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This is the member: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Msaya[^].
I sometimes get warned when I see especially poor questions from some member, look at the profile and see good amount of "answers" in the list. It is generally dubious, because I can imaging the quality of such answers. Nevertheless, some of such inquirers put real answers.
Not in this case. It was 15 answers. I deleted three of the as "non-answers", but later saw that some of these answers are formally self-accepted. Why? 100% of those "answers" were in reply to OP's own questions ("I found the solution"), but some are also accepted, which looks like cheating (why, again?)…
I think this is the abuse.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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I think it is a flaw in the voting system that they get points for doing this. If that was changed, we did not have to deal with these incidents and when an OP adds a solution to tell us what fixed the problem, they will not get yelled at and have their posts downvoted.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I think you are right about the flaw, but not score calculations should be adjusted, but enabling/visibility of controls.
1) "Accept" green button should only be available to the member having some answer post from some different member. This button should not appear for the "answer" post in response to inquirer's question.
2) The above change could be applied only if answering own question is allowed. Optionally, this possibility could be closed. Even though, in some rare cases, the possibility to answer one's own question can be useful, I remember maybe 2-3 actual more or less adequate use cases, but huge number of abuses. Note that removing this possibility would not limit the functionality of the site, by the following reason: If some inquirer founds a better solution to the problem she/he asked about, this person can always post a Tips/Tricks article on this matter, and reference her/his original question post, if she/he wants such reference.
Don't you think this is logical?
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Yes, perhaps it is better/simpler to just not allow a member to post an answer to his/her own question.
That also takes care of many of the countless cases where they want to post a comment, but mistakenly post it as an answer.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Exactly, that would be my point, too.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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true. thats the best suits to this situation.
Jibesh V P
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This is, in my opinion, a bit tricky situation. There are many of those non-solution posts that get comments more useful as the answer itself. So reporting it would make those comments go to the limbo as well.
What I do, when I see someone doing that is to down-vote it. If it is a self-posted solution offering a solution, then nothing. But if it is a non-solution, accepted to get points and some high-rep members downvote that type of solutions it will get negative reward.
If they check, that such missuse will be punished, and that they end losing more of their precious points than they win (1 accepted = 25, one 1-vote by high member = -16, 2 = -32)... they will just stop doing it.
I think that is a very well justified use of the 1-vote.
Regards.
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M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I agree that the non-answers sometimes have the value.
To answer to this issue, there are two things. 1) Note that first option I mentioned only restricts self-accepting the "answer", green button. It won't prevent getting votes from others. 2) Even if we restrict the post which is the answer on own question, it does not restrict the inquirer. Not only this person can add this material using "Improve question" and comments, but she/he can post a short Tip/Trick article and optionally reference the question post from this publication.
Don't you think that this will eliminate all negative consequence of the limitation?
—SASergey A Kryukov
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I know what you wanted to say. I agree with option "1". I just said, what I usually do with such answers and why I do it that way.
For the very few times that a good user really answer the question with a valid solution. That restriction (and the case, I describe below) could be bypassed with something I already suggested some time ago.
Having something similar as reporting, but just the opposite.
I mean, if an answer is good enough to be a solution, but the OP doesn't come back or doesn't care at all to mark it, then 5 or 10 votes of people with rep enough, would mark it as accepted solution as well, with the respective reward to the poster.
Regards.
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Understood, thank you.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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all nuked
Regards.
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nice 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Both reported as spammer.
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he is dead and no posts since 9mins
Jibesh V P
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Just posted another one.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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bindabon11
wwali594
Sorry that I couldn't copy the links, but I'm working from my mobile so it's not as easy as from my regular workstation.
I do hope you'll get them though!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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bindabon11[^]
wwali594 is gone.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Good job!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Finally gone.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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