Questions tagged [answers]
This tag is for questions about answers: how to answer, whether specific answers are appropriate, and so forth.
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What we should do with formula-screenshot only answers?
In the last year we got a lot of answers that include only a formula and a screenshot to google-sheets questions. I just found an answer to FILTER(condition OR condition) syntax?
that include two ...
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1answer
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Why am I not given the option to answer this question?
I was having an issue and found a question that matched it:
Whatsapp Web: "Phone Not Connected"
However, I've now solved this issue on the newest version of Android and would like to post ...
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Is “It is not possible” a legitimate answer?
As we all know several times a day we are asked here on web-apps,
Is it possible to perform X action on Y web app
The answers usually tend to be yes it's possible and an explanation.
But in some ...
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1answer
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Best practices for recommending a web app or other tool
I understand that questions asking for app recommendations (or even just "if such an app exists") are off-topic. Questions should be about problems to solve.
Sometimes, though, the best solution to a ...
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2answers
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Should I delete my now obsolete answer?
Back in 2014 I answered the question Google Spreadsheet generate random numbers with Math.random(), based on how Google Spreadsheets worked at that time: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/71355/...
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1answer
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How does the community here define a partial answer?
I request the community to let me know:
How does it define a partial answer?
What should be the minimum information a partial answer should include?
In what circumstances a partial answer should be ...
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1answer
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Question asked but answer no longer valid [duplicate]
What do you do if the answer to a question you have asked is no longer valid due to changes made by the website? For example this one about YouTube.
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1answer
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What does the community think about asking (and answering) really simple questions?
I've got a few family members that are, well let's just say "not very technologically astute", and have asked me a few times similar questions on how to use different online services that most people ...
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1answer
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Multiple new users linking to same service
Most of the answers they've posted only say go to www.jsondata.com but a few mention how it may be company employees posting these short answers. Are they applicable to be marked as spam if they all ...
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1answer
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Answers as comments are correct, but no answers on questions - what to do?
I'm browsing through the unanswered questions area of the site and I've come across at least a three questions that have correct answers in the comments area and even suggested correct by the OP.
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