Timeline for Should we delete answers that have no explanations?
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| Mar 16, 2017 at 15:51 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:58 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | @Mari-LouA: No doubt many users feel the same way, which is why it's so striking when a correct answer does get downvotes. There must be something quite distinctly wrong with it. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:57 | history | edited | Nathan Tuggy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Expanded with more examples and explanation
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| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:50 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | 3 downvotes out of 13 is hardly several, I can't bring myself to downvote a correct answer | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:50 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | @Mari-LouA: Fair cop. I fell prey to the classic problem of comments: even when intended to help improve post, often just trigger discussionary response. :| | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:45 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | I thought it was a good example you could use. Can't write answer because my keyboard is messed up (๏̯๏) | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:37 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | @Mari-LouA: Yes; the upvotes on what is blatantly an HNQ question are not a particularly reliable indicator of high-quality answering, only popular. It is, of course, correct, which doubtless contributes to its score, but is not really something the site should encourage as reference material. And the several downvotes on such an obviously correct answer (not to mention the numerous upvotes on the comment asking for an explanation) indicate that there are others who object to it. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 8:32 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | ell.stackexchange.com/a/108708/1694 would you consider deleting that answer? Because it is definitely the correct answer, but with no real explanation . It has 13 upvotes so far | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 11:45 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/791969170560802816 | ||
| Oct 27, 2016 at 8:09 | answer | added | J.R.Mod | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 7:44 | comment | added | M.A.R. | I'm with deleting them. If learners want to be spoonfed, they'd prefer the direct answer with no 'clutter'. If there is ever any wish to learn, they'd expect to see a minimum of logic or explanation behind any answer. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 22:54 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | @user3169: Well, sometimes, but only one of those three is closed (or even has any close votes), and all three have much better answers than the examples. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 22:51 | comment | added | user3169 | I would add that poor answers seem to be tied to poor questions. In your examples, dictionary lookup, list, and rephrasing questions IMO. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 20:59 | history | asked | Nathan Tuggy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |