The hover-over message of the upvote button on a question is:

This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear.

For me that is sort of the same as saying this question can be answered.

Based solely on this sentence, I am often surprised to see questions without upvotes but with answers. In and of itself I know that answering a question and thinking it is interesting is not the same thing, but answering it sort of saying this is worth answering and thus it is sufficiently clear to be answered (thus deserving an upvote).

Should we upvote every question we answer? Should this maybe even be automatic? I am not sure, but sometimes I feel it is a bit of an oxymoron to not upvote the question whilst still answering it. Is an upvote on a question actually saying this question should be answered?

The hover-over message of the upvote button on a question is:

This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear.

For me that is sort of the same as saying this question can be answered.

Based solely on this sentence, I am often surprised to see questions without upvotes but with answers. In and of itself I know that answering a question and thinking it is interesting is not the same thing, but answering it sort of saying this is worth answering and thus it is sufficiently clear to be answered (thus deserving an upvote).

Should we upvote every question we answer? Should this maybe even be automatic? I am not sure, but sometimes I feel it is a bit of an oxymoron to not upvote the question whilst still answering it. Is an upvote on a question actually saying this question should be answered?