Timeline for Should I answer a question which already has an accepted answer?
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| Feb 26, 2014 at 18:53 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | @AdityaPatil Usually if you've already answered a question, it's better to edit and expand your existing answer than to post a separate answer. But the system does allow you to post a second (third, fourth, etc.) answer to a question, for the infrequent occasions where it makes more sense to do so. Usually it's fine (often, best) to have multiple separate solutions in the same answer, though. If you're worried that the new content might be wrongly seen as having also been "accepted" by the OP, you can include a note in your edit. But you also have the option to post another answer. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 10:55 | comment | added | Registered User | What if the accepted answer was given by myself? | |
| Oct 7, 2012 at 6:01 | vote | accept | Peachy | ||
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:51 | comment | added | wecsam | Oh, I see. I hadn't known that. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:49 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | @wecsam It might decrease the percentage of answers you have written that are accepted by others. That is not your "accept rate," however. Your "accept rate" is the percentage of questions you've asked, in which you have accepted an answer. See this and this and this. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:40 | comment | added | wecsam | Wouldn't this drive my acceptance rate down, though? | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 15:46 | history | answered | Eliah Kagan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |