# Old user's good questions

What happens to users who have not seen their accounts for more than a couple of years? Do their accounts remain intact? I wanted to know so because, there are often a few questions with about 7-8 votes but no answers posted, by users who haven't seen their account for a couple of years. Will it be of any help if I answer them? More importantly, often before giving a good answer, one needs some simple clarifications about the question itself; but in this case, what am I to do if the O.P is not available?

• The fact that you saw these Questions strongly hints that future Readers will see them as well. Unless the only reason you spot them is prowling the unanswered-question list, (not that there's anything wrong with that), these future Readers will benefit from your incisive, well-reasoned Answers. – hardmath Apr 20 '16 at 19:14
• Did the user only have an account on Mathematics or did the user also have accounts on other stackexchange sites? If the user is still using any stackexchange site, they will get notified of answers to their questions across all of the stackexchange sits, even those they aren't currently active on. – kasperd Nov 3 '16 at 9:46

• The clarification part : $1$ doubt. Often in answering questions, you must have seen that you understand the full question and are even ready to answer, but one slight doubt clarification would clear all hurdles. For example in this question [link]( math.stackexchange.com/questions/455886/…) , if you read my comment (at the very last), you will understand what minimal doubt I am talking about. – Qwerty Apr 20 '16 at 16:17