Timeline for What to do with the question if the problem turns out to be something irrelevant
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| Dec 20, 2012 at 15:10 | vote | accept | e-mre | ||
| Dec 17, 2012 at 18:47 | comment | added | user200500 | @Servy I'd say that is a somewhat excessively pedantic approach. When we say "the answer that solves your problem" we mean the problem in the question, not necessarily whatever problem the OP might be having IRL. In this situation the OP will have to settle for accepting the answer that they would have used if the described problem was the only one they were facing. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 18:33 | comment | added | Servy | @Rachel The idea of accepting an answer is to indicate what you actually did. If you aren't using an answer you shouldn't be accepting it. If you would be in appropriate in context to post the solution used, then not accepting any answer would be appropriate. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 18:27 | comment | added | Rachel | @Servy I would disagree. If you posted the wrong question, and someone correctly answers your question, you should accept that answer so other users seeking the same answer can easily find it. What you shouldn't do is post an answer of your own saying you were asking the wrong question, and accept it instead. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 18:26 | answer | added | Rachel | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 17:10 | comment | added | casperOne Mod | #1 and flag for moderator attention as "too localized". If the real answer is off somewhere else, then there's not much that can be done, the other answers don't really help, and the info you need to answer the question wasn't in the question in the first place. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 17:06 | comment | added | e-mre | @Everyone: Updated possible behavior list in the post to include people comments. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 17:02 | history | edited | e-mre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2012 at 16:25 | comment | added | Denys Séguret | To complete what Servy and NullPointer say, don't select an answer which isn't the good answer explaining your problem. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 16:23 | answer | added | user200500 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 16:23 | comment | added | TCPMAN.EXE | Though I would think if you did #1 and the problem had nothing to do with the question it should get closed as 'too localized'. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 16:12 | comment | added | NullPoiиteя | select the answer which is answering the question | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 15:50 | comment | added | Servy | You should do #1. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 15:49 | history | asked | e-mre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |