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How far should I go when answering?
Having seen the link, I'm not sure there is anything here that requires fixing. The answer looks reasonable - it gives a general sketch of an approach to solve a problem. You certainly shouldn't feel ...
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Should I clean up my answer?
I've had similar situations happen to me as well. I've taken a similar approach and kept most or portions of my original answers in the bottom portion of my answer and put a header above it stating as ...
slmMod
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How far should I go when answering?
It's a big question, and so I think it's a little unreasonable to expect a pile of working code in an Answer. The Question would like an iptables-based answer, but does say:
If this can't be done ...
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How can I improve my answer?
First of all, consider the fact that only one person downvoted. As a general rule, you shouldn't read too much into solitary downvotes. That said, I can see some problems with your answer:
It is just ...
terdonMod
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How can I improve my answer?
A downvote does not mean the answer is wrong. It just means someone was willing to spend a few reputation points to give it a lower priority, for whatever reason. (On the flip side of that is that an ...
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How to tackle the gray area in reviewing low-quality answers?
For me the line in the grey area is drawn depending on the effort a user puts into their answer. If the answer is (1) clearly factually wrong or misinterprets the question and (2) it's a one-liner, I ...
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Should I clean up my answer?
Personally, I would edit my already submitted answers to fit an update question, if necessary.
If any part of the old answer is definitely no longer relevant, I would remove it. In some cases, this ...
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What are the reasons for this answer being deleted?
I didn't delete your answer, but I would have done the same thing if I had seen it. Your answer wasn't answering the question. The only relevant bits were the links and links are not answers. This is ...
terdonMod
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What can we (normal users) can do with an accepted answer that contains dead links?
Step 2 ...
... is to take the content of the page in the Wayback Machine
and search for it (e.g., in Google or whatever other search engine you prefer).
Often you can find a new site that has taken ...
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Answers that add information but don't solve the problem
Yes, Answers that don't answer the question should be flagged as "not an answer" (or spam/rude/etc as appropriate). They'll then go to a queue for further review. Users with higher-level ...
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Can someone explain why I can’t post?
It sounds to me like you've hit Why are answers no longer being accepted from my account?, so I would recommend following its advice. Looking at your account, I do see evidence that a couple of your ...
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How to tackle the gray area in reviewing low-quality answers?
apparently there is strong consensus that we should avoid deleting poor and wrong answers, as stated on Meta Stack Exchange
I want to address this point specifically. The "consensus" doesn't exist. ...
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What can we (normal users) can do with an accepted answer that contains dead links?
In general, if an answer fundamentally depends on an external link and is completely unusable if the link dies, this is not a proper answer and it should be deleted. This is a question and answer site,...
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Questions about malware and compromised or hacked servers
As some have pointed out in comments, it may be a good idea to write a canonical Q/A on the topic of "I have been hacked, what do I do?" (or similar) that is specific to U&L (in the same manner as ...
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What to do about poor quality answers?
I would go and downvote the answer along with a comment, to educate the user. In addition to that, I would also flag the question as "Very Low Quality" if it is really that bad.
This way community ...
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Can a user be notified when his post hits low quality queue?
You make an interesting point, but there are a few things to keep in mind:
If the answer is useful even though it could be improved by an explanation, it shouldn't be deleted—but you should add a ...
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What can we (normal users) can do with an accepted answer that contains dead links?
In looking at that answer, someone has already tended to it by linking to the Wayback Machine's website where a backup of the original page is being maintained, so I don't see what the issue is there.
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