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I think, of the three, I'd prefer the first as a more...well-mannered (?) option. The second seems the most likely to work, but even as a CW answer, it feels inherently rude to 'copy' somebody's answer.

Unfortunately, so far as I know, the diamond-mods have the ability to change an 'answer' to a comment, but not the reverse so far as I'm aware.

It's also worth noting that my personal bias is against the mis-leading statistics of an answered (even if only in comments) question being considered unanswered by the site's design/metrics.

I think, of the three, I'd prefer the first as a more...well-mannered (?) option. The second seems the most likely to work, but even as a CW answer, it feels inherently rude to 'copy' somebody's answer.

Unfortunately, so far as I know, the diamond-mods have the ability to change an 'answer' to a comment, but not the reverse so far as I'm aware.

It's also worth noting that my personal bias is against the mis-leading statistics of an answered (even if only in comments) question being considered unanswered by the site's design/metrics.

I think, of the three, I'd prefer the first as a more...well-mannered (?) option. The second seems the most likely to work, but even as a CW answer, it feels inherently rude to 'copy' somebody's answer.

Unfortunately, so far as I know, the diamond-mods have the ability to change an 'answer' to a comment, but not the reverse so far as I'm aware.

It's also worth noting that my personal bias is against the mis-leading statistics of an answered (even if only in comments) question being considered unanswered by the site's design/metrics.

I think, of the three, I'd prefer the first as a more...well-mannered (?) option. The second seems the most likely to work, but even as a CW answer, it feels inherently rude to 'copy' somebody's answer.

Unfortunately, so far as I know, the diamond-mods have the ability to change an 'answer' to a comment, but not the reverse so far as I'm aware.

It's also worth noting that my personal bias is against the mis-leading statistics of an answered (even if only in comments) question being considered unanswered by the site's design/metrics.