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dealing How to deal with unanswered questions

It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers (0 up votes), but no "asker"'sup votes or OP's activity. I think we could use a closing vote that would be :
-how old is the question/answer (more than 15-30-60 days)
-check if the question has a not-so-bad answer
-check the asker's recent activity
->if active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the questionreason allowing to make it better
->if inactive (15-30-60 days), close the question as "probably answered":

  • Close an unanswered question older than 15/30/60;
  • Check if the question has a not-so-bad answer;
  • Check the OP's recent activity, and:
    • If recently active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better;
    • If inactive (15/30/60 days), automatically close the question as "Probably Answered".

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.

dealing with unanswered questions

It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers (0 up votes) but no "asker"'s activity. I think we could use a closing vote that would be :
-how old is the question/answer (more than 15-30-60 days)
-check if the question has a not-so-bad answer
-check the asker's recent activity
->if active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better
->if inactive (15-30-60 days), close the question as "probably answered"

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.

How to deal with unanswered questions

It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers, but no up votes or OP's activity. I think we could use a closing reason allowing to:

  • Close an unanswered question older than 15/30/60;
  • Check if the question has a not-so-bad answer;
  • Check the OP's recent activity, and:
    • If recently active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better;
    • If inactive (15/30/60 days), automatically close the question as "Probably Answered".

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.

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It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers (0 up votes) but no "asker"'s activity. I think we could use a closing vote that would be :
-how old is the question/answer (more than 15-30-60 days)
-check if the question has a not-so-bad answer
-check the asker's recent activity
->if active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better
->if inactive (15-30-60 days), close the question as "probably answered"

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.

It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers but no "asker"'s activity. I think we could use a closing vote that would be :
-how old is the question/answer (more than 15-30-60 days)
-check if the question has a not-so-bad answer
-check the asker's recent activity
->if active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better
->if inactive (15-30-60 days), close the question as "probably answered"

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.

It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers (0 up votes) but no "asker"'s activity. I think we could use a closing vote that would be :
-how old is the question/answer (more than 15-30-60 days)
-check if the question has a not-so-bad answer
-check the asker's recent activity
->if active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better
->if inactive (15-30-60 days), close the question as "probably answered"

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.

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Bithur
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dealing with unanswered questions

It seems there's a lot of unanswered questions with good answers but no "asker"'s activity. I think we could use a closing vote that would be :
-how old is the question/answer (more than 15-30-60 days)
-check if the question has a not-so-bad answer
-check the asker's recent activity
->if active, ask him to comment the answer or edit the question to make it better
->if inactive (15-30-60 days), close the question as "probably answered"

The unanswered list would be shorter and more accurate.