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Should I flag an "answer" that doesn't actually answer the question, but was accepted anyway?
This answer to this question: Change from UEFI to Legacy, on AskUbuntu, has been accepted by the original question poster. However, it does not actually answer the OP's question (how to change an ...
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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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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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How do you ask OP to reconsider accepted answer and award yours?
I was a little late to the part posting an answer to this question: How to get a substring from bash command
We are all proud parents of our posted answers so I'm probably biased but I think my ...
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Selecting one answer among many when all answer the question [duplicate]
In this question How can I organize files based on their filename first letter into A-Z folders almost all the answers are correct.
Is there any criteria in place in selecting one of them when all ...
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What happens if I think that my answer is more valid than the accepted one?
What happens if I think that my answer is more valid than the accepted one? I don't know if this is my perception, or, effectively, my answer is better. What should I do?
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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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What should I do for comment answer
I asked a question: Error libx264 not found.
And I got a comment which is good answer.
After I got the correct answer, I want to see what community thinks I should do:
Vote up the comment only.
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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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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
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