Timeline for Accepting incomplete helpful answer, vs posting my own complete answer
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| Jun 6, 2016 at 5:55 | comment | added | Readin | When I'm looking for information on Stackexchange I'm really looking for an answer, not a hint. If the answer is difficult enough that hints can be given, then a good answer will have hints at the beginning to help guide the reader. If someone just wants hints they can stop after the first couple sentences and work the rest out on their own. My advice would be to edit the answer and accept it if you have enough rep to edit. Otherwise accept the answer and add the additional details in the comments. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 5:47 | comment | added | Readin | @GrumpyParsnip You are correct about the relevant quote. Most people are so familiar with it that they will understand it even if the complete and correct quote is not provided. The comment about setting a man on fire is a darkly humorous twist. | |
| Jun 4, 2016 at 18:34 | comment | added | Cheerful Parsnip | I actually don't understand the relevance of the "fire" quote. It seems like an amusing non-sequitur. Shouldn't the relevant quote be more like "Give a man a fire and he's warm for one night. Teach him to build a fire and he's warm for the rest of his life." (As opposed to him being warm for the rest of his life because he soon perishes in flames.) | |
| Jun 2, 2016 at 17:49 | comment | added | corsiKa | People often focus so much on the "question - answer" aspect of Stack Exchange that they forget it's about solving practical problems. Sometimes complex problems are like an old stopwatch - just have to unstuck that one single gear and the whole piece starts ticking again!! I do have to agree with Jyrki though that CW is a poor choice. A better option would be to edit the answer with the completed solution and accept it. | |
| May 31, 2016 at 19:38 | comment | added | user312097 | "Give a man a fire and he's warm for one night. Set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.", Perfect | |
| May 24, 2016 at 20:30 | comment | added | TRiG | Pterry reference: mandatory upvote. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 18:29 | comment | added | Jyrki Lahtonen Mod | I agree with the sentiment of this, but I would not insist on the CW option. But, this is the best that can happen to a hint answer! Often the OP would benefit from posting their own understanding of how to use the hint. That way they get feedback on their solution, and eventual gaps in their argument are exposed... | |
| May 23, 2016 at 18:19 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila Mod | C'mon baby light my fire! Time to set the night on fire! | |
| May 23, 2016 at 17:14 | comment | added | Will Jagy | @NajibIdrissi just general purpose if an answer is, say, commentary or detail on an answer by another. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 17:10 | comment | added | Najib Idrissi | Why post the answer as CW? | |
| May 23, 2016 at 17:04 | vote | accept | Noah Harris | ||
| May 23, 2016 at 16:45 | history | answered | Will Jagy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |