Questions tagged [answers-in-comments]
For discussions around the moderation and handling of comments that partially or fully answer the question at hand.
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What's the best way to handle comments that answer a question?
This happens all too often.
Someone asks a question that's mostly clear
Another users posts a comment, but inadvertently (or intentionally) answers the question
No one actually posted an answer, but ...
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If there are effectively no restrictions on comments, the site's rules should be changed accordingly
Let's start with how comments are meant to be used, according to our own rules:
What are comments?
Comments are temporary "Post-It" notes left on a question or answer. They can be up-voted (...
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Is suggesting games in comments for off-topic questions discouraged?
A question recently was asked, Racing Game in Arcade where you can save your game. Based on the information the asker was able to provide, this was flagged as off-topic, as there was only criteria he ...
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Using comments as answers
A similar question was asked over on rpg.se, and I thought I should bring it over here and ask the same thing. I feel this topic is a bit similar to Answering a question using someone else's comment ...
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