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Why are we answering how to accomplish a task with X, we are answering with Y? [duplicate]
I've seen this couple of times: How to foo the bar with X? X being a requirement of the asker. Now, maybe I'm biased by my participation in Software Recommendations where all requirements of OP should ...
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A disagreement about the rules on non-answer answers
Context
The following discussion happened in the comment thread on the answer http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/118428/5197, which began with the question "Is udev working properly on your server?" and ...
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Is it appropriate to “cross post” (parts of) answers?
Sometimes multiple questions can relate to the same topic from different angles. I've considered linking the questions, but sometimes the angles are so different that the answer to one question can ...
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Will someone tell me if this answer (mine) is too “cheeky”?
Recently I answered a question that I came across while browsing the unanswered list. Basically I said that the tool that the user was using was now deprecated (even though it wasn't when he asked the ...
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What should I do when an answer is only telling me to do something else?
I asked a question recently, and the only answer only says "yes, why not", questions why I wanted an answer to my question, and told me to do something else instead. It's not helpful at all, and ...
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Should answers adding no new information be flagged?
I am aware of this similar question on Meta Stack Overflow, but it mostly deals with duplicate answers that come about due to the race to answer, which is outside of the scope of my question (which ...
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Are answers using alternative tools not welcome?
Often there are questions of the form "How can I do this with x?" where x is some tool such as bash, sed, awk or perl. Are answers to such question based on another tool than x not welcome, e.g. are ...
