Timeline for Should I flag answers that have been accepted even when they don't answer the question?
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| Jan 12, 2012 at 7:56 | comment | added | user9517 | When is an answer not an answer? When it makes no attempt to answer the question posed. At that point it's no better than random monkey thrashing. | |
| Jan 12, 2012 at 2:35 | comment | added | Mark Henderson Mod | @ScottPack - it's very odd that something like that would get the a checkmark, but in any case, it still deserves just a downvote and a comment (because usally the answerer is just confused). If it gets three, the poster can get a badge for deleting it themselves! | |
| Jan 12, 2012 at 0:31 | comment | added | sysadmin1138 Mod | Wrong answers need downvotes. Answers answering the wrong question need downvotes; they're still an answer, just a wrong one. Incomprehensible word salad can get the ax since they aren't anything. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 21:49 | comment | added | Scott Pack | How do you feel about an answer that answers a different question (e.g. "Q: What is 1+1? A: Blue")? | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 4:03 | history | answered | Mark HendersonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |