answers that are barely more than a link to another page
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2answers
185 views
Can I copy content from third party sources into my SO answer?
In this post @MitchWheat commented with a link to his blog, exposing some useful content to the OP.
I thought that this content would make a good answer and no answer with that content seemed to be ...
18
votes
2answers
162 views
What should be done with questions where the question and answer are 404 on jsfiddle?
This is an example:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9569986/jquery-register-click-event-twice (10k)
It seems like it should be a candidate for close and deletion-- this is no longer really a ...
11
votes
2answers
165 views
How do I custom flag an answer as a “Link only answer”? [duplicate]
I usually flag answer containing only a link as "Other" and write a comment to the mod such like "Link only answer". Anyway the flag was declined with the statement:
Links only answer – 4 hours ...
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votes
0answers
75 views
Should we flag link only answers linking to projects? [duplicate]
I have seen quite a number of link only answers that links to projects hosted on github and similar project hosting websites. What is community's take on this type of link only answers? Should we ...
20
votes
6answers
378 views
Why was this 'not-an-answer' flag declined? [duplicate]
I flagged this answer as Not An Answer (NAA), because while this does point the OP in the direction of the correct answer, the answer as written should be a comment.
In the event the answer gets ...
18
votes
0answers
137 views
Don't consider inline code spans as code for the purposes of the quality filter
From my earlier question, Detect attempts at disguising meaningless text as code blocks:
Currently, the quality filter only asks that you have a code block before it will accept your submission of ...
4
votes
0answers
72 views
Edit rejected for changing too much of the original post on link only answer
I recently encountered this link only answer and edited it to include the content from the jsfiddle link. The suggested edit was rejected however (by a ratio of 3:2).
What is the correct proceedure ...
2
votes
0answers
38 views
Is it acceptable to allow people to post Q&A style questions linking to external sites? [duplicate]
As a specific example I'm thinking this which I came across:
Simple way to develop a mobile app in HTML5 using Phonegap (without Eclipse)
Ok it seems pretty uneventful but if I was doing some dodgy ...
7
votes
2answers
119 views
If another question/answer *perfectly* answers a question (but the question is quite different), is it appropriate to answer with just a link?
In reference to Policy inheritance and inaccessible protected members, there is another question that has the perfect answer (accessing a protected member of a base class in another subclass).
I am ...
2
votes
2answers
80 views
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 ...
10
votes
2answers
254 views
I've been answer-banned and really can't figure out why or how to fix it
Yes, I've read the whole FAQ. I've read all of the related questions and answers here. I've looked for all the information I can find on my SO account. I'm still stumped.
I'm an experience ...
0
votes
3answers
46 views
Late post review audit: what's the big problem with this post?
While reviewing the late answers from the review queue I encountered a post similar to this (I can't find the original in my review history):
You could try the solution found here:
...
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votes
2answers
173 views
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 ...
9
votes
2answers
136 views
Detect attempts at disguising meaningless text as code blocks
Currently, the quality filter only asks that you have a code block before it will accept your submission of a post containing a jsFiddle link. Without a block of code, the submission is rejected with ...
5
votes
1answer
79 views
Link only answer in not constructive question
There are quite a number of non-constructive questions, closed but not deleted. I guess it is deemed useful enough to be kept around, but closed to prevent torrent of bad answers.
My question is: How ...
