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Are link based answers ok if they link to other Stack Exchange Answers?
Is it ever ok to provide an answer to a question that's essentially a link only answer to another Stack Exchange question or answer?
Often I do this when
The answers of the other question could be ...
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Is it ok to answer a contest post with a list of links to others' content?
I am not sure if my potential post passes muster.
I have a fun answer to Time for some more swag! I would like to post the Top 10 Songs of All Time list.
This is a top 10 list, so the songs ...
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How should I handle link-only answers pointing to another Stack Exchange site?
On Super User, I saw an answer that points to an answer on Stack Overflow:
brew install wkhtmltopdf fails.
I documented on StackOverflow the correct way to install wkhtmltopdf
using Homebrew ...
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Is an answer that only decomposes a problem and provides links good?
I have recently written this answer:
Your problem has two distinct parts:
How do I update user session attributes whenever I want to?
How do I do something every 20 minutes?
For ...
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Non-answer answers to non-question questions [duplicate]
I keep seeing answers like this pop up in the Review queue:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/22059731/399649
There is another source for VoIP. You should have a look at https://code.google.com/p/idoubs/...
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Should users be given a chance to correct their old answers before flagging?
Should users be given a chance to correct their old answers before flagging?
I've been having a (too meta admittedly) with another user on this answer which is a 3 years old answer by Darin Dimitrov.
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Answer converted to a comment [duplicate]
Today this happened to me. I was trying to answer a question and provided a link that can help the OP in solving the question. Why did the system converted it to a comment?
How come it identifies one ...
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Answer own question with a link to solution at another SE site?
I recently asked a question on Stack Overflow but didn't receive any answers so I posted the same question in gamedev.stackexchange.com (which I didn't know existed before). Now that I got an answer ...
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Link-only answer should be flagged [closed]
While looking for an answer, I encountered something very strange. We are asked to flag LOAs (link-only answers) and a moderator will take care of that. What I found is:
Is this my mistake or some ...
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Why are short answers indiscriminately flagged?
Sometimes there is a question which requires a very short answer. When I post the answer I always feel like I should add some words or some people will flag it without considering that it was a full ...
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Criticizing an almost three-year-old answer because it's too short? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do I get exactly the same comment by different users for my link-only answer?
Got a notification of a new comment on my answer to this question.
The commenter ...
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Should answers linking to tools or libraries be marked for deletion as link-only? [closed]
Link-only answers are discouraged and often get marked for deletion with a comment of:
While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and ...
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*How* link-only does a post need to be before it's link-only? [duplicate]
Triggered by this answer; quoting:
You are on the right track. Take a look at this article. There are many other articles on that topic I think, so choose one and try to understand it.
Another way I ...
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Warn users trying to post link-only answers
It was suggested that link-only answers should be automatically deleted, instead of requiring flagging or delete votes. Although I agree that it could work in many cases, there may be false positives, ...
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Should users provide OP (legitimate) links as their answer if it helps in answering the question?
First off, I am relatively new to Stack Overflow. I respect the rules of the forum, and I admit I do not yet know all the rules. I am learning, and I'm thankful to moderators and peers for showing me ...
user181359
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Can my answer to a question be a link to another question? [duplicate]
I came across a question which is indirectly related to a clearly answered questions in Stack Overflow.
Can my answer be a link to that question (all similar questions)?
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How should helpful answers that are just links be handled? [duplicate]
There has been a "movement" of sorts on Stack Overflow. Users are flagging questions that are just a link or little more than a link, like:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4737028/396458
https://...
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What do we do with answers that are just links to other Stack Overflow answers?
Googling for a solution to disable HTML5 form validation last night, I came across this question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6112266/html5-form-validation-custom-info-message
There is one ...
user159834
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Should I flag answers which contain only a link as "not an answer"? [duplicate]
More than often I get a lot of itch when I see an answer which contains only a link. For example this one.
Check this link, it will solve your query..
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/...
user138231
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Should there be policy about 'One-Link-Only-Answers'? [duplicate]
See also: Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really "good answers"? | Is it okay to answer a Stack Overflow question with a link? | Why is linking bad?
Related: How do I properly ...
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Are link-only answers poor practice? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really “good answers”?
Are answers that consist solely or almost solely of a link poor practice? I mean, assuming ...
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Should a link to a similar question be posted as an answer or a comment?
Sometimes users just link a new question to similar questions on StackOverflow.
Should these links be considered as an answer or a comment? Is there any best practice for this?
If comments are the ...
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How should answers that link to duplicate questions be handled?
Every now and again, I find someone has posted an answer to a new question that points to an older question that is an exact duplicate. In other words, the question is a duplicate, but the poster has ...
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Is it ok to answer questions with just a link [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really “good answers”?
Why is linking bad?
Is it okay to answer questions like this (name blanked out):
The ...
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Is it okay to answer a Stack Overflow question with a link? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really “good answers”?
Just wondering what the etiquette for posting links should be.
Let’s say you find a post or ...
Michael Wolfenden