Timeline for What should I do when an answer-in-a-comment is redundant with an actual answer?
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| Aug 25, 2019 at 13:28 | answer | added | John Hughes | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 23, 2019 at 22:51 | comment | added | Sidharth Ghoshal | I second Yuriy's comment: as long as the comments are constructive and within the rules there's really no need to delete them. They can reveal how the asker added more information or provide context, and even if redundant with an answer might still subtly differ and therefore still be useful. Different people will measure redundancy very differently is another point to keep in mind too. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 18:25 | comment | added | Yuriy S | I don't see any harm in leaving this kind of comments alone. Unless the comment is misleading, wrong or irrelevant to the post, there's no reason to delete it at all (in my opinion). There's a lot of redundancy on this site. I leave comments more often than I post answers, and while I'm not very attached to them, sometimes I go back to my own comments for some links or information. They don't take much disk space or visual space | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 22:54 | answer | added | quidMod | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 21:11 | comment | added | user645636 | I, usually say something in my answers to said questions, along the lines of "as stated in the comments ..." or " just to get this out of the unanswered que ... " . As to the comments I'm also unsure what to do. | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 19:41 | history | asked | Sophie Swett | CC BY-SA 4.0 |