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Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil
Super User
Jul 30, 2026 4:31 PM UTC
Question

What's going on with these multiple 'Best Answer' notifications.

Just now:

Notifications of 2 different posts marked as ‘Best Answer’ for the same question at, essentially, the same time.

 

Also had similar earlier this morning:

This time five ‘Best’ answers!

 

What’s going on?!

 

​@nbsown and ​@Rafo were you, perhaps, trying to mark multiple post all as ‘Best Answer’ ?

Or did you just change your minds ?

    11 replies

    Rafo
    Associate II
    Jul 30, 2026 4:38 PM UTC

    Sorry, I wanted to mark several posts as "best answer" but then I realized that I can only mark one.

      Andrew Neil
      Andrew NeilAuthor
      Super User
      Jul 30, 2026 4:45 PM UTC

      Thanks for the feedback.

      Can you suggest how it might be made clearer that there can be only one ‘Best’ answer ?

       

      ​@nbsown - was it the same for you ?

      A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
      TDK
      TDK
      Jul 30, 2026 4:57 PM UTC

      Can you suggest how it might be made clearer that there can be only one ‘Best’ answer ?

      If a best answer already exists, popup “Do you want to switch the Best Answer to this post? Only one post can be marked as Best Answer.” Confirm / Cancel.

      "If you feel a post has answered your question, please click ""Accept as Solution""."
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