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Doesn't have to be mods. Could be experts above a threshold via voting. After a year, the owner should perhaps no longer own the question. They've already gott

by gibolt 6y ago

Doesn't have to be mods. Could be experts above a threshold via voting. After a year, the owner should perhaps no longer own the question. They've already gotten the answer, and now it only matters to new viewers. If the answer changes, accepted answer needs to be updated.

chx 6y ago
This was addressed long ago https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/117379/155098 https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/117379/155098 tl;dr: a) it's not impossible someone still uses the old tech b) it's easy to add a comment saying "this pertains to version X.Y, newer versions are different see [answer](link)" c) if the accepted answer is wrong then fix it, everyone can edit answers and people above 2000 can edit immediately, however note wrongness is very often subjective and expect pushback unless it is objectively, factually wrong. For example, on my home turf, in PHP, the ancient create_function() has not been recommended to be used for many, many years now, it's deprecated now, and it'll be removed end of this year. But if you are diving into an old embedded system using PHP (owie, I know) then information about create_function() might be absolutely invaluable since noone has the slightest idea how to use it any more because it's already been out of use for a decade. A PHP 5.0 answer using create_function() doesn't become invalid just because PHP 5.3+ is using closures. For PHP 5.0 it is the correct answer.
- gibolt 6y ago
  This is the reason I'm not suggesting to edit or remove old answer, just down-rank them in results. If 99% of development uses a new standard, showing the deprecated one at the top by default on the post most developers will find via Google isn't good. Even if you add a comment or an addendum with a link, it is only a band-aid that probably half of non-senior devs will still miss, trudging down the wrong path anyway
  - chx 6y ago
    My friend, raise it on meta, here we are just yelling into the widn. That's where these discussions belong. Perhaps these discussions I linked were too long ago. Perhaps after a set amount of time -- certainly measured in years -- people with a silver tag badge could vote to move the accepted checkmark and after say five such votes it would move over automatically and people with gold tag badges just could move them.
- caf 6y ago
  As someone who has written answers dating back more than a decade, if I see a comment along the lines you suggest I'll look into it and update the answer to try and keep it relevant.

by gibolt 6y ago

chx 6y ago

This was addressed long ago https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/117379/155098 https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/117379/155098 tl;dr: a) it's not impossible someone still uses the old tech b) it's easy to add a comment saying "this pertains to version X.Y, newer versions are different see [answer](link)" c) if the accepted answer is wrong then fix it, everyone can edit answers and people above 2000 can edit immediately, however note wrongness is very often subjective and expect pushback unless it is objectively, factually wrong. For example, on my home turf, in PHP, the ancient create_function() has not been recommended to be used for many, many years now, it's deprecated now, and it'll be removed end of this year. But if you are diving into an old embedded system using PHP (owie, I know) then information about create_function() might be absolutely invaluable since noone has the slightest idea how to use it any more because it's already been out of use for a decade. A PHP 5.0 answer using create_function() doesn't become invalid just because PHP 5.3+ is using closures. For PHP 5.0 it is the correct answer.

gibolt 6y ago
This is the reason I'm not suggesting to edit or remove old answer, just down-rank them in results. If 99% of development uses a new standard, showing the deprecated one at the top by default on the post most developers will find via Google isn't good. Even if you add a comment or an addendum with a link, it is only a band-aid that probably half of non-senior devs will still miss, trudging down the wrong path anyway
- chx 6y ago
  My friend, raise it on meta, here we are just yelling into the widn. That's where these discussions belong. Perhaps these discussions I linked were too long ago. Perhaps after a set amount of time -- certainly measured in years -- people with a silver tag badge could vote to move the accepted checkmark and after say five such votes it would move over automatically and people with gold tag badges just could move them.
caf 6y ago
As someone who has written answers dating back more than a decade, if I see a comment along the lines you suggest I'll look into it and update the answer to try and keep it relevant.