> This is what bugs me about the stackexchange model. > providing a link and not answer is a poor model because links decay so quickly. Providing a link and n

> This is what bugs me about the stackexchange model. > providing a link and not answer is a poor model because links decay so quickly. Providing a link and not answer is not the stackexchange model. On the Stack Exchange network, such answers are often (not always, of course) commented with a request to expand the answer.