Timeline for How to politely tell someone that his choice of answer is poor?
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| Apr 15, 2019 at 18:31 | vote | accept | Zarko | ||
| Mar 21, 2018 at 20:14 | comment | added | Zarko | @DavidCarlisle, good suggestion :-) . ones i asked op, where is the answer chosen better than mine. I did not get the answer. | |
| Mar 21, 2018 at 19:59 | comment | added | David Carlisle | you could leave a comment like WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE THE GREEN TICK TO ME | |
| Mar 21, 2018 at 19:02 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | The meaning of accepted answer is literally "I chose this one and it solved my problem". Why would you want to "warn" anyone? | |
| Mar 19, 2018 at 15:16 | comment | added | Andrew T. | @cfr only if it's not self-answered. Accepted self-answer won't be pinned on the top as if it's not accepted. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 17:45 | comment | added | Nicola Talbot | @cfr I just checked and you're right. I always assumed that the default sort by votes setting did exactly that, but apparently it doesn't. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 1:42 | comment | added | cfr | @NicolaTalbot Doesn't the accepted answer always appear at the top, regardless of how few votes it has relative to other answers? | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 23:03 | comment | added | Daniel | "with this ignorance the possibility to learn how to step on the next level of knowledge about latex is lost" I am a teacher at heart, so I perfectly understand the sentiment behind this idea. However, if they don't show up again, they probably do not care. It is hard to accept, but people have the right to neither learn nor improve. | |
| Mar 13, 2018 at 6:37 | answer | added | user391838 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 10, 2018 at 22:42 | comment | added | Skillmon | When I get the accepted answer really quick and do realize this soon, I often write a comment under my answer that OP should not accept my answer just yet, because there might be better answers in the near future. | |
| Mar 10, 2018 at 18:18 | comment | added | Zarko | @Werner, thank you very much for editing my question! | |
| Mar 10, 2018 at 11:54 | comment | added | Nicola Talbot | @Zarko That's true, but once the OP has a received one answer they might not bother returning to the site, in which case there's not much that can be done about it unfortunately. | |
| Mar 10, 2018 at 5:38 | history | edited | WernerMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2018 at 0:35 | answer | added | Alan Munn | timeline score: 24 | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 23:40 | comment | added | Zarko |
@NicolaTalbot, you are right. however, i observe that in many cases op select first received answer and then don't care if (s)he receive more answers after then. so it happens, as in the linked case, that the accepted answer has (far) less votes than others which arrived later. with this ignorance the possibility to learn how to step on the next level of knowledge about latex is lost. therefore, I am thinking of (politely) encouraging him to rethink his decision once again.
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| Mar 9, 2018 at 22:57 | comment | added | Nicola Talbot | I think the basic idea is that the community votes for the best answer, which moves it up to the top, and the OP selects the most helpful answer from their own point of view. | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 21:26 | comment | added | percusse | You don't need to do anything. They are free to choose whatever answer is to their liking. Accepted answer does not mean it is the best answer. | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 21:16 | comment | added | CarLaTeX | See this case, read the comments to my answer, the tick was given after those comments: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/367858/… :):):) | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 21:16 | comment | added | Zarko | @CarLaTeX, many time i wrote the same , probably with less net english :-( | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 17:51 | comment | added | user31729 | @Zarko: There's a huge spread being between polite, honest and offensive ... | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 17:49 | comment | added | Zarko | @ChristianHupfer, i not like to offend people, they usually take (even a bona fide criticism) as attack on them. | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 17:38 | comment | added | user31729 | Why being polite? ;-) | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 14:36 | comment | added | samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz | I just had this problem; my usual approach is to leave a comment pointing out the advantages of the better answer: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/419310/… If or if not the OP changes the accepted answers is up to him/her but if not such a comment will also inform future users of your opinion. | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 14:18 | history | asked | Zarko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |