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How do you research for answers?
If I'm not aware of something that's missing, the community has been exceptional at drawing my attention to answers that are unclear and therefore need further attention. … Some of my more popular answers I try to revisit when a new release comes out in an attempt to keep them up to date. …
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Me-too post? Or partial answer?
It might even be fair to say that all answers are partial answers as they can be edited and improved when new information becomes available, updated to cover new versions, etc. … if as you surmise, this a holdover from back when we would close questions as duplicates of other unanswered questions (before my time here, so I wouldn't know) and we aren't going to accept partial answers …
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What should I do when someones posts an almost exact copy of (part of) my answer to the same...
I would say that if the second answer applies to a different use case (IE having different caveats than the first answer) then Two answers on one question by the same user is the applicable answer. … However, If it's a clear case of duplication then Should almost identical answers be deleted? should apply. …
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Should almost identical answers be deleted?
If duplicate answers arrive within moments of each other it's not really that surprising. It's the fastest gun in the west syndrome and very similar answers are bound to occur. … I do think late identical should be deleted in favor of those that came before them, however similar answers that are more cohesive or fully formed should be left to the voting process. …
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Are people getting "rep shy"? || About "commentswers"
I've done this and I don't find it to be an onerous task.
creating a new flag function to route a comment into the answers where it belongs (perhaps), giving the user a choice... … I believe this approach would result in more poor answers.
New users are already provided with the information. …
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What should I do if someone makes a bad edit to my post?
An alternative which may also avoid a rollback war is to re-edit adding missing detail and removing erroneous information. (This assumes that the edit made was at least partially correct.) Of course i …
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What happens if I think that my answer is more valid than the accepted one?
If you feel the answer could be improved, drop a comment to the author suggesting that they do so, if the author is unwilling or unable to apply the improvements, You can offer to do so for them. The …
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Is there an accepted definition of "future proof"?
I was reviewing a question where I noticed that it was recommended to "future proof" older answers. I must admit that even after searching https://meta.askubuntu.com/search? …
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