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Apr 13, 2017 at 12:25 history edited CommunityBot
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Jan 28, 2015 at 9:38 comment added Fabby Actually, now that I re-read it, That's the one I used to use. The new one is: As you're a reputation 1 user: If this all works, don't forget to click the grey check-mark under the "0" at the left of this text, which means "yes, this answer is valid"! ;-)
Jan 28, 2015 at 9:35 comment added Jacob Vlijm @Fabby I haven't got the slightest doubt on the sincere intentions. What I mean is that OP should only be (mildly) suggested to accept after he or she indicated it fully works for him or her, and it looks like there is unlikely to arrive a better answer. Naother thing that popped into my mind is that the "bad behaviour" not to accept is definitely not limited to 1- rep users. Looking at the many users with a blank "accept" list. I tend to answer nevertheless if I like the question, being pretty sure the answer will not be accepted.
Jan 28, 2015 at 9:27 comment added Fabby @JacobVlijm And guess what? I just now told a new user to click the green check-mark on my answer as it doesn't fully answer his question! So it goes both ways...
Jan 28, 2015 at 9:11 comment added Fabby @JacobVlijm I've got a few comments saying: "Oops, I didn't know that". Or even "Oh, I must have pissed off a lot of people by now" so I don't see it as "embarrassing" but as "educating the new users"...
Jan 28, 2015 at 8:03 comment added Jacob Vlijm @Fabby We all know many timnes answers are not accepted while they should, but quite frankly, I think it's embarrissing to ask to accept, even before OP has indicated it works for him or her. You simply should always assume OP is a grown up person, and simply accept the fact that a certain percentage just walks away after the work is done. I'd only ask (mildly) to accept if OP clearly indicates clearly the answer is working.
Jan 16, 2015 at 10:34 comment added Byte Commander Mod Maybe leaving a short message in the questioner's inbox like "Your question has got x answers for y days. If one of them solved your problem, please mark it as accepted." Or the questioner could see a banner like "Did this answer solve your question? Click on the green tick to accept it, as this will increase the answerer's and your reputation. [accept] [x] [never show again]" below every new answer.
Jan 7, 2015 at 3:14 comment added muru Related: askubuntu.com/questions/5440/…
Jan 6, 2015 at 21:47 comment added Fabby RTFM! ;-) There is sometimes a lack of information on how to use the site, but I vaguely remember reading it somewhere... ;-) You have to post this canned comment just after you post the answer, because most of the newbies run off and never come back until they have another problem...
Jan 6, 2015 at 21:33 comment added Fabby I have a canned answer for that one: And as you're a reputation 1 user: don't forget to click the grey check-mark under the "0" at the left of this text, therefore "accepting" the answer, which is better then saying "thank you" as both of our reputations will go up! ;-)
Jan 6, 2015 at 21:16 vote accept geoffmcc
Jan 6, 2015 at 21:07 answer added SethMod timeline score: 4
Jan 6, 2015 at 21:01 history asked geoffmcc CC BY-SA 3.0