Timeline for How does accepting an answer work?
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| Jun 8, 2023 at 21:59 | history | edited | mklement0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 3, 2022 at 8:12 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | @yoyo no, except in very rare cases, where CM/developer with access to database directly change things there, which is complex and risky. (So far seen it used maybe twice during my whole time in MSE.) | |
| Feb 3, 2022 at 23:59 | comment | added | yoyo | Is it possible for someone other than the OP to mark an answer as accepted? (a community moderator with sufficient rep, for example) | |
| Oct 1, 2021 at 7:24 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 1, 2021 at 7:05 | history | edited | Just_A_User | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 11, 2021 at 15:07 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A Слава Україні | In my opinion, you changed the content unnecessarily. I would have waited to see if NO other site joined SO, because it's a safe bet that the change will be adopted by other sites. I think the CM Catija knew what she was doing when the FAQ was last updated. I'd trust her judgment on this issue. | |
| Sep 11, 2021 at 15:03 | comment | added | iBug says Reinstate Monica | @Mari-LouA In that case, we can still edit this answer to reflect the latest changes. Isn't that how wiki-style content supposed to work? | |
| Sep 11, 2021 at 14:58 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A Слава Україні | @iBug says Reinstate Monica consider that the new sorting of answers, unpinning the accepted answer, might also be adopted by other sites. We won't know until September 19 (or thereabouts) how many sites will want to make that change. It could be as low as five or as many as seventy, it's still early days. | |
| Sep 11, 2021 at 13:33 | history | edited | iBug says Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
🍎 ... so that it's clearer
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| Sep 8, 2021 at 21:29 | history | edited | Catija | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 8, 2021 at 20:41 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
If, as the recent announcement states, this will be a site setting, it's better to have the text in.
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| Sep 8, 2021 at 20:27 | history | edited | Anita Taylor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed reference to pinning the accepted answer as it no longer applies.
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| Jul 31, 2021 at 18:01 | history | edited | bobble | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2021 at 17:46 | history | edited | no ai please | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2021 at 11:13 | history | edited | bad_coder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Oct 12, 2020 at 15:10 | history | edited | Spevacus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
This apparently caused some confusion, so I've reworded it to be more deliberate.
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| Aug 27, 2020 at 12:11 | comment | added | Andrew Morton | @10Repisn'tactiveonMSE Do you mean that you should accept the answer with the most upvotes, even if it wasn't the one that helped you personally? | |
| Jun 20, 2020 at 23:54 | comment | added | gelonida | @10Rep Your statement is confusing to me, but it might be my English: Do you want to say, that the answer should be corrected, as your statement sounds contradictory to The bottom line is that you should accept the answer that you found to be the most helpful to you, personally. For me most helpful in general and most helpful to you, personally are not the same | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 14:23 | comment | added | 10 Rep | You shouldn't accept the answer that helps you personally, you should accept the answer that is most helpful. | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 12:42 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 3, 2019 at 18:40 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 3, 2019 at 12:54 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 2, 2019 at 16:00 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2019 at 15:20 | comment | added | Him | "The bottom line is that you should accept the answer that you found to be the most helpful to you, personally" implies that, even if I recognize that another answer is a better answer to the actual question that I asked, I should accept the one that helped me, independently of whether or not the answer actually answers the question. I.e. that it is inappropriate to reflect back upon what the question actually asked as opposed to what your personal need was. Taking @DAB's advice a step further, I try to accept what I think is the best answer to the question, as asked, not as intended. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 22:45 | history | edited | Nathan Tuggy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 1, 2018 at 19:40 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:31 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| S Jul 11, 2016 at 7:48 | history | suggested | Jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 27, 2015 at 6:38 | history | edited | SeinopSys | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 8, 2015 at 15:15 | history | edited | Shadow Wizard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 8, 2015 at 15:11 | history | edited | Andrea Dusza | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarified that upvoting requires 15 reputation (not trivial for new users)
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| Jun 26, 2015 at 19:34 | history | rollback | Shadow Wizard |
Rollback to Revision 26
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| Jun 26, 2015 at 19:25 | history | edited | Jojodmo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Apr 1, 2015 at 16:00 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add more information on what placing a bounty on your question does.
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| Jan 5, 2015 at 15:41 | history | edited | Martijn Pieters | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Subtle emphasis on the *one*.
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 13:35 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 9:11 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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| Oct 4, 2013 at 10:37 | history | edited | Raidri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2013 at 18:31 | history | edited | animusonStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 9, 2012 at 19:51 | history | edited | Brad Mace | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
note that accepting CW answer gets no rep
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| Dec 17, 2011 at 10:42 | history | edited | Arjan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed duplicate content that has its own FAQ.
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| Sep 28, 2011 at 13:12 | history | edited | jondavidjohn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The user "might" also be either of the previous examples, doesn't seem to be quantitative or add to the answer...
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| Jun 4, 2011 at 14:29 | history | edited | T.J. Crowder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
AFAIK, it's not generally accepted that you should wait 24-48 hours before accepting. Reworded that a bit. Also added note about 15-minute lock-out.
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 9:37 | history | edited | This_is_NOT_a_forum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2011 at 13:31 | history | edited | outis | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 2, 2011 at 18:38 | history | edited | jjnguy | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 19, 2010 at 8:39 | history | edited | cjm | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 7, 2010 at 19:22 | history | edited | Pops | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 19, 2010 at 2:25 | history | edited | Yi Jiang | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Minimum rep. required changed, again
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| Sep 19, 2010 at 6:14 | history | edited | Yi Jiang | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
50 reps to add a bounty changed to 100
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| May 13, 2010 at 21:53 | history | edited | Carl Manaster | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 13, 2010 at 21:15 | history | edited | Earlz | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 17:33 | history | edited | Gnome | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 4, 2010 at 15:51 | history | edited | Tyler Carter | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 8, 2010 at 14:08 | history | edited | balphaStaffMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
clarify 48-hour rule for self-accepting
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| Dec 15, 2009 at 10:34 | history | edited | BinaryMisfit | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 15, 2009 at 10:23 | history | edited | BinaryMisfit | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 23, 2009 at 10:34 | history | edited | random | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
now remain calm no alarm
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| Jul 22, 2009 at 6:25 | vote | accept | jjnguy | ||
| Jul 14, 2009 at 14:39 | history | migrated | from stackoverflow.com (revisions) | ||
| Nov 11, 2008 at 4:26 | history | answered | jjnguy | CC BY-SA 2.5 |