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Should I delete an accepted answer that's now very out of date?
The question is explicitly about Lion. The answer is presumably still helpful for people using Lion. I would encourage you to leave it.
DanielMod
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After 3 years I posted an up-to-date answer and got some bad feedback — What should I do?
Thanks for bringing your question here to discuss.
As I commented on your question (done after your screenshot above), it wasn't that I "wasn't very happy", it's that the answer you added and ...
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Why did my answer only receive half of the 50 bounty?
It seems to be the case that the bounty starter did not award the +50 bounty. But your answer has two upvotes nonetheless.
As What is a bounty? How can I start one? explains:
If you do not award ...
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Discussion Topic: Increase In Questions That Are Simply Solved With Google Search
I'm a strong believer in asking simple questions simply. Even if your question can be found by a google search, I feel it's totally on topic here.
What versions of OS X are affected by Heartbleed?
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bmikeMod
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How to find my answers where another answer has been accepted?
Mass deletion of posts is something that will generally get you suspended.
That being said, the SEDE (Stack Exchange Data Explorer) is the place to go if you want assistance in crafting such a query ...
bmikeMod
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Why would a moderator delete the first duplicate answer in the timeline?
Note: I was not the ♦ moderator who deleted your answer, but I can see why it happened. Yes, you indicated the correct Finder setting, but the answer itself is hard to parse:
Even with "Hide ...
GlorfindelMod
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Answer from someone's comment
Related question: Does this site have different rules about answering in comments? - English Language Learners Meta Stack Exchange.
TL;DR: if a moderator strictly obeys the rules, answers-in-comments ...
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OP claims to represent company in question
In general I probably would put a "insufficient explanation" notice on the answer and add a comment explaining that "I'm from $COMPANY" doesn't add value to the answer and asking for verifiable ...
nohillsideMod
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OP claims to represent company in question
I think the part about being from the Flipd teamis irrelevant.
On SE credibility is NOT based on your age, experience, or position in a company. It is based on your reputation. The user in question (...
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What to do when the answer is too short for an answer
Tell the OP it isn’t possible in an answer and get downvoted
I'm not sure why you're operating under the presumption that saying "No" and/or giving a short answer automatically means a down vote. ...
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What to do when the answer is too short for an answer
"It's not possible" type of answers are always tricky, even though in this case you are right. But even then it might be better to back up your answer with facts and references to give the ...
nohillsideMod
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Discussion Topic: Increase In Questions That Are Simply Solved With Google Search
I see several reasons why people come to Ask Different instead of searching via Google/Bing/Duckduckgo>
not everybody is very used to doing Google searches, especially for more complex topics. ...
nohillsideMod
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Should follow-up advice given in comments be added as an update to an answer?
So long as your answer contains a real and genuine answer, then provided the more fluffy bits round the edges are just extra information, and do not form the primary answer, then they will read better ...
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Answer from someone's comment
There probably is something on Meta.SE on this, but turning a comment "answer" into an actual one is fine, assuming some time (months) has passed between the moment the comment was posted ...
nohillsideMod
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False closure as duplicate
If the intention of the asker are unclear, clarification can be requested through comments. In the mentioned case the OP didn’t come back with more details which would have helped to reopen the ...
nohillsideMod
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Should I delete an accepted answer that's now very out of date?
I’m tempted to mod lock the entire question / post as obsolete. Need to think over the options, but that seems the best way to handle an obsolete answer to a prominent post.
It was sure useful in the ...
bmikeMod
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Is this type of answer okay?
This answer is referred to as a low quality answer. The answer (in its original revision) provides no additional detail than a link. If this link were removed, the answer would not be an answer to the ...
grgMod
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Questions not linked to account and can't accept answer
I’ve had a quick look and it seems you’ve effectively (though unintentionally) created two accounts on Ask Different. I suspect when you first visited the site to ask your first question you created ...
MonomeethMod
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Answer from someone's comment
I'm going to chime in here because what I believe was the impetus for this post turned a somewhat decent comment into an altogether incorrect answer.
Regarding your answer which you sourced from a ...
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Seemingly duplicate answer by another poster
The entire Q&A is unfortunate since there already exists a duplicate question (which this question is now closed and points towards).
However, ignoring that, if I had caught the duplicate answer ...
grgMod
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Why haven't I received reputation points for some of the upvotes that one of my answers received?
Your linked answer is a community wiki post. One of the effects of this is that you receive no reputation for the post, positive or negative. This is indicated by the different style of author link ...
grgMod
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Can't answer a protected question despite having sufficient reputation
Protected questions require 10 reputation to have been earned on the site itself, thus this is status-bydesign.
The 100 reputation association bonus is purposefully removed from the calculation used ...
grgMod
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Is it appropriate to add a new answer vs editing an existing link-only answer?
As you haven't added any more information to your answer beyond what was obtained from the link, I would have edited the existing answer rather than adding a new one, but what you did is not wrong ...
grgMod
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Why did my answer only receive half of the 50 bounty?
From the help center:
If [the person who placed the bounty] do[es] not award [the] bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a ...
DanielMod
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Dupe question... but answers are extremely different
I don't have a Touch Bar model, so using the menu bar as equivalent.
Your question has a mismatch between the title and the concluding question. The title invites questions in "Linked" items which ...
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How is No for an answer to a question that invites workarounds?
Sometimes, the correct answer is a simple 'no' with an explanation why it is what it is. Not all answer have to be, or need to be, complicated. In fact, providing someone a complicated workaround ...
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Should one remove me too part and hope it helps part from an answer?
From looking at the links you've provided most of them are the usual set of rather low-quality answers in terms of problem analysis and reproducibility of the solution (basically they tried this and ...
nohillsideMod
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The policy on flagging link-only answers should be made much more obvious
Both the first and the last paragraph of this answer to Why was my flag for "not an answer" declined? sum it up pretty nicely
TL;DR - moderators generally don't delete posts until they have ...
nohillsideMod
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Suggested Edit was MUCH longer than original answer
The user editing the answer left a comment as well, about them not being able to post an answer on their own because the question is protected and they don‘t have enough reputation. So yes, a separate ...
nohillsideMod
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Can an user see their post deleted for reasons of moderation and its comments?
They don't get a notification about the deleted answer, but they do get a notification from the comments by the ♦ moderator. That's why I tend to leave a comment whenever I delete a post. As a ...
GlorfindelMod
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible