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Old, answered questions bumped by newly posted answers

What, exactly, is wrong with that answer? There's no reason to close off questions to new answers. New information might come along. Someone might have a more elegant solution. Things might change, r …
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Should answers be posted as comments if we are not sure of the answer?

I believe the Stack Exchange team's official stance on this is, "comments are for clarification, answers are for answering" [citation needed]. I often see perfectly valid answers in comments, which sh …
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