Timeline for When is an answer Not An Answer?
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Apr 28, 2016 at 5:12 | comment | added | Law29 | OK, so "Not an answer" should not be used to flag posts which are not answers to the question. That's illogical, but no matter. | |
| Apr 27, 2016 at 21:55 | comment | added | user9517 | @Law29 That's just a wrong answer - downvote it. | |
| Apr 27, 2016 at 21:38 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @Law29 A downvote. | |
| Jan 20, 2016 at 18:44 | comment | added | Law29 | What is recommended when the "answer" does not even try to address the question? I am asking because I flagged NAA an answer telling how to list KBs, because the question was about to uninstall KBs. My flag was "declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer". | |
| Nov 10, 2014 at 9:25 | comment | added | user9517 | @cybermonkey That's entirely acceptable | |
| Nov 10, 2014 at 9:18 | comment | added | AStopher | @Iain I find that when a comment is an answer, many users tend to steal the answer in that comment and post it as their own answer. | |
| Apr 23, 2014 at 13:35 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 9:11 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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| May 16, 2013 at 17:54 | vote | accept | user9517 | ||
| Mar 31, 2013 at 12:08 | comment | added | Jenny D | It seems to me the confusion is the difference between "is a wrong answer" (which shouldn't be NAA) and "is not even a wrong answer", which is what I think should be NAA. | |
| Mar 29, 2013 at 0:31 | comment | added | vonbrand | Great. So don't use NAA if the answer doesn't answer the question (?!) | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 17:48 | comment | added | bmike | Nice post - we're working to educate and promote the proper use of not-an-answer flags. meta.apple.stackexchange.com/q/1629/5472 I'm a big proponent for keeping all the wrong answers online, searchable, but properly down-voted and explained as to how and why the post is incorrect. Just as many learn from a correct answer - knowing what the answer is not is equally beneficial to learning. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 14:36 | comment | added | Jenny D | Well, yes, but you seem to be saying "should not", which IMHO is a ways off from "may". At the very least it's a bit confusing for a relative newbie. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 14:31 | comment | added | user9517 Mod | @JennyD: I believe we are, it only says may not will. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 11:04 | comment | added | Jenny D | The second bullet point in the part saying that NAAs shouldn't be thrown when the answer doesn't answer the question contradicts the FAQ:s text, where it says that answers may be removed if they are "not even a partial answer to the actual question". It'd be nice if the FAQ and the moderators could be in agreement... | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 12:40 | history | edited | longneck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2013 at 22:48 | history | edited | user9517Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2013 at 22:33 | history | answered | user9517Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |