Timeline for Why was my flag on this link-only answer declined?
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| Dec 21, 2022 at 12:53 | answer | added | Greenonline | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:45 | comment | added | gronostaj | @JoepvanSteen That's true and I've left this comment numerous times myself. But I'm using it to motivate why the answer should be improved, not deleted. I dislike link-only answers too, but I think they can be helpful sometimes. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 21:11 | comment | added | Joep van Steen | @gronostaj, it's not about my standards, I was under impression it's against superuser standards. I have seen it mentioned several times by experienced users. Motivation: Once link disappears, which can happen at any time, answer becomes useless. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 11:33 | comment | added | gronostaj | @JoepvanSteen In this case, yes, but in general I disagree. A link-only answer is more useful than no answer at all. It may not be up to our standards, but it's helpful if there's no better alternative. What's more, such answer can be improved even by another user who is willing to read through the link. IMO that alone is enough to not delete it. | |
| Dec 17, 2022 at 12:02 | comment | added | Joep van Steen | @gronostaj, so then there should be no discussion whether the answer should be deleted or not. | |
| Dec 17, 2022 at 11:41 | comment | added | Joep van Steen | @DonaldDuck; exactly. | |
| Dec 17, 2022 at 9:58 | comment | added | Donald Duck | @gronostaj I think what he's trying to say is that the fact that it's a link-only answer is enough to delete it, the moderator shouldn't have to check the link to see that it should be deleted. | |
| Dec 17, 2022 at 8:57 | comment | added | gronostaj | @JoepvanSteen I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Nobody questions it being a link-only answer. Can you clarify? | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/super_user/status/1603766925905039364 | ||
| Dec 16, 2022 at 14:23 | comment | added | Joep van Steen | whether he checked the link or not is irrelevant, it is by definition a link only answer. | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 18:09 | comment | added | Daniel B | Link-only answers are handled very inconsistently on Super User. I usually just comment them. I especially disagree that a (working) link-only answer is "not an answer". // In this case, the link is already dead, so it truly is "not an answer" now. Whoever reviewed the flag may not have checked the link. | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 15:20 | history | became hot meta post | |||
| Dec 13, 2022 at 18:32 | history | asked | Donald Duck | CC BY-SA 4.0 |