What is the common term to refer to  someone who answers a question (written or spoken)?  Is answerer a correct term? If so, is it common? If not, what is the correct term to refer to such person?
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I just went to post a question on another Stack Exchange site and my spell checker is telling me that asker is incorrect but answerer is correct.  Is asker wrong? What should I use instead?
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In the following situations, which answers should I accept?   I have ask a question and get two identical answers. Sometimes, none of the answers completely answers my question.  But, I will get a complete answer if I combine two of them together. Suppose someone answers my question but I'm not sure it really helps me so I leave a comment. Then another person explains it to me and helps solve my problem. Should I accept the answer given by the first person?     Example for 3rd case:--  Here  answer was given by Marc but explained in details by Barry. So should I accept the answer given by Marc. I have told Barry that he can post his comment as answer but he did not do that.
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I am often asked "Who are you?" and "What are you?", but I don't know the difference between these two questions.  Please explain it to me.
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While browsing through some questions, I was reminded of a problem I encountered in an earlier point in work. I came up with something that could be technically called a solution to the problem, but I can't really say I am satisfied with it. I thought about asking the question on SO.  In effect, the question would read something like a more detailed version of "This was my problem. This is how I currently solved it. Is there a more appropriate/efficient method of accomplishing this goal?" I'm a bit unsure as to whether it'd be an appropriate question since it technically already has an accepted answer, especially if there is no "more appropriate/efficient method", then it seems questionable why I would even ask in the first place.  So, should I ask this kind question? On a related note, would it be better etiquette to include my current solution as part of the question body, or should it be appended as an answer?  Update  I am accepting quack's because . But I find all of the answers given to have been satisfactory, and a good learning. Thanks to everyone!
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When I'm addressing someone in writing, such as on a forum or other public space, will I need a comma(s) before/after/surrounding their name?  For example:     Thanks for that information Greg we're here to help.
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I'm trying to find either a word or a phrase that describes a person who knows the answer to a problem or problems but is never believed, even though the person is actually correct. The nearest I can come up with is maybe the story of , but that is about knowing the future but never being believed. The word or a phrase may indicate they are simply ignored, but I am more interested in answers indicating the person suffers negative consequences such as being ridiculed or even persecuted for their correct solution. Maybe think of people such as  I stumbled across  of people whose ideas were rejected and were treated as pariahs for them but were later proven to be correct. These are exactly the kind of people I am looking for words or phrases to describe.
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I've come across quite a few answers that request the asker to, for example: "send the user an email", after which the answerer will provide them with the code or other resources they're looking for.  A few examples:          Should we take action against these questions?  I feel like these answers aren't appropriate (see my answer below).  Update:  Perhaps there are some cases where this is acceptable. I've seen a few questions regarding a particular piece of commercial software where the author/developer of the software answers, telling the asker to contact either them or their organization's in-house support.  I'm on the fence about this case. If I came across a question here describing a similar problem I was having, it would be useful to me to have the support information and know that I could contact it for assistance.  I'm interested in others' opinions on this situation in particular.
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A user on SO, Abhijit, referred to the OP of a question, acpigeon, as "he" (and then Aaron) .  I didn't see the name on the question page, nor on . Is there a way to look this up that I missed? Alternatives are Abhijit knows acpigeon, or maybe Abhijit was just making things up.  I'm still relatively new to these sites, so I'm still learning my way around. Is there a way short of the two alternatives above to know the OP's name? If so, how?
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When I browse through other questions to find my answer, sometimes I'll find answers similar to what I'm looking for, and though they don't exactly answer my question, the author might be able to do so. Could we have a feature on SO that will let me request that another user answer my question, in case I find someone who could potentially answer my question?
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I often see questions on Stack Exchange sites which I presume are written by non-native English speakers who use the word "doubt" in place of the word "question". Is this a case of misunderstanding the correct meaning or are people being taught that this is correct usage?
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While my code is compiling, I usually like to go through some reviewing and especially the late answers.  What I do see a lot in answers to old questions is the self-defense mechanism     ""   As if there is something fundamentally wrong with answering old questions. This leads me to two questions/thoughts:   Should we edit phrases like that out of the answer? (Given it's a good/valid answer to begin with, without any of the likely "old answer" problems. I realize the example linked to has its flaws.) Should we perhaps explicitly encourage answering old unanswered questions somewhere in the FAQ? (I'm unaware of any such recommendation, but might have read over it. Let me know if I did)
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I always wonder if I read questions and nobody ever focused on one special point - I constantly think if it is worth the time to answer them.   They usually do not get any upvotes no matter how good the answer is and so remain in the mostly unread lower part of the page.   So should we consider a question as a knowledge base for a topic, or just a way to answer one single person?
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I recently (today) asked a question that received what seems to be a clear, concise answer, but one that's beyond my ability to understand (I'm at the cut-and-paste stage with JavaScript, and the answer seems to assume more knowledge than I actually have).  Is it considered better to ask follow-up questions as comments to the answer given, or should I post "fresh" questions to Stack to help me understand the answer that's been given?
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As in "Original Poster". How do I refer to the user who asked the question in the third person, other than by account name?
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Quite often a number of users will give similar answers to one of my questions. Sometimes someone will give an answer that is interesting, but does not really help with my question.  In all cases, I feel a need to thank the people who answered my question. It isn't always appropriate for me to upvote every answer, and I can only accept one answer. Giving a "thanks" comment on every answer appears to be frowned upon.  So, what's the etiquette?
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NB: I'm not sure if this is actually a bug, or if I just don't know enough about what constitutes a new user. It just seems off to me.  The first post in question:   :   In the context of reviews, is a new user just someone who has never posted an answer no matter their age or rep?  Also: How is it possible for a user to have -1 other answers? Could this be related?
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In addition to the highlighting comments made by the question owner (as described ), I think it would be a good idea to highlight comments left by the author of the answer being commented on. This way, the conversation between asker and answerer is more defined/obvious. Edit: This is an edit to bring this to the site owners attention again - It would help people like me with bad eyesight to track down their comments. I originally opposed the questioner highlighting, but experience has shown me that I was wrong, and I think that answerer highlighting of comments would be very useful.