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Anything related to posting answers, e.g. about improving their content, voting on answers, editing others' answers, etc.
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Recommending own products
Nearly all of his answers recommend his own product, linking to a specific part of the product web page describing the relevant feature. … It seems to me (as someone not using Outlook) that his answers are on-topic, useful, and adhere (after a reminder) to the rules. …
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Are purely non-technical answers to technical problems on-topic?
The answers can actually be whatever makes sense. …
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Posting question & answer, why must I wait two days to accept it?
While I had a "solution", the other answers are clearly better.
And it's not like it's a problem either, especially now that the accept rate is no longer shown. …
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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 … But what about answers that are (gasp) actually helpful and/or relevant? Should we require that they tell us they work/write there? In what way, directly in the post, in the user profile? …
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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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How to express extra appreciation for answer
If you have the reputation for it, you can create a bounty, starting at 50 reputation. Rewarding an existing answer is one of the preset reasons for creating a bounty. You can award the bounty manuall …
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0
answers
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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. … In that respect, showing the views over the lifetime of the question instead of the answer (in case of late answers) would be better anyway. …
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Should number of votes and/or higher answers be listed higher?
Above the answer list, there's three tabs: active (descending by change), oldest (ascending by age), and votes, the last one being the default when you haven't changed the order.
In all of these sort …
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How can I receive e-mail every time I receive a answer?
Go to an existing question of yours, and scroll down to below the answer list:
Or, when you post a new question: