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0 pointswiremine10y ago0 comments

> so depreciating questions isn't as likely as someone coming around and updating the answers

True, but I think it would be helpful for two reasons:

a. Someone looking for an answer might not realize it is out of date.

b. It would help surface questions that do need updating. You statement presupposes someone actually finds the out of date info. A button would help SO bring all those items to a single location.

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slg10y ago

>It would help surface questions that do need updating.

This is the biggest issue with out of date answers. No one is browsing old questions when they already know the answer. They are browsing because they have the same problem and they got there through search. The user can leave a comment in that question but that won't really bring any attention to the issue. This can lead to the question being asked again and then quickly closed because it is a duplicate of the question with the outdated answer. That serves to worsens mod/user relationships regarding duplicates that has already been brought up in this thread.

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