for Linux (currently my primary area of expertise here) have been limited to Windows 11. With a recent release of WSL last week,...
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Who can technically view saved drafts for questions and answers
As the post When I go to "Ask Question" here at superuser, how do I get an empty form? My previous question keeps showing up. states. . .
Stack Exchange sites will save a question or ...
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Answer question with using WSL
Is this fine to answer WSL solution for a Windows10 related question which can be resolve using WSL in Windows 10?
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What's the good way to answer "What is the analog of software X for operating system Y?"
I gave an answer today, being just a software recommendation, to a question, asking for a recommendation.
If you cannot see deleted answers, there was the software name, a link to homepage and ...
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How to look at deleted answers on my question?
I would like to know how to view the deleted answers on my question. How do I do that?
I don't need to view deleted answers on other peoples' questions—just my own.
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Is the notification of other new answers whilst typing an answer broken?
A couple of times recently, I've started answering a question and by the time I have posted my answer, another has appeared.
In the past, I have received a notification at the top of the screen ...
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What to do when tried multiple solutions and not sure which solved it
I have this question with an open bounty. In summary, I couldn't get my phone to connect to the computer with a USB cable.I tried multiple things to solve the problem: including advice taken from ...
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How do you know when the asker has read your answer?
Sometimes when I write a pretty long answer I never know whether he/she has read my answer or had just left and decided not to bother with it.
I don't however want to know everyone who has read it ...
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Increase number of visitors to a question (without bounty)
I need a tricky idea to increase the number of visitors to my questions on Super User. Sometimes I ask a question on SU where the answer is really important to me but after a week or more just has 10 ...
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Is it okay to use headers to summarize content?
About a month ago, I adopted an answering style from Thaddeus of Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange. The new format uses bullet points below a level 3 header with a brief summary of the ...
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What do I do if someone posts an answer I had as a comment?
This just happened here. I posted a possible solution as a comment (not being sure if it would work for the asker), and while I was waiting for a reply, krowe posted basically what I had as an answer. ...
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Should duplicate answers be posted, just to include screen shots?
I stumbled upon this question which has an answer posted (and edited) months ago. Just today, a new answer was posted with the exact same steps as the old answer, but including screen shots of the ...
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Cannot vote on answer unless edited because it is locked
I tried to vote on the other answer to my question, but it says I can’t unless it is edited because my “vote” from 45 minutes ago is locked. The only vote on that answer was from well over a week ago ...
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Why was my comment mod flag declined?
I recently mod-flagged a comment under a question:
You haven't mentioned which version of Windows you are running. Have you got Sticky Keys enabled?
Importantly, the OP commented immediately ...
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Why are some Super User answers not sorted by up-votes?
I was just looking at this question on SuperUser: How do I change the user I am logged in with on a Network Share?
Unlike other questions, the answers do not seem to be sorted in any particular order ...
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Question closed on Server Fault, then make here again - should I repeat the answer?
I answered a question on ServerFault yesterday. It appeared off topic there (probably that's true), but it was just asked again on SuperUser, where it is probably on-topic. Should I copy that answer ...
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How is one sentence of unsubstantiated opinion the best answer?
I recently asked a question and received this answer:
No, hard drives are in sealed enclosures and these images are marketing shots to give you an idea of the engineering inside.
That's it. One ...
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Should I post an answer that isn't a perfect fit?
If I have an answer to a question that would help some people with the same question, but not the OP, should I post it?
Case in point: https://superuser.com/a/748752/231678
This doesn't help the OP, ...
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Review queue "Late answers" - flag when choice was "recommend deletion"?
When reviewing "Late answers", many of them are not actually answers but comments, other questions and so on (as you can select when saying "recommend deletion").
If I choose to ...
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Answer box cursor broke
I just went to answer a question and my cursor is moved one space over to the left for some reason. Here's an image of it (I just pressed space before taking the screenshot, I didn't move the cursor):
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Relocating an Answer to a More Specific Question
I wrote an answer to a question, which was only tangentially related to the general concept of the question. Later I discovered that there already exists another question that my answer would ...
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What is the etiquette of linking files in SuperUser? [duplicate]
This is inspired by this answer
Personally, I'm always be on guard when someone on internet share files on private file sharing sites, like mediafire, google drive, and such. This one, particularly, ...
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Editing OS-specific questions or answers if the question or answer will also apply to another OS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should the original intent of a question be broadened to make the answers more canonical?
I recently found out that this question - How print multiple independent pages in one ...
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