Timeline for How to deal with an accepted answer that seems completely incorrect?
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| Jun 22, 2016 at 12:18 | comment | added | jimchristie Mod | I prefer to give some time for the community to weigh in before answering since my voice as a mod might be perceived to carry more weight than a regular user. I did, however, want to point out that flagging wrong answers is explicitly stated as incorrect. | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 22:31 | history | edited | Móż | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2016 at 22:22 | comment | added | Móż | @jimirings this is where you get to write an answer or provide a link indicating the correct course to take when an answer is simply wrong, and also when an answer is outright dangerous. We really don't know, hence Andy's question. As with the "don't edit spam" theory, what works when there are 5 active mods and 1000 users an hour, often takes days here or does not work at all. So the solution of "if you just wait a week the bad answer might get a downvote" really isn't a good solution. | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 15:57 | comment | added | jimchristie Mod | Flagging is not appropriate in this instance. One of the default reasons for declining a flag is "flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer" | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 8:47 | comment | added | andy256 | Yep. There's only about 3 1/2 of us who review regularly. And if one of us disagrees with the others, there's not much hope of decisive action :-) | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 8:45 | comment | added | Móż | Yeah, I think point is more that by relentlessly flagging those answers we can persuade/bully the mods into actually deleting them. Although with only 3 downvotes we couldn't even muster the power to close the question... which is IMO why the mods are needed. | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 8:38 | comment | added | andy256 | Thanks for putting the counter argument. Of course I don't have the power ... | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 8:35 | history | answered | Móż | CC BY-SA 3.0 |