###What’s this post about?

###Why?

#How?

###Future plans

###Update

What’s this post about?

Why?

How?

Future plans

Update

Unanswered questions are a dead-end in search; they're worth keeping around for a while on the chance that someone will find and answer them, but beyond a certain point if no one is expressing any interest in them they're just noise.

² This causes the question to be deleted by the system, and is potentially a controversial aspect of what we are doing, since in many cases the post is deleted with the agreement of only two non-mods, not three as is the case with delete votes.

Unanswered questions are a dead-end in search; they're worth keeping around for a while on the chance that someone will find and answer them, but beyond a certain point if no one is expressing any interest in them they're just noise.

² This causes the question to be deleted by the system, and is potentially a controversial aspect of what we are doing, since in many cases the post is deleted with the agreement of only two non-mods, not three as is the case with delete votes.

#What’s this post about?

We are a group of people who are doing some cleanup work. Currently, we are using an SEDE Query that finds unanswered¹ questions with answers by the OP. From a cleanup perspective, these are low hanging fruit, since there is a better than average degree of certainty that the answer effectively answers the question. If the answers are good, we can upvote them so that the question is recorded as answered by the system. Otherwise, we can take whatever action is appropriate to deal with the questions.

#Why?

Important - if you want to get involved, please visit us in the Downboat, before going to Trello and taking any actions. You can always ping me @Zanna with questions - I am around. We really want to know if anyone is doing anything on the board, so we can keep track and check it.

#Future plans

#Update

###What’s this post about?

We are a group of people who are doing some cleanup work. Currently, we are using an SEDE Query that finds unanswered¹ questions with answers by the OP. From a cleanup perspective, these are "low hanging fruit", since there is a better than average degree of certainty that the answer effectively answers the question. If the answers are good, we can upvote them so that the question is recognised as answered by the system. Otherwise, we can take whatever action is appropriate to deal with the question.

###Why?

Important - if you want to get involved, please visit us in the Downboat, before going to Trello and taking any actions. You can always ping me @Zanna with questions - I am around. We really want to know if anyone is doing anything on the board, or with the query directly, so we can keep track and check it.

###Future plans

###Update