Timeline for Allow converting comments to answers
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| Dec 1, 2014 at 19:50 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | You need 50 rep to comment, so they're not completely new. On one site I'm active on, the main problem in this regard comes from high-rep users who definitely know what comments are (and are not) for -- but it doesn't change their behavior. That's why I suggested that somebody else can use the information in those comments to offer a proper answer. | |
| Dec 1, 2014 at 19:49 | comment | added | Stephen Ostermiller | Most of the examples I've run across are new users that don't know how the system works when they do it. Deleting comments that are not "bad" is a horrible way to welcome a new person. Promoting the comment to an answer could be a way of getting a new user used to the site and on their way to being a contributor. | |
| Dec 1, 2014 at 19:46 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Answers shouldn't be in comments. If the author doesn't care to make a proper answer of it (which usually requires more space than a comment provides anyway), then someone else should do the work and reap the rewards. Maybe mods should start deleting comments to encourage that behavior? | |
| Dec 1, 2014 at 19:19 | history | answered | Stephen Ostermiller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |