Questions tagged [answers]
For questions about answers: how to answer, whether specific answers are appropriate, and so forth.
31 questions from the last 365 days
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Link provided when answer is automatically converted into a comment should mention the feature and its triggers
As per title, the page linked to when an answer is automatically converted into a comment doesn't mention automatic conversion of answers into comments.
This feature may be helpful, but it ...
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Why is it difficult to compute the number of views a question received after an answer was posted?
I was reading this thread to see how views on answers are calculated and added to the people reached counter. I couldn't understand the reason for this point:
Plus, we can't really even count the ...
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Reviewing Low Quality Answers by New Users that Should be Comments
Sometimes, while I am reviewing posts in the low-quality posts queue, I come across some answers by new users that are actually meant to be comments, i.e., they either ask for clarification of the ...
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How long should I wait before posting a second answer to a question I have already answered?
When I have just answered a question and a second approach strikes me a few minutes later, should I post it right away or wait for some time? Is it acceptable if I post it a few minutes later? I would ...
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Say "this answer", better than "this post"
Say "This answer is hidden", and "you deleted this answer". Better than "this post...", yes, even if technically answers are also posts.
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What's the intent of the dimming/undimming feature on DV'd answers?
Answers with negative net votes are shown in a dimmed font color, but when you hover the mouse over one it returns to normal color (on computer, haven't tried phone).
What is the intent of both of ...
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Let answerers keep their rep for deleted questions that they had invested time and effort in
In the last month or so, an abnormally and extremely large number of my answers got deleted. There was no reason for deletion, it happened just because the question(s) with which my answer(s) were ...
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Automatically prevent the posting of some non-helpful comments/answers
I notice there are a lot of non-helpful comments and answers. I’d imagine a lot of those could be automatically prevented by disallowing comments/answers that have no words other than a certain set of ...
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Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange points system exploit discovered [duplicate]
There are a number of users who are gaining points by either creating posts and having their friends upvote, or else they are copying another (often accepted) answer, and then rephrasing it. Although ...
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How can I report an answer? [duplicate]
I've asked my first question on Stack Overflow and someone answered my question within just a few minutes. However, the answer is most definitely AI generated. I know this is against the community ...
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Why is there a tick next to the “0 answers” of a question?
I just noticed that there was a tick next to the "0 answers" of a question when I’m searching it in this site.
See the screenshot below for the question:
I’ve never seen that case before, ...
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Allowing Moderators/high rep users to accept answers on behalf of askers [duplicate]
Relates to Asking users to accept answer when they comment that it answers their question.
Has there been any discussion of allowing users with high levels of rep to accept answers on behalf of ...
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Page jumps to top when inline editing question and answers simultaneously
As someone who likes to inline edit both question and all answers at the same time to reduce multiple bumping, I noticed since recently that the page jumps to the top when the question is currently on ...
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Can people still answer my questions if I delete my account?
I know if I delete my account, my question still remains.
Can people still answer my questions if I delete my account?
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Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?
Most Superuser questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive ...
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What is the Stack Exchange answer with the highest score relative to its length
If we have the metric of "score per character" for SE answers, which would be the highest? i.e: what is the most elegant-in-conciseness answer?
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Should the poster of a question be able to mark their self-answers after 2 days automatically?
After the poster finds an answer and posts it, they have to wait 2 days to mark it as the answer. Should Stack Exchange provide a button or option to automatically mark it as the answer after 2 days, ...
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Should we do anything to promote useful answers on duplicate questions?
I previously asked this on Space Exploration Meta as Should we do anything for answers on duplicate questions?. The basic train of thought is as follows:
A question was closed as a duplicate. During ...
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Enable marking posts as answered on a different site? It seems like a good idea to me [duplicate]
Recently I asked a question on Stack Overflow, but then found an answer on Computer Science Stack Exchange, so I posted a link in a comment (I would have felt bad answering my own question with a link ...
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Should I respond to a question where I have worthwhile information to contribute, but no concrete answer?
I saw a question where a person describes their context, to which I have a considerable amount of information that I am certain the user (and similar users like him) will find useful, but none that ...
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How do I see answers to my questions?
It says 10 people saw my question but no one has bothered to answer yet. What does that mean?
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Proposed changes to Help Center articles to include mention of AI-generated content policy
Feb 22 2024 Update: I have just rolled out the network-wide version of the help center article that mentions content generated by generative artificial intelligence tools must be referenced. I have ...
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Add an option to sort answers by the viewer's previously cast votes
Motivation: When I sort by highest score, what I really want is that by default, what other people found the most useful is at the top, because I'm in a mode where I want to find things that will be ...
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How can I assign a bounty and the "accepted answer" checkmark to more than two equally good answers?
I posted a question and added a 100 point bounty.
I got (so far) three equally great answers. Each of the answers approached the problem from a different angle. All three answers are independent. All ...
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What is the correct meaning/interpretation of the number of upvotes next to an answer on Stack Exchange?
I am not so naive to think that this wasn't asked/discussed, but I have not found a close enough fit to my question (yet). Also, I will appreciate any improvements to my question (also as per language)...
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Enable the announced 'Answers generated by Artificial Intelligence tools are not allowed' banner on Meta.SE
This is a follow-up on Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content where I posted a now-deleted answer to comply with the guidelines. We frequently see ...
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Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content
February 22, 2024 Update
The help center articles have been rolled out network-wide. See revision 15 of the February 7th post for more details.
If you're interested in enabling one of these banners on ...
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Allow high-reputation users or topic experts to "endorse" answers posted by other users
The problem
I am a Physics Stack user and I made a feature request that I was told would be a better fit for the mother meta site. I am a user who primarily answers way more than I ask.
In short, the ...
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Explain reasons for accepting an answer in Help Center
A new user on an SE site indicated in the comments that one of the answers to their posted question was best. I left a comment encouraging them to accept that answer, and gave a link to this help ...
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Answering-in-answer-posts versus answering-in-comments. What is the metric? What are the motives, etiquettes? What is ideal?
I'm noticing that more often than not, across all the communities that I interact with, people will answer a question via a comment rather than by posting an answer.
Is there a tracked metric for the ...
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Should you undo your vote after an answer was edited?
Let's say you upvote an answer because it answers the question and helps OP fix a problem. Within a couple of minutes of upvoting, this answer is edited slightly - not enough to change it completely ...
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