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Two answers on one question by the same user
It's an occasional practice for users to post two or more answers to the same question. … Lengthy answers may get tedious to read for users. …
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3
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What is a Work in Progress Answer?
an answer that partially answers that the question asks
an answer which already answers the question, but the author is seeking improved approach or refining their existing answer to make the answer more … In fact, some of the highly-voted answers on this site have evolved overtime and that can be seen in the edit history. At one point they've also been work-in-progress answers. …
- 107k
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3
answers
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Ask Ubuntu isn't Code Golf. . . or is it?
There's something that has been bothering me for some time about the response to some answers here on Ask Ubuntu, and came to my attention again on this post. … What is the limit to which we define "cryptic" answers?
I don't necessarily seek a "solution" but I do want to see what the community thinks on this matter. …
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What should I do when I find an answer that damages my system but I don't have enough reputa...
Answers that are harmful should be downvoted, and commented on to mention what's wrong. …
- 107k
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0
answers
132
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Posting extra answer to support existing answer
Here's the situation:
A question has answer A which explains something fairly well
I already have an answer there with alternative solution B
However, I see that A can be explained in more detail a …
- 107k
9
votes
2
answers
244
views
Re-working another user's answer?
It works and answers the question, but it's buggy, the approach used isn't optimal, or messes up user configurations, and I suspect I could probably fix it. What are the options in such case ? …
- 107k
13
votes
2
answers
283
views
How do you research for answers?
My hope is that this can be a discussion that can help ourselves and new users produce better answers and improve flow of information. Share your tricks, tips, methods. …
- 107k
5
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0
answers
98
views
Feature request: retracting delete vote on answers
When I vote to close a question it's possible to retract close vote. When I press delete(1) to remove my vote on an answer, it only asks for confirmation if I want to vote to delete, not retract. Can …
- 107k
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Accepted
Delete own answer if somebody posts a more thorough answer later?
Personally, I think people have wrong impression of answers with similar content：“OMG, this guy is copying me !!!” No, because nothing is new under the sun. …
- 107k
10
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1
answer
238
views
What to do with copy-pasted answers by a new user?
Just now I've opened the main page of the site, and see that a new user has copy-pasted effectively the same text to 3 posts (last two of which are apparently duplicates of each other, since the answers …
- 107k
3
votes
Why is it that perfectly good answers get deleted?
I know it might seem a bit frustrating and you're going into answering with good intentions, but look at it from this perspective: if your answers receive negative feedback, try to learn what exactly is … wrong with your answers and listen to the comments. …
- 107k
9
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1
answer
204
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Is there a way to verify integrity of a link in the answer?
I stumbled on this answer just now. It's an accepted answer, but contains a link from googleusercontent.com type of domain, which doesn't say much of itself in URL and I've never heard of it myself, b …
- 107k
7
votes
1
answer
206
views
What are the limits for answer and question lengths?
What are the limits to which answers and questions can be pushed ? … I am more interested in answers, but let's include question limits for completeness. …
- 107k
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PROPOSAL: Checklist for addressing questions mentioning non-Ubuntu distributions
Users with 20,000 rep can cast delete votes on negatively voted
answers.
As you can see at 500 and 2000 users already can review or edit posts. … and many answers which were written on my distribution. …
- 107k
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PROPOSAL: Checklist for addressing questions mentioning non-Ubuntu distributions
"There's often no way to know at the outset if a question's answers will be Ubuntu-specific, Mint-specific, or otherwise." …
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