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How is the "percent answered" rate calculated for a site on the StackExchange.com site list?

The "%answered rate" of all Stack Exchange sites are mentioned on https://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic: Can someone please explain how is the exact percentage is calculated for any ...
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What can I do about a bad question I asked after I have got an answer?

Sometimes I ask a question for which the answer is very straightforward, and I missed the solution which is very obvious. I know that I can't delete a question after I got an answer. Is there ...
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Why is possible for some answered questions to be deleted on some SE sites but not on others? [duplicate]

It didn't fit in the title, but I'm talking about questions answered by others, i.e. not self-answered . On some SE sites (e.g. politics, if I recall correctly) one cannot delete his own question that ...
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OP deleted question with multiple answers, How?

This question has two answers. I was trying to add a comment, when I couldn't. I realised the question had been deleted by the OP. According to the meta how does deleting work what can cause a post ...
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How to remove my post that has an upvoted answer? [duplicate]

I can't remove my post in SO because it has the answer. Is there a way to remove it? Why I want remove: I want to do things as perfect as possible, but I found out one of my posts was downvoted 1 ...
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Delete question with OWN answer

I can't delete my own question if it has answers. Should the same limit be applied where my own answer is the same? If so, then why? Scenario: Let's say that I wanted to prove how cool I am and show ...
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A question was deleted; how do I recover my answer?

The question was "Learning Lua (fast)"; it was asked years ago and was closed soon after I answered it. It has been recently deleted, but I would like to recover the content of my answer. I wrote a ...
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Should members be encouraged to check questions that have an answer?

If a question has a chosen answer, then should we encourage potential answerers to still go over them? Commonly, such questions are left altogether. Sometimes, even the question isn't read if it has ...
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I'm a bit confused: Allowed to delete an answered question or not?

I have this question that's lost me 27 rep, and I know we cannot delete answered questions. However, it prompted me with Are you sure you want to delete this question? It has answers. Repeated ...
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Is there any way to delete a question which has answers?

I was wondering if there is any way of deleting a question which has answers? As if you do you cannot delete them, I understand that someone has taken the time to reply to my question and thus it's ...
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How do I remove a question I asked, when it has an upvoted answer?

Is there a way to delete a question after it's been answered, and the answer has an upvote? Imagine that I have asked a question, that is later considered by me or the community as not useful and/or ...
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