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Tag a comment as the correct answer

I ask a question in this forum: Bug report invalid, unupdated packages And I want to tag as a valid answer the comment of a comment. Is it possible? The comment is not the answer that I search...but ...
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What is the right way to answer your own question, giving the original answer full credit?

This happens to me all the time on Ask Ubuntu: Question from JB: How do I accomplish exactly X on my machine? [1] Answer by AZ: Here's a tutorial showing you exactly how and even more useful related ...
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Encouraging (new) users to accept answers

I guess this might have been already covered somewhere on the Meta, but I have no idea on how to search for it - if so, please point me to that question. My problem is that I've noticed that since ...
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1 answer
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Highest voted answer auto-accepted after length of time

I have a suggestion: After a certain set amount of time automatically mark the question with the most upvotes as the accepted answer. Many of us have experienced this: You answer a question posted by ...
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How to handle answer and bounty for initially incomplete question?

Can someone tell me what's the best way to handle the answer to this question considering that it wasn't accurate when I asked it? Should I post my own answer and accept it? Should I award the ...

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