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Answer from someone's comment
This can be considered as an ethical question.
I was wondering if, when seeing someone's comment answering the question on which it was posted, I can add an answer based on that comment. Of course, ...
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What to do when the answer is too short for an answer
I have seen quite a few questions where people ask how could they do something by a certain method.
Example:
Transfer files to iPad via USB from Android
As far as I am aware it isn’t possible so I ...
user310476
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How do I deal with an answer in comments that isn't an answer but not a dupe either?
How do I deal with an answer in comments that isn't an answer but not a dupe either?
I got this one - Creating desktops and opening programs on those desktops using applescript
Which I kind of read ...
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Should follow-up advice given in comments be added as an update to an answer?
I provided and answer to this question on the main site, and subsequent to that answer, I had an exchange with the OP in the comments section where I provided additional advice on how I personally ...
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Is it good-practice to use a comment (or parts of it) of someone else to answer a question?
I wanted to answer this question. But the user jherran was faster commenting this question instead of answering it.
So i just added a comment instead of answering it, expecting jherran will add an ...
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If I have a hypothesis as to a solution, should it be a comment or an answer?
What should I do in these instances? It usually happens with "why" questions more than anything else.
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Answers that are really comments/comments that are really answers
In the flagging dialog box, there is a way to indicate that an answer is not really an answer, but actually a comment.
What about the reverse case? Are flags encouraged that indicate that a comment ...
DanielMod
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