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Users asking (and self-answering) in blocks

I've been going through the feed a bit recently, and I've noticed that one particular user has been asking a lot of questions, and most of the time answering them. These questions often get asked in ...
10 votes
1 answer
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Minecraft Java edition commands in Bedrock questions - "Fix my answer for me"

Now, recently Minecraft bedrock and Java edition have grown very similar in most gameplay aspects, so in most gameplay questions I don't think it's a big deal if you are answering from a Java ...
18 votes
7 answers
517 views

Do we want to unpin the accepted answer from the top?

There is a on going Meta SE post about unpinning the accepted answers on a post from the top of the list of answers. In fact, Stack Oveflow has already unpinned the accepted answers. For Stack ...
4 votes
2 answers
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Can I transfer my answer on a duplicate question to the duplicate target?

I answered a question, and later on that question was marked as a duplicate. After checking out the original question closer I realized that my answer to the dupe answers the original question better (...
3 votes
2 answers
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Answering where the optimal answer is 'follow this link'

I came upon a question that I feel I could provide a real high quality answer to; but the format of this site doesn't allow it. You see, the user is asking for help with an achievement, and what they ...
2 votes
1 answer
73 views

Commented as an answer.. but the comment provides a lot of value

I flagged an answer because it outright failed to answer the question, and even admitted to being an answer designed to circumvent the users inability to comment. However, assuming good faith, the ...
-2 votes
2 answers
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How can I fix these downvoted answers?

Sorry, and yes, this is legitimately more than 2 times I would post a question like this, but I just need info for the future. So, answers like mine in this question are downvoted, just like any other....
5 votes
1 answer
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Why do answers turn blurry when downvoted -3+?

I have saw this before, but now I want to find the bottom of it. Answers that are blurry I have seen downvoted massively (-3 or more), and a answer of mine (edited from a comment) became one of them. ...
2 votes
1 answer
57 views

Answer Order Bug

I have noticed a bug here on answers for a question. The answers aren't displaying in order of votes, like they should be. Here is a screenshot to demonstrate: I have refreshed the page, reopened ...
-4 votes
1 answer
122 views

Should we have a flag for answers which failed to realize a question's scope?

I am really new to the Stack Exchange community and after reading several answers, I seem to come to the same conclusion; that some fail to realize the scope of the question. Now I'm unsure as to ...
-3 votes
1 answer
57 views

How to self-answer when the question is closed?

My lowest scored question (as of now) is recently solved by me and I wanted to self-answer it, but thanks to the given fact of game piracy, it was closed off-topic. How can I self-answer my question ...
1 vote
2 answers
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"Hope this helps!" or something similar. Let's talk about it!

So I found this user who's been giving some "OK" answers and I actually found a few of their (no ban please) answers having this phrase: "Hope this helps!" Now I don't think this ...
5 votes
1 answer
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Collapsible Sections/Spoilers

Feature Request - Collapsible Spoilers If the site added collapsible spoilers, that is, where it shows a block of text that has a label that when clicked on exposes all the text hidden away, long bits ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Can some of my answers be converted from Community Wiki to regular answers?

You might've noticed that some of my answers are community-wiki. Why? There are 3 reasons: I want to submit an answer, but if it's not good enough, I want everyone to participate and make edits to ...
9 votes
1 answer
118 views

When should I flag an answer and what flag should I use?

I'm becoming more confused about flagging answers that I believe to not be an answer to a question. Take this answer for example. I've flagged it as "not an answer" but it was declined, and together ...
0 votes
3 answers
242 views

Can answers be accepted by other users?

The answer to this question is correct and should really be accepted, but I don't know if the user will return to do it. Is it possible to mark an answer as accepted on their behalf?
21 votes
4 answers
600 views

How to get an up to date answer for old questions with obsolete answers?

Explanation whether duplicate or not --> see end of post. Imagine you have a question about a game. You first search for it and find it answered a long time ago. Back then the answer was correct, but ...
1 vote
1 answer
67 views

Answers that are specific to OP's singular circumstances

So, this question "Get coordinates at specific point in time - java edition", asks about how to get the world co-ords of a last known location. The question is fine, and an answer has been ...
-8 votes
4 answers
193 views

Why do people get more reputation from lengthier answers?

I want to get peoples opinion on this topic. I generally spend a lot of time preparing answers: I spend up to an hour on some questions and 30 minutes on this question. As you can see, I don't have ...
11 votes
1 answer
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Did I do anything wrong with this answer?

I have a question about my Arqade post: How to cope with choking when playing games? Is there anything I did actually wrong with this answer? I'm just new here and worried about the -3 that quickly ...
3 votes
1 answer
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Imprecise answer accepted, what to do?

On this question, the accepted answer mentions key ghosting, although the actual issue the user is experiencing is key rollover. This answer is not outright wrong and it has the potential of offering ...
5 votes
1 answer
270 views

Answering a Broad question with a Broad answer

This question has been closed as too broad - basically because they're asking several questions at once. That's fine - that's not what I'm asking about. What I'm asking about is the answer. It starts ...
11 votes
3 answers
214 views

Should questions that are too specific go unanswered?

My question is about questions that only really help one person. I answered this question and I am not sure if I should have. He has an attempted Minecraft command, showing he was trying. The ...
8 votes
1 answer
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Should we fix typos when quoting sources?

I had answered a question here. Vemonus had made an edit which as far as I can tell was to correct a typo in the first quote. (Though, I have not verified that with Vemonus) Minecraft is written "...
2 votes
0 answers
153 views

Could I get some criticism on my posts?

Backstory: I'm active a lot lately, and I must say I try to post as high-quality posts, especially answers, as I can. I remember when I was a new user, my post quality was really low, I was getting ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Is there a good reference for making good answers?

An answer I noticed was a long rambling story of the responder's experience with the question and what they did about it. More an essay than an answer. Though it did answer the question (in several ...
-7 votes
2 answers
114 views

Do we allow image answers?

Flagged an answer for only providing an image, akin to link-only answers, and had it declined because "I should not flag answers for inaccuracy". The entire answer is an image, which as far as I was ...
-1 votes
1 answer
115 views

Positive and Negative votes

I recently noticed that when an answer has a positive amount of votes, It looks exactly the same as when there are no votes. On the other hand, when an answer has a negative amount of votes it fades ...
13 votes
2 answers
374 views

How can I work towards removing an answer ban from 1 bad answer?

I was browsing some questions and wanted to answer some. As I couldn't comment, I made an answer on a post which was more like a comment, which got downvoted and deleted. I am ok with that, my 'answer'...
14 votes
1 answer
238 views

Should I delete my answer?

When a question is closed as duplicate, or unclear, or off-topic, and I have already posted an answer, should I delete my answer?
5 votes
7 answers
927 views

What do we do with highly upvoted, accepted, wrong answers?

We've run into somewhat of a sticky situation. There are a couple parts to it, so I'll try to lay it out as best I can. We got a question that was very, very broad: Could ALT + F4 to close a game ...
2 votes
1 answer
84 views

Answer no longer correct: what to do? [duplicate]

If an answer was correct when it was posted, but it's no longer correct now, what is the correct procedure to follow? (as long as you didn't write it) I should just downvote it, or comment it, or ...
-2 votes
2 answers
238 views

How can I improve my answers to remove my answer ban?

I would like to be able to answer people again. I've read the help section and understand what it says but my answers are downvoted for some reason. I know the help says to "Try and improve your ...
2 votes
1 answer
84 views

Does an outright incorrect answer denote "low quality"?

An answer to this question came up in the low quality posts review. Just having posted an answer here seems to be a bad idea, as the question itself is on hold. That said, I could not find anything ...
0 votes
0 answers
62 views

How do we deal with duplicate answers? [duplicate]

So I recently came across an answer that was already previously answered (quite a few months back), and the new answer did not seem to add anything that was not already covered. After a brief ...
1 vote
2 answers
160 views

Do I flag them?

So there is a question that I answered. I feel that I answered well and completely, even cited sources. Suddenly 2 other people post nearly exactly the same answer I gave. Whats more odd is they are ...
8 votes
2 answers
259 views

Do we need more reputation to comment than to answer?

I raised an issue I see a lot when reviewing new users posts, in that the answer the user had given was more of a comment, if anything. The user replied that they were forced to supply an answer to ...
2 votes
1 answer
73 views

Don't answer - just vtc

I have asked a similar question over on StackOverflow about this practice, and the general consensus is that answering bad questions is a frowned upon practice. To explain; when a bad question is ...
2 votes
1 answer
155 views

Are questions requiring answers based on facts OK?

Assume there is a question that can be answered by doing some in-game tests. Those tests might be somewhat time consuming (e.g. 1 hour of testing). Is it acceptable to request that answers are based ...
14 votes
5 answers
319 views

Answering an unclear question

So I was answering a question yesterday about lost saves, and I came back today to find the answer had been downvoted. There was a comment left saying -1 For answering a question before it is ...
4 votes
1 answer
50 views

How are answers with the same score ordered?

I recently answered a question here. 2 minutes later, another person answered the question. I noticed that after visiting the question a few more times, my answer seemed to switch with the other ...
1 vote
1 answer
111 views

What to do with a highly voted answer that is half-wrong?

On the question How do I earn SC2's "Hurry up, it's raid night" achievement?, there is an answer which is highly voted (+25/-2), yet noticeably wrong. The answer makes two separate ...
3 votes
1 answer
64 views

Why can't I post an answer to a question?

For some reason, I cannot post an answer to this question. The banner says it's protected by Community ♦, but I have well over 10 reputation. (No answer button.) Why can't I answer the question?
7 votes
2 answers
127 views

What can I do about being answer-banned when both of my answers were deleted?

Admittedly, my first mistake was being a noob on Arqade - I should have jumped on long ago. Nevertheless, I posted answers to two questions, which I thought were helpful answers. These were both ...
3 votes
1 answer
64 views

Making my answer more visible

I have seen an old question on a game that has evolved a lot. Seeing that all the answers were based on older versions of the game, I put an answer that adds a lot, based on the components in the ...
3 votes
1 answer
113 views

What to do - game identification question is off-topic but I know the answer

See this question. I know it's off-topic because it lacks an auido/visual artefact from the game but I do know the answer. I answered it in this case, but I'm wondering what's the right thing to do.
-1 votes
2 answers
115 views

I'm not sure how to deal with this answer

This question was self-answered once the OP figured out what the problem was, however, the solution was pretty much "oh, whoops, I just mucked it up". made it work, it turns out my controller ...
15 votes
3 answers
690 views

"Here, let me Google that for you..."

A similar question about the Google Image function has been asked, and I feel this is somewhat related. A lot of questions that people ask can be fairly simply resolved with a simple Google search. ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Is it acceptable to answer questions with content copied directly from a wiki page?

In the comment section of this answer, it was suggested that the answer was downvoted because the answer came directly from a wiki page. With that in mind, is it generally acceptable to answer ...
2 votes
2 answers
138 views

Asking a question just to answer it

What happens with questions being asked, just to provide an answer "FAQ Style"? I have been guilty of asking a question like this, about the timezones for an in-game character's apperance. Both the ...
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