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It seems to me, that the amount of people that are accepting answers is quite low. Personally, it is frustrating as I have answered 16 questions, and only 4 of those questions eventually accepted an answer. (as of Dec 22 '20) Not necessarily my answer, but an answer. The other 12 have not accepted any answers.

So, if you were to go to my profile, you would see that I have 16 answers (as of Dec 22 '20 at 16:14), all of which have not been accepted. And I think that some of my answers were pretty good because 13 of them had 1 or more upvotes. (as of Dec 22 '20 at 16:14) To some of you, this may not seem like a big deal. But for a newer user like me, that 15 points could really help. It also shows that the question is done, which effectively cleans up the site and lets the community know which answer the question asker found most useful.

For example, in this question I answered in comments, the asker said it helped a lot, then I moved the comment to answer form with more info, and the asker has yet to accept it.

I understand that the question asker may accept a different answer, or not accept any answers at all because they feel that none of the current answers have answered their question - but, looking through the archives of questions, a lot of questions have yet to be accepted. Most likely a big bulk of that is from new users and users who do not grasp how to accept answers.

I have looked at this question and this question, which both accurately represent my question, but I was wondering if there was a community-specific way to address this?

I also see this question, which is similar to mine. But, I was wondering if we could open the discussion up for a broader look at this.

Note: I am not asking for reasons why my answers were not accepted, I am simply wondering what I personally could do, and how the Writing community could address this overall issue of so many questions that have good answers, but just have not accepted any of them.

(see this discussion for more context)

It seems to me, that the amount of people that are accepting answers is quite low. To some of you, this may not seem like a big deal. But for a newer user like me, that 15 points for an accept could really help. It also shows that the question is done, which effectively cleans up the site and lets the community know which answer the question asker found most useful.

For example, in this question I answered in comments, the asker said it helped a lot, then I moved the comment to answer form with more info, and the asker has yet to accept it.

I understand that the question asker may accept a different answer, or not accept any answers at all because they feel that none of the current answers have answered their question - but, looking through the archives of questions, a lot of questions have yet to be accepted. Most likely a big bulk of that is from new users and users who do not grasp how to accept answers.

I have looked at this question and this question, which both accurately represent my question, but I was wondering if there was a community-specific way to address this?

I also see this question, which is similar to mine. But, I was wondering if we could open the discussion up for a broader look at this.

Note: I am not asking for reasons why my answers were not accepted, I am simply wondering what I personally could do, and how the Writing community could address this overall issue of so many questions that have good answers, but just have not accepted any of them.

(see this discussion for more context)

It seems to me, that the amount of people that are accepting answers is quite low. Personally, it is frustrating as I have answered 16 questions, and only 4 of those questions eventually accepted an answer. Not necessarily my answer, but an answer. The other 12 have not accepted any answers.

So, if you were to go to my profile, you would see that I have 16 answers, all of which have not been accepted. And I know that all my answers were pretty good answers because 13 of them had 1 or more upvotes. To some of you, this may not seem like a big deal. But for a newer user like me, that 15 points could really help. It also shows that the question is done, which effectively cleans up the site and lets the community know which answer the question asker found most useful.

For example, in this question I answered in comments, the asker said it helped a lot, then I moved the comment to answer form with more info, and the asker has yet to accept it.

I apologize if I sound whiny because I didn't get my reputation, but I am just giving an example of how many questions get neglected by the question asker and how it can affect us.

I understand that the question asker may accept a different answer, or not accept any answers at all because they feel that none of the current answers have answered their question - but, looking through the archives of questions, around 45% of all questions have yet to be accepted. Most likely a big bulk of that 45% is from new users and users who do not grasp how to accept answers.

I have looked at this question and this question, which both accurately represent my question, but I was wondering if there was a community-specific way to address this?

I also see this question, which is similar to mine. But, I was wondering if we could open the discussion up for a broader look at this.

Note: I am not asking for reasons why my answers were not accepted, I am simply wondering what I personally could do, and how the Writing community could address this overall issue of so many questions that have good answers, but just have not accepted any of them.

(see this discussion for more context)

It seems to me, that the amount of people that are accepting answers is quite low. Personally, it is frustrating as I have answered 16 questions, and only 4 of those questions eventually accepted an answer. (as of Dec 22 '20) Not necessarily my answer, but an answer. The other 12 have not accepted any answers.

So, if you were to go to my profile, you would see that I have 16 answers (as of Dec 22 '20 at 16:14), all of which have not been accepted. And I think that some of my answers were pretty good because 13 of them had 1 or more upvotes. (as of Dec 22 '20 at 16:14) To some of you, this may not seem like a big deal. But for a newer user like me, that 15 points could really help. It also shows that the question is done, which effectively cleans up the site and lets the community know which answer the question asker found most useful.

For example, in this question I answered in comments, the asker said it helped a lot, then I moved the comment to answer form with more info, and the asker has yet to accept it.

I understand that the question asker may accept a different answer, or not accept any answers at all because they feel that none of the current answers have answered their question - but, looking through the archives of questions, a lot of questions have yet to be accepted. Most likely a big bulk of that is from new users and users who do not grasp how to accept answers.

I have looked at this question and this question, which both accurately represent my question, but I was wondering if there was a community-specific way to address this?

I also see this question, which is similar to mine. But, I was wondering if we could open the discussion up for a broader look at this.

Note: I am not asking for reasons why my answers were not accepted, I am simply wondering what I personally could do, and how the Writing community could address this overall issue of so many questions that have good answers, but just have not accepted any of them.

(see this discussion for more context)

It seems to me, that the amount of people that are accepting answers is quite low. Personally, it is frustrating as I have answered 16 questions, and only 4 of those questions eventually accepted an answer. Not necessarily my answer, but an answer. The other 12 have not accepted any answers.

So, if you were to go to my profile, you would see that I have 16 answers, all of which have not been accepted. And I know that all my answers were pretty good answers because 13 of them had 1 or more upvotes. To some of you, this may not seem like a big deal. But for a newer user like me, that 15 points could really help. It also shows that the question is done, which effectively cleans up the site and lets the community know which answer the question asker found most useful.

For example, in this question I answered in comments, the asker said it helped a lot, then I moved the comment to answer form with more info, and the asker has yet to accept it.

I apologize if I sound whiny because I didn't get my reputation, but I am just giving an example of how many questions get neglected by the question asker and how it can affect us.

I understand that the question asker may accept a different answer, or not accept any answers at all because they feel that none of the current answers have answered their question - but, looking through the archives of questions, around 45% of all questions have yet to be accepted. Most likely a big bulk of that 45% is from new users and users who do not grasp how to accept answers.

I have looked at this question and this question, which both accurately represent my question, but I was wondering if there was a community-specific way to address this?

I also see this question, which is similar to mine. But, I was wondering if we could open the discussion up for a broader look at this.

Note: I am not asking for reasons why my answers were not accepted, I am simply wondering what I personally could do, and how the Writing community could address this overall issue of so many questions that have good answers, but just have not accepted any of them.

(see this discussion for more context)

It seems to me, that the amount of people that are accepting answers is quite low. Personally, it is frustrating as I have answered 16 questions, and only 4 of those questions eventually accepted an answer. Not necessarily my answer, but an answer. The other 12 have not accepted any answers.

So, if you were to go to my profile, you would see that I have 16 answers, all of which have not been accepted. And I know that all my answers were pretty good answers because 13 of them had 1 or more upvotes. To some of you, this may not seem like a big deal. But for a newer user like me, that 15 points could really help. It also shows that the question is done, which effectively cleans up the site and lets the community know which answer the question asker found most useful.

For example, in this question I answered in comments, the asker said it helped a lot, then I moved the comment to answer form with more info, and the asker has yet to accept it.

I apologize if I sound whiny because I didn't get my reputation, but I am just giving an example of how many questions get neglected by the question asker and how it can affect us.

I understand that the question asker may accept a different answer, or not accept any answers at all because they feel that none of the current answers have answered their question - but, looking through the archives of questions, around 45% of all questions have yet to be accepted. Most likely a big bulk of that 45% is from new users and users who do not grasp how to accept answers.

I have looked at this question and this question, which both accurately represent my question, but I was wondering if there was a community-specific way to address this?

I also see this question, which is similar to mine. But, I was wondering if we could open the discussion up for a broader look at this.

Note: I am not asking for reasons why my answers were not accepted, I am simply wondering what I personally could do, and how the Writing community could address this overall issue of so many questions that have good answers, but just have not accepted any of them.

(see this discussion for more context)