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Can I add a note to my own incorrect story ID answer, explaining why it is incorrect?
The user who asked the question should be encouraged to accept the correct answer
If the user who asked the question accepts the correct answer then no notice on your incorrect answer is necessary. A ...
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What can I do when a question has an old, accepted, and +25 voted **100% incorrect answer** contradicted by canon?
In my opinion a new question should be asked, with a correct answer, and the Old question, with the Incorrect answer should be tagged as the dupe of the NEW question.
this seems to have been done ...
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Is it okay to edit a question to match the answers given?
The existing policy on SFF:SE
...we dislike edits that invalidate answers...
and the policy described in the Help Centre
Don't invalidate existing answers and don't make it so vague as to be ...
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What can I do when a question has an old, accepted, and +25 voted **100% incorrect answer** contradicted by canon?
Per my answer to a similar question,
The correct procedure is to add a comment explaining why the answer is
wrong. The answer will then be (gradually) outvoted by your correct
answer. It might ...
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Should the correctness/quality of the accepted answer be a factor in choosing which of two duplicate questions to close?
The accepted answer feature comes from Stack Overflow, where it serves a useful purpose. By accepting an answer, the questioner confirms that the answer solved the original problem. This makes sense ...
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