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2 votes

Answering a question using an answer from another post

As far as the up-voting answers goes, comments can be up-voted too. I don't see that happening often though and I believe the points are less. …
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-2 votes

Is it possible to ask a Question you already know and answer it

If the answer has mass appeal I guess it's ok. But even then not entirely comfortable with it. What I don't like is when a programmer using some fringe language has already solved his problem of the …
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Is it okay to ask the OP inside your answer to accept and upvote it?

I've nudged OP's via comment to take the question off the "unanswered list" by accepting an answer, stating what is not working with an answer (so it can be amended with improvements) or posting their …
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1 vote

Why is it that perfectly good answers get deleted?

The important thing around here is to be nice so if answers are mean, rude, abusive, childish, vulgar, insulting, demeaning, condescending, obnoxious, ridiculing, liable, break copyright laws, or any other …
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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 answer …
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How do you ask OP to reconsider accepted answer and award yours?

I have accepted answers to my own questions as a way of awarding someone who answered that provided could insights to help me solve the problem. … I have the upmost respect for Windy and have upvoted numerous of his answers along with the usual suspects Serge, Zanna, Terdon, Jacob, Fabby, Muru, etc. …
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-1 votes
1 answer
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Feature request: canned answers

It would be nice to have boiler-plate answers we can post without having to type them out all the time. …
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Please consider leaving feedback on votes for new users

A great proposal. I think when down-voting anyone you should give a comment. Indeed I think the software suggests you do so. We all started with rep zero. We are all human beings with feelings and es …
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