Questions tagged [accepted-answer]
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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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Forcing "leavers" to accept an answer
Something I have noticed a lot is that new users with 1 rep ask a question and never appear on the site again. Good answers are posted, but the question stays "unanswered" forever. Often, these are ...
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Which answer should you accept when both answers are correct but use different techniques?
There can be many ways to solve a single problem, and many Ask Ubuntu questions accordingly receive multiple answers using different methods
In this case, which answer should I accept?
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What should we do with an invalid accepted answer?
Specifically with regards to these JAVA questions:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/5567/how-to-install-the-sun-java-jdk
https://askubuntu.com/questions/52154/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-...
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Why are the top voted answers on top of the accepted answer when it was answered by the asker?
Why is it that the top voted answer always appears on top if the accepted answer is created by the asker himself? Usually if the answer is accepted by the asker, it worked for him, so why wouldn't ...
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Should we unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list on meta?
This is the partner to my other question, concerning specifically Meta Ask Ubuntu. Because accepts may have a somewhat different meaning or purpose on meta I am posting this question to gather ...
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Another bit on abandoned questions, but specifically good ones with good answers
Question on a rarer type of abandoned question:
Is there a way for 'Community' to take ownership of these questions so an answer can be accepted and the data can be maintained? Is it simpler to ...
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Not using accepted answer option
Don't get me wrong, it's not about the points (but I do enjoy getting them). It's more of a site cleanup question.
Is there mods that you can ask to mark an answer as accepted, when you clearly ...
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Should we unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list?
Community manager Nicholas Chabanovsky has posted this on Meta Stack Exchange:
Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers.
On Stack Overflow, apparently, answers are now by ...
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Should I consider the timeline while accepting an answer?
Assume that, I get an answer to my question that is OK, and i accept it. After a while I get another answer that is seemed to be more OK.
Now what should I do? Should I accept the new answer? If I ...
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I accepted an answer to my question - does that mean I should upvote it, too?
A while ago, I asked a question about something. An answer was provided by another user, and although it did help with my original problem, it created new problems that were discussed in comments. ...
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If the answerer answers the question in the comments of their answer, should the OP accept that answer?
Let's say the question is:
How do I open Terminal Quickly?
I have been looking for an easy way or short-cut to open the Terminal quickly, so I don't have to find it in the Dash.
And the answerer ...
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Should I accept my own answer even if it's inspired by another much detailed answer?
Three paragraphs written below consist a complex situation, please try and understand every sentence
I had a question about thumbnail generation in new Ubuntu release, I asked and started a bounty on ...
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Why are the accepted answers always on the top of the answer list?
Currently (from what I can see) the rules for ordering the answers in a question is:
Accepted answer (no matter what votes it has)
Answer with most votes numbers below the accepted answer
Answers ...
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What to do when users have been inactive for months and their question remain open?
I have a couple of questions still open
nVidia GeForce Go 7600? can it ever run unity?
UFW is not logging how do I troubleshoot?
Will my data be erased if I upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04
But ...
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If an answer cannot possibly give you what you asked for, please consider accepting nevertheless
On a regular basis, people ask questions with no other possible answer then:
No, that can't be done, because...
Mostly, this is because of a lack of technical understanding of OP, or because people ...
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"Answer your own question" = accepted answer?
If I use the "answer your own question" option, will my answer be marked as accepted?
If not, that seems rather useless...
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Can someone accept other user old question?
Can someone accept other user old question? Example:
If "A" have a question posted. Then "B" answered the question (and it is good and acceptable). But "A" didn't open his/her account for 1,5 years. ...
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What is the meaning of an accept (of an answer)?
Does it mean the answer is "completely satisfactory", and the question can be considered finished ? Or just that a given answer was "the most helpful" ?
for example, in why do youtube videos stop ...
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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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