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Along with the uptick in new users, we seem to be getting more and more answers in the form:

So just do X and add Y with a Z thing and it will work.

Giving no details as to how to actually do X, Y, and Z.

I find this especially common when users find the answer to their own problem and just write some little snippet like this.

How should these answers be dealt with? Should they flagged, edited, deleted, down voted, etc.? If they should be flagged, what flag should be used (none of them seem to fit perfectly)?

I usually try to leave a comment asking them to expand on their answer, but they often don't do so.

To be clear: I am talking about situations where the answer does technically answer the question, but just makes absolutely no effort to explain itself.

Along with the uptick in new users, we seem to be getting more and more answers in the form:

So just do X and add Y with a Z thing and it will work.

Giving no details as to how to actually do X, Y, and Z.

I find this especially common when users find the answer to their own problem and just write some little snippet like this.

How should these answers be dealt with? Should they flagged, edited, deleted, down voted, etc.?

Along with the uptick in new users, we seem to be getting more and more answers in the form:

So just do X and add Y with a Z thing and it will work.

Giving no details as to how to actually do X, Y, and Z.

I find this especially common when users find the answer to their own problem and just write some little snippet like this.

How should these answers be dealt with? Should they flagged, edited, deleted, down voted, etc.? If they should be flagged, what flag should be used (none of them seem to fit perfectly)?

I usually try to leave a comment asking them to expand on their answer, but they often don't do so.

To be clear: I am talking about situations where the answer does technically answer the question, but just makes absolutely no effort to explain itself.

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PGmath
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What to do with really short answers?

Along with the uptick in new users, we seem to be getting more and more answers in the form:

So just do X and add Y with a Z thing and it will work.

Giving no details as to how to actually do X, Y, and Z.

I find this especially common when users find the answer to their own problem and just write some little snippet like this.

How should these answers be dealt with? Should they flagged, edited, deleted, down voted, etc.?