Questions tagged [multiple-answers]
For questions about situations where a single user posts multiple answers to a single question.
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Asking for any/"best" program for X vs. asking how to do X with specific program, and the "X/Y Problem"
I can find myself struggling to write a question about doing Y with any of the usual GNU/*nix tools like awk, sed, tr, .. perl (not sure that's GNU/*nix..), or perhaps others I do not know of.
I saw ...
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When should I add another answer? [duplicate]
I have been a member of SO for 4 months. I have a question regarding some functionality. Whenever I give an answer to a question, there is a button available: Add Another Answer.
I can comment on my ...
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Multipart answers?
For each question, one has the option to submit more than one answer.
Each answer has a character limit.
It's possible that to properly answer a question, one needs to go over that character limit.
Is ...
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What is the official etiquette on answering a question twice?
When is it okay to post two answers to one question?
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Possibility to prioritize among your own answers to the same question
Foreword: This is a followup of my question When you answer your own question with a preliminary and later final answer you can then accept NONE [closed] where I erred. It was not my own question. But ...
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Active/Oldest/Votes showing with just one answer
This SO question:
Is this "elision failure" language-mandated?
currently has one answer (by @NicolBolas). But above that answer and to the right I see a selection box with three buttons: "...
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The "there are already 30 answers" message shouldn't override the "you already answered this" message
When you try to post an answer to a question that already has 30 answers you receive the following message:
This question has more than 30 answers already.
Did you read through all the existing ...
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Answer count on feed items is wrong [duplicate]
In my feed under the earlier today section, I saw a hot question from one of the sites I was on, and it had one answer. After posting an answer, the answer count on the feed item remained at one.
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When reviewing, indicate if a user has multiple answers on this question
Just now, I came across these two answer in review, in this order.
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/review/late-answers/133351
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/review/late-answers/133349
As you can ...
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Editing my own answer duplicates it. Bug?
Previously on meta.ELU...
I answered a question on ELU, but forgot to add a link to a reference, so I edited it to add it. I'm not too sure what happened, but it seems to have duplicated the answer, ...
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What should I do if I find a better solution to a question I've already answered? [duplicate]
Three months ago, I posted an answer to How to unlink my Documents folder from my OneDrive account?. My answer was upvoted, and is currently marked as the accepted answer.
In the past week, I've ...
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Multiple answers by the same user [duplicate]
Today, I came across a question on Stack Overflow, in which the same user has answered twice for the same question.
As answers are editable, shouldn't this be disallowed?
If someone has ...
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Are there any legitimate reasons for adding more than one answer to a question? [duplicate]
Sometimes, but rarely, when I post an answer that turns out to be incorrect and it makes more sense to just start over, I delete it and re-post a second. Of course, the first is still there, although ...
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Does allowing multiple answers by the same user make sense on the main site? [duplicate]
On all SE sites users can post multiple answers to the same question. There is a warning dialog if you do that, reminding you that you can also edit your existing answer.
The only valid reasons for ...
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Two Answers, One Question [duplicate]
Sometimes, when I answer a question on Stack Overflow, I have two different answers that are equally valid. This happens most when answering architectural questions where there are many valid ways to ...
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Which answer should I accept
I asked a question and got 2 relevant answers. I tried to perform something and it didn't work that way. The first answer suggested a new method. The example was not perfect, but I could see how it ...
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Can I post more than one answer to a question? [duplicate]
I'm asking because of this question. I have already provided an answer and I have another way to achieve the solution. I want to add both answers.
Can I do that or are there any consequences for ...
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Why is it possible to answer a question twice? [duplicate]
You normally answer a question and you have the opportunity to answer again. The second time, a message is shown suggesting the use of the edit tool, but I think it's kind of wrong. I mean, if you ...
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Can a single user post two answers for one question? [duplicate]
I was really surprised with the way Stack Overflow question One pickerview with multiple textfields was answered. One user had posted two answers (this and this) instead of using the "Edit" option on ...
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What about a multi-answer question? [duplicate]
Sometimes you ask a question on Stack Overflow, or Server Fault, and I'm sure it will happen on Super User, that lends itself to multiple correct responses, like a list. Is there anything to handle ...
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What do I do if I don't know which answer is correct? [duplicate]
I asked a question on the german language stack exchange, and have gotten several very good answers. Unfortunately, what I forgot to take into account when asking it, was that I have no way of telling ...
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Fastest Gun + Answering (Generally) Same Question Twice
I've encountered a situation here where the poster of that answer has not only posted rather quickly (before the OP has had a chance to clarify their question), but has also posted two answers back-to-...
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Very bad questions with multiple answers [duplicate]
This question is very low-quality. As the comments state, the code provided does not compile. Furthermore, it fails to ask (in my opinion) a specific question, show any additional attempted code (...
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The XY problem and multiple answers [duplicate]
When dealing with the XY problem, sometimes the original question is of some interest - for instance, it might indicate some conceptual mistake by the OP that should be corrected, even it is unrelated ...
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What to do when an author writes multiple answers to develop the solution while discussing things with others
This is not about the general topic of answering your own question.
Rather I came upon a question where the asker publishes several slightly different versions of his initial answer while he improves ...
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Single person answer more than once for a question [duplicate]
Recently I encountered the scenario in which the same person posted more than one answer on a question. I wondered and checked, and it's indeed possible, with a single warning showing up. But I was ...
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Can I give two answers to a question having two problems
Last evening a question was asked I replied and it was accepted.
Then the OP edited the question and asked a related question, however that can stand alone with some meaning.
So, Can I give two ...
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What is a better way of asking questions that need multiple sources of answers?
Normally when I ask questions on SO I have an issue that is composed of many smaller chunks that all add up to one final large answer. Also, when I'm asking, I have no idea how they are supposed to ...
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Should Answered Questions be Appended with Accepted Answers?
Should questions, especially one with many possible answers, be edited to include a section at the end detailing what the asker has learned or what progress has been made? I'm thinking of something ...
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Multiple answers that form one single, correct answer to the question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating the best answer from more answers
What do I do if a question of mine contains two answers that when put together form the one correct answer?
The following question, ...
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What's the etiquette for responding to multiple answers (in a conversational Bulletin Board 'conversational' style) from the same user?
This question doesn't seem to have been directly answered (the two most relevant questions, from my search, were: How to deal with answers mistaking SO for a message board? and Is it OK to post ...
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Etiquette to follow when a question has two or more valid solutions/answers
What is the etiquette to follow when
there are two or more valid solutions to a question
when a solution is derived from two or more posted solutions
To whom should I award the "answer"?
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Is it OK to post multiple answers to a question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the official etiquette on answering a question twice?
Example scenarios:
I answer a question on Monday, then on Wednesday I come up with better, but completely ...
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