Questions tagged [specific-answer]
You have a question about a specific answer on the site, which should be linked for reference.
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What can we do when an answer is intentionally harmed by the author?
The author of this answer wrote "despatch" instead of "dispatch" several times, which is (being a non-native English speaker myself) an understandable mistake. It was corrected in an edit by ymb1.
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Should these two answers be merged?
Background:
I was reviewing this question when I noticed that:
it is a list question (i.e. open-ended, i.e. generally regarded as too broad)
the OP posted two answers.
I have asked in the comments ...
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Should the locked heavily edited long answer be split?
Related to: Can a locked thread be upvoted?
Because the topic being answered is complex, I have suggested to the author to delete the long bonus section of their locked answer, and split it into ...
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1answer
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Is there something I can do to help unlock my answer? And what happens if I don't?
A comment by ymb1 on an answer to my related question Can a locked thread be upvoted? suggested I ought to raise the issue of my locked answer Which parts of class E airspace can an ultralight (part ...
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What should we do with this answer?
This in particular.
It got flagged, as not an answer, it passed review and now is flagged again.
What should we do?
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1answer
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SR-71 cool story comment posted as an answer
This post IMO (and others per the votes/comments and a flag) should not be an answer:
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/50294 (+6/-2)
It's a cool comment that can be posted as such by linking to ...
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1answer
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What should our policy be on plagiarism?
According to Meta.SE: What to do when plagiarism is discovered
If your flag [for plagiarism] gets declined, flag again and/or raise the issue on Meta.
The flag is still pending (now retracted; see ...
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Can we delete this “humorous” answer?
This one in particular.
We discussed "fun" in other occasions (one, two, three) and as far as I can tell the consensus is that fun is fine in comments, in meta and chat, NOT in answers to serious ...
