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Etiquette on answering "old" but active, unanswered, and time-sensitive questions
What's the etiquette on answering old but active, unanswered, and timely questions?
I have found similar questions here, all are very old too, by then stackoverflow was still mainly programming Q&...
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Why do users have to review an answer twice because it is in both the “First answers” and “Late answers” review queues?
If an answer classifies as a “First” and a “Late” answer, which they often do, the same user who has already reviewed said answer will have to review it again, in the alternate queue.
I don’t know ...
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Rules of etiquette on accepting answers
Do I need to accept an answer even if it doesn't actually answer my question? How can I deal with the pressure to do so?
I feel it is boorish to ask a question and ignore the comments replies. If ...
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How did I lose 10 rep, when the answer is +3 with no downvotes? [duplicate]
I have an answer on a question titled 'How to connect speakers to a Nad 3020 amp?'
Somehow I got a -10 applied to it, but the answer is sitting at +3, with no downvotes shown.
What logic is applied to ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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