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Code only answers
Remember, the answer you provide today is not just for the OP. It is for everyone else who happens to land on it via some search engine link or other method in the future.
Adding an explanation like …
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Answer to 11 year old question
An unanswered question is a question that has no upvoted answers.
To stop unanswered questions of any age from being pushed to the front page, upvote one of the answers (if applicable). …
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Typed an answer and posted a comment - without the necessary rep.?
It's quite possible that the system converted your answer to a comment - see here for more details.
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Why were my "not an answer" flags on these answers declined? What should I have done instead?
They are absolutely answers and should not have been flagged NAA.
There are lost of things you could have done with out flagging ... … I just checked elsewhere and whilst there is an option for a Very Low Quality on Questions, the same does not exist for Answers. …
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What to do about new users posting useless answers only to make themselves known?
You have all the tools you need to deal with this on a case by case basis yourself.
If an answer is useless then simply downvote it.
You could also consider protecting the question to stop it from bei …
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See previous (untedited) version of the question / answer or mark typos in others posts?
I think this already exists. If your posts has been edited then you will see a notification to that effect.
If you click on the date of the edit then you will be taken to the /revisions page for th …