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Option 3, we should be a resource that is as correct and useful as possible. Having archives of information that doesn't work doesn't really help anybody and having those answer there just clutters …

Users don't have to understand the site to use it. Way more people just use the site than participate in it. If answers to questions have enough votes they don't show up on the unanswered list, so i …

There's nothing wrong with writing up your answer that solves your exact problem by deriving from other answers. You should make it clear in your answer that AZ's information was important to your s …

No, you can't make (or force) people to accept an answer. What you can do instead is vote up the answer you think is best. If everyone keeps doing that it just works out.

There's not much you can do if a user doesn't come back and accept an answer. However the community can judge the answers based on their quality and vote accordingly. So basically if you leave an an …

This is a case where you can use commenting to your advantage. In this case you can ask the answerer for references to add. There's nothing wrong with people guessing, it should just be clear when som …

It's impossible to really force anyone to accept an answer, especially if they bail. That answer has 4 upvotes, so as far as the community is concerned it's a good answer, it has enough votes to no …

I usually try to improve an answer first, either by adding links to references or other questions on the site or generally improving it. However if it ends up that I'm making so many changes that I'm …

It's up to the person who asked to determine the best answer, and many times the person never comes back to check to see if newer answers get better. I wouldn't worry about it, the community will vo …

If they don't bother to post it as an answer I usually put it as an answer, give them credit, and then mark it Community Wiki. You can then flag the comment as "obsolete" so it can be removed and not …