Timeline for Answer with alternative solution not addressing the question directly
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| Mar 20, 2021 at 21:36 | comment | added | Quasímodo | "In the case where there already are answers filling one goal, providing an answer that fills the other goal would be one choice." Totally agreed. I'd say it is perfectly fine to not address the whole question if John Doe has already done it thorougly and one just wants to present an alternative approach. Otherwise, (in my opinion) it is the answerer's duty to at least honestly mention the incompleteness. E.g. Q: "Why X fails and what to use instead?" A: "You can use Y instead, but I do not know why X fails." | |
| Mar 20, 2021 at 20:02 | history | answered | ilkkachu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |