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Not every answer with just a link in it should be a comment. So long as the links are answering the question, I don't think flagging as "not an answer" is appropriate.

So I'd leave a comment instead of flagging. I usually do something alone the lines of

Your answer is helpful, but you can make it betteryou can make it better by including a summary or relevant portions of the pages you're linking to. This will also help your answer remain great even if the links you included break in the future.

If the user doesn't respond, I downvote since an answer with just links in it is not a good answer.

Not every answer with just a link in it should be a comment. So long as the links are answering the question, I don't think flagging as "not an answer" is appropriate.

So I'd leave a comment instead of flagging. I usually do something alone the lines of

Your answer is helpful, but you can make it better by including a summary or relevant portions of the pages you're linking to. This will also help your answer remain great even if the links you included break in the future.

If the user doesn't respond, I downvote since an answer with just links in it is not a good answer.

Not every answer with just a link in it should be a comment. So long as the links are answering the question, I don't think flagging as "not an answer" is appropriate.

So I'd leave a comment instead of flagging. I usually do something alone the lines of

Your answer is helpful, but you can make it better by including a summary or relevant portions of the pages you're linking to. This will also help your answer remain great even if the links you included break in the future.

If the user doesn't respond, I downvote since an answer with just links in it is not a good answer.

Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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Not every answer with just a link in it should be a comment. So long as the links are answering the question, I don't think flagging as "not"not an answer"answer" is appropriate.

So I'd leave a comment instead of flagging. I usually do something alone the lines of  

  

Your answer is helpful, but you can make it better by including a summary or relevant portions of the pages you're linking to. This will also help your answer remain great even if the links you included break in the future.

If the user doesn't respond, I downvote since an answer with just links in it is not a good answer.

Not every answer with just a link in it should be a comment. So long as the links are answering the question, I don't think flagging as "not an answer" is appropriate.

So I'd leave a comment instead of flagging. I usually do something alone the lines of  

 

Your answer is helpful, but you can make it better by including a summary or relevant portions of the pages you're linking to. This will also help your answer remain great even if the links you included break in the future.

If the user doesn't respond, I downvote since an answer with just links in it is not a good answer.

Not every answer with just a link in it should be a comment. So long as the links are answering the question, I don't think flagging as "not an answer" is appropriate.

So I'd leave a comment instead of flagging. I usually do something alone the lines of

 

Your answer is helpful, but you can make it better by including a summary or relevant portions of the pages you're linking to. This will also help your answer remain great even if the links you included break in the future.

If the user doesn't respond, I downvote since an answer with just links in it is not a good answer.

Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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un-line-wrap the "your answer is helpful" block, so that it's easier to copy & paste into a comment. No actual wording change.
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