Timeline for What do we do when a popular answer doesn't seem to directly address the question?
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 13:58 | history | edited | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:41 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://parenting.stackexchange.com/ with https://parenting.stackexchange.com/
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| Mar 16, 2017 at 15:47 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.parenting.stackexchange.com/ with https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| May 22, 2014 at 16:08 | answer | added | user3143 | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 5, 2014 at 12:38 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| May 3, 2014 at 13:49 | comment | added | SomeShinyObject | @deworde, The optimist in me wants to say that we are often directed to the best things in life via unintentional discovery. We'll just shove that guy back deep down where he belongs though. | |
| May 3, 2014 at 12:14 | comment | added | deworde | @ChristopherW Unfortunately, it's attention to do with a row about toilet seat etiquette. | |
| May 2, 2014 at 16:53 | comment | added | user420 | @Joe That... is an excellent question. I checked, and unfortunately, the answer appears to be "no". example. I don't know if it would be different if there were no accepted answer, but I suspect the result would be the same. | |
| May 2, 2014 at 16:47 | comment | added | Joe | Am I correct in believing that an answer with an awarded bounty is automatically listed higher than any non-awarded non-selected-answer? Or do higher voted answers with no checkmark and no bounty go above bountied answers? | |
| May 2, 2014 at 15:07 | answer | added | SomeShinyObject | timeline score: -4 | |
| May 2, 2014 at 14:56 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackParenting/status/462244280523059200 | ||
| May 2, 2014 at 14:45 | comment | added | SomeShinyObject | We should all look at the upside to this question. At least the Parenting.SE community is finally getting some much needed attention. | |
| May 2, 2014 at 13:53 | answer | added | Joe | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 2, 2014 at 11:11 | answer | added | deworde | timeline score: -3 | |
| May 2, 2014 at 7:23 | answer | added | Denis de Bernardy | timeline score: -4 | |
| May 2, 2014 at 0:14 | answer | added | Doc | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 2, 2014 at 0:07 | comment | added | user420 | @Doc please post that as an answer so people can vote on your proposal | |
| May 1, 2014 at 21:53 | comment | added | Joe | I think I agree with @Doc. In theory the downvotes from the community should overwhelm the upvotes, even if no answer is chosen. However, I do understand the question of what happens with questions like this that are clearly primarily not voted on by the community (but are only getting so many votes due to being a hot question), and if I am on one side of delete/not delete, it's only by a tiny bit. | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:35 | comment | added | Doc | I think the answer should stay, despite the issues being pointed out. In the end, if the OP decides a different answer is 'better' (which they may not, btw. Maybe the given answer is eye-opening and changes the OP's mind of how to approach the situation), they'll mark a different answer as correct. Once they do so, the marked answer will jump to the top regardless of votes. | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:19 | comment | added | user420 | @Joe That grey area is exactly what I'm seeking to clarify with this question. That may be difficult to achieve, though.... | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:18 | comment | added | Joe | Agreed. That's not exactly against the rules, though; it's a very grey area, which I think is reflected in the varying solutions to similar questions asked on the subject on various metas. Even in the two posts on Parenting Meta linked above, they have two totally different end results. | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:16 | comment | added | Waterseas | @Joe The major issue is that, while it may offhandedly intend to answer the question, the primary function of the answer seems to be to push a personal agenda of the answerer. | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:14 | comment | added | Joe | I think that it does "attempt" to answer the question - but in a way that isn't exactly helpful. The big problem is that I think having such a highly upvoted answer on top that doesn't answer the question is harmful. | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:13 | comment | added | Joe | This is tough for me. On the one hand, I think it's an inappropriate answer, and downvoted and explained why. It's not addressing the question (How do I...), but answering (Should I...) instead. On the other hand, it is an answer, and is intended to address the question; I've certainly given programming answers on [StackOverflow] that are similar ("What you're asking to do is a bad idea.") Perhaps more appropriate in programming (where program design is an important element of programming), but still... | |
| May 1, 2014 at 20:08 | history | asked | user420 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |