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You have a question regarding the use of comments on the site.
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How should we deal with several now-obsolete comments from different users?
In a similar meta discussion (see links below) it has been said that on the moderator side what is preferred is a custom flag on the post stating "comments need cleaning" because the interface is more … See also:
Flagging obsolete comment conversations
Right way to handle obsolete comments when some of them are mine? …
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Should Aviation.SE allow answers posted in comments?
More importantly, this is not what comments are for. Comments are for requesting more information and suggesting improvements, not answering the question. … I'm not immune, I've also posted similar comments in the past, this is not a good excuse to avoid improvement.
If you have an answer, please post it as such. …
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Should bits of relevant information that are not full answers be allowed in question comments?
That is, for me we should accept comments that help find the answer, but not comments that (however broadly) contain the answer (or attempt to, as in "I think that ..."). … Another case posed by kevin in the comments to his answer is
for that particular question you want to use diagrams or quote past incidents or quote regulations. …
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Why are the comments being misused by established users?
NOTE: I think this confusion arises from knowledge of what moderators can actually do, i.e. turning answers into comments. … There should not be many comments
That's why the system starts complaining after a certain amount of comments get posted under the same post. …
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Who has the right to delete comments?
I am re-reading the comments and all the comments are pointing out that the request for an MRI is exactly to unearth possible undiagnosed issues before they become a problem. … So who has the right to delete comments and what is the criteria?
All users can delete comments through flags. …
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Declined comment flag for obsolete comment
interface does not show the answer the comment is attached to, and I remembered the comment and the original answer, so I neglected checking if the answer got edited, since many many users flag such comments …
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