The accepted answer is the answer the question owner thought best met their needs. Accepting is encouraged but never required. This tag is for *discussing* issues related to accepted answers, not indicating that the tagged question *has* an accepted answer.
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OPs changing mind about accepting solutions
I have noticed a couple of times that some time after an OP accepts a solution, he changes his mind and accepts another. I am interested in what people think of this. I don't feel it's cricket to do ...
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Accept no longer bumps?
It used to be the case that accepting an answer would bump the thread to the top (front page). Has this feature been removed? Last time I accepted a question it seems to have had no bumping effect.
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Deleting my accepted answer and contacting the mod
I wish to delete my accepted answer here. When I flagged it for mod attention, the review was that there was there was no evidence to support my contention. I do not know what to do at this stage. ...
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“Almost” answered question with a bounty
Four days ago I asked a question on MSE that had zero replies till I opened a 50 rep. bounty on it (now it has only one) ...well now a user gave me rich answer with examples and stuff..but it fill ...
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How ethical is accepting an answer and then accepting another one later for the same question?
I am asking this question because I noticed how someone accepted an answer of mine and then "de-accepted" it and accepted another user's answer to the same question. My question is- is it OK to do so?
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About the Ordering of Answers
I found this question "A question about hyperbolic functions", where the OP accepted his own answer with no upvotes (so far). The strange thing is that the accepted answer doesn't show up on top, no ...
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1answer
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How do you accept the right answer?
I just asked a question and three people gave 3 really good answers. Each of them is very useful and both the comments and answers help clear up a lot of things. How do I then go about choosing which ...
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Who accepted this answer?
There is this migrated question on
Transition Probability. Since the user has no Math.SE account, he's greyed out.
But funnily the only answer given is accepted. By whom? By the user?
Or was his ...
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User names that are not linked
I noticed in a few questions, such as What does a nonstandard proof of Con(PA) look like? , that the user name that asked the question appears in grey but is not linked. What does that indicate?
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Concerning change in reputation score
What kind of change in reputation score does happen when I accept an answer , given by me to a question by myself ?
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1answer
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Can you award a bounty without accepting the answer
What happens if there are partial answers to a bounty question. Can you award a bounty without accepting the answer?
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“Un-accepting” an answer?
[edited the formulation in Q3]
After rereading the answer in "what is the correct terminology..." I notice that I did not really realized the contents of one comment, which even backed my own ...
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I keep receiving: 'you can accept an answer in 5 minutes'
I have been trying to accept the answer for this question for 4 hours now.
I keep receiving the message 'you can accept the answer in 5 minutes'.
Is this something I should worry about?
Or just trying ...
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No reference to accepting answers in the FAQ
Seeing a user with a $0\%$ accept rate, I would like to point him to the relevant section of the FAQ, but it seems to be no reference to accepting answers in the FAQ.
There is some other reference I ...
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Which answer should be accepted in tradition? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What factors should be considered to accept an answer: Time, completeness or what?
Sometimes asked a question will possibly receive more than one answers, all of them ...
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Should I accept a good but incomplete answer?
My question Which spheres are fiber bundles? has one very nice response, but the response does not completely answer the question.
I'd like to reward the response, but on the other hand I'd like to ...
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CW answers considered harmful?
Not really a discussion, more of a cautionary tale:
I sometimes write answers that are basically just compilations of facts that have already been noticed in comments to the question, but which I ...
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1answer
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About Accepted Rate
Throughout the Maths questions, we can see many answers which have not been voted as desired or corrected ones yet. Do we need an alert or something on the page notifying the questioners pick the best ...
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1answer
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Accepted answers are always displayed on top?
I always thought, that the accepted answer is displayed on top of the other answers, even if the others have more votes.
This question seems to be a counterexample. Why is that?
The timeline of the ...
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Close/flag questions as answered
There are plenty of questions that are completely answered in the comments. If this happens to one of your own questions, you can follow Qiaochu's advice here: What should one do when one's question ...
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Are there codified or at least customary acceptance criteria?
In this question, there are two answers, both of which I up-voted, but I didn't "accept" either since there didn't appear to be a reason why one stands out as clearly preferable to the other. ...
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What factors should be considered to accept an answer: Time, completeness or what?
I asked a question on the main site. This answer was the one I liked the most and I accepted it after some minutes because I got it completely and that was how I'd solve the problem myself.
After ...
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1answer
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Accepting more than one answer
Why do we have to accept just one answer? I mean, in some questions there are lots of good answers which deserve to be accepted; why do we have a restriction on the number of accepted answers? I think ...
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Why should we accept answers?
Recently there was some discussion (in comments to some questions and in chat) about:
accepting answers and unwillingness of some users to do so;
some users find comments reminding users to improve ...
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How do I accept an answer?
I feel like such a jerk, because I haven't accepted anyone's answers to my questions, and I can't figure out how! Could someone please tell me how?
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Minimum waiting time to accept answer
I have been seeing answers accepted a very short time after being posted.
Waiting less than 24 hours means that people in some time zones may not have the opportunity to read a question before an ...
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1answer
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Accepting least upvoted answers - Troll?
Suppose that a user does not genuinely accept the best answers on their questions, but instead accepts all the answers with the fewest upvotes. I appreciate the fact that everyone is free to choose ...
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Is it rude to change which answer you accept?
Let's say you post a question, and someone answers it. The answer seems reasonable, so you accept it. Then, later, someone else comes along and provides a much more thorough and detailed response, ...
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My question was turned into a community wiki - should/can I still pick a best answer?
A question I asked yesterday was recently turned into a community wiki question. Ok, no problem. I understand why that decision was made. Before that was done however, I was contemplating which of the ...
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How can I delete an answer which has been accepted?
I no longer want to help a particular user (picakhu) due to repeated comments that my considered answers are not helpful, changes in questions after I answer, and the user's pattern of not voting ...
