Linked Questions
42 questions linked to/from Mark a comment as the answer to a question
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Question already answered by a comment [duplicate]
I was wondering if someone else has the problem that a question might be already answered by a comment. I mainly focus on questions that don't have any answer already in order to help.
It costs me a ...
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Why do I see so many answers in comments? [duplicate]
Why do I see so many answers in comments on SO? Aren't we supposed to answer questions in an answer post? Is it ok/should I flag these types of "answers?"
I know this is frustrating to me to be ...
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What to do if someone has answered my question as a comment but not posted an answer? [duplicate]
For example, my question on math stackexchange got answered by somebody in the comments. Since you can't accept comments, what should I do now?
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Comment answered a question, mark as solved [duplicate]
I posted a question and the answer was in the comments.
How can (should) I close the topic?
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A new button "solved" in questions [duplicate]
When we're searching for an unanswered question, we're faced with thousand of finished questions, but unanswered, because there was a conversation via comments.
A good new feature would be to add a "...
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What do I do when sites allow posting comments in answers? [duplicate]
I have been using Stack Overflow for many years now, and recently I started contributing. My filtered questions have: C, Objective-C, and Unix in them. I want to help some guys, so I click questions ...
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Can we allow moderators to upgrade a comment to an answer? [duplicate]
When someone posts an answer that's really a comment, mods can move it to the comments.
But when someone posts a comment that is essentially a complete answer (and no further answer is likely to be ...
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Answered but not registered as answered
Sometimes I see questions like: Syntax error at or near "EXCEPTION"
The answer was given in a comment and user who asked said that it solved his problem. The thing is that this question ...
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Marking question answered if the answer occurs in the comments section? [duplicate]
I've begun noticing questions that look unanswered to the standard "answered" interface, but in the question area an answer was provided fully in the form a comment or several comments.
Protocol for ...
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Unanswered questions which were answered in the comments [duplicate]
Some questions are being answered quickly in on of the comments; in some cases, the OP even "accepts" (in words, in another comment) the comment-answer.
Here's an example.
The problem is that such ...
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What about a feature where the asker can transfer a comment to an answer? [duplicate]
I've noticed a trend where people like to answer the question in the comments section. This means as the asker I have to ask them to make an answer for me to accept it, which people sometimes don't ...
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Can't accept the answer to my question [duplicate]
I'm new here, this was my first question. Got an answer quite fast, but can't accept it. I'm logged in, can edit my question, but don't see any checkmarks to accept answers at all (tried in Google ...
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Question answered in comments indicator [duplicate]
In the unanswered section of many sites there are a lot of questions that have 0 answers but when you go and look at them someone has suggested an answer in the comments, this creates unnecessary ...
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What is the recommended reading list for new SO users? [closed]
I didn't really see much using that search term. In making a number of posts related new user issues I received some good suggestions. Of course what is relevant are the items that go beyond the ...
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How can I improve the wording for the following JavaScript question?
Title: What part of JavaScript syntax is involved when you encounter (code)()?
I recently encountered a short piece of script for the BASE tag but it
was in the form: (code)()
By this ...
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