Questions tagged [answers]
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Do we want to unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list?
Stack Exchange staff have announced an upcoming change to the way answer acceptance works.
Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers
Currently, the original poster of a ...
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About self-deleting answers
Deleting something is usually useful in any SE pages, as they tend to produce some clutter along the way. However, some users might be deleting their own well crafted answers just because (a) they are ...
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Questioning the deletion of an answer
I refer to my answer in this question.
The deletion undermines the right to freedom of expression.
The answer was in no way against the rules. (If anyone thinks it was, please teach me which rule).
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What shall we do when an accepted answer gives dangerous advice?
This question has an accepted answer which might be considered dangerous:
Big hound has eaten corn cobs what can I do to help him pass them?
If you look at two of the other answers, the dogs required ...
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What has happened to this site?
The currently weekly rep stats are the same as the quarterly rep stats for users, indicating there has not been a lot of dynamics over the past quarter. The chat room is empty, it used to be lively ...
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What's the policy on showing images of neglected or sick animals?
As simple as the title reads. There are many relevant cases of animal neglect which could well be on topic for the site. If showing images, should these be hidden? What sort of NSFW policy applies for ...
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Answering your own question, which has your own bounty
I posted This Question a while ago, after receiving 0 feedback I decided to put a bounty on it, still no feedback. During the weekend I had some free time from my work projects and decided to dig in ...
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Picking an answer
I posted This question a while ago, and both answers are really good, and both worked/are working pretty well. How can I go about accepting an answer if both answers are solving my problem?
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What do you do if a legitimate answer looks like spam to the forum software?
I typed up an answer to a question about feral cats and when I try to submit it I keep getting a red box saying it looks like spam.
What do I do? What is it keying off of?
I promise you that it is not ...
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Is posting citations a compulsion even when the post contains self experiences?
I have posted an answer for a post here, for which I got the below notification.
Now, what I don't understand here is why am I being asked to add citations to reliable resources, when there is no ...
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Is the culture of Pets SE in line with the rest of Stack Exchange?
Some Issues with the Pets SE Culture
I've recently begun participating in Pets SE, and noticed a few key areas where the culture of Pets SE doesn't seem to fit into the general Stack Exchange culture....
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Why is my answer being down-voted or ignored?
Most of us have been here before. We've had an answer that hasn't been getting any
up-votes (or maybe even getting nothing but down-votes). So what can a person do to get the internet points they ...
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what if I have the same answer for more than one question?
So I'd like to make sure that the people who land on "What is the optimal age to neuter a male dog?" also get the answer I put on "How does one determine when a female dog is appropriate to be spayed?"...
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Is it better to have one answer that covers everything, or multiple answers that are a bit different?
Watching the site grow on Area 51, our visits per day and the number of questions asked per day are rising steadily. But what I've noticed one number that doesn't change is the answer ratio (It's ...
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What can be done about misinformation in answers?
Being a peer-reviewed question and answer site sounds really good on paper (and works fantastic on Stack Overflow, where I am a major contributor). Unlike SO, where answers can be verified in a ...
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