Comments on: But who will think of the QUESTIONS?

But who will think of the QUESTIONS?

DenOfSizer — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:12:19 -0800

AxeMe's orphanage. It's just so sad - don't the unanswered deserve a shout-out on podcast?

By: thatweirdguy2

thatweirdguy2 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:19:27 -0800

"Cruise Elroy."

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:21:09 -0800

Despite the tags, these aren't necessarily unanswered.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:41:51 -0800

This is a better list.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:45:25 -0800

And you can page backwards through that list with URLs like this: http://ask.metafilter.com/home/unanswered?page=4.

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:00:13 -0800

If AxeMe can't take care of her questions, she needs to take her broke-ass querydaddy to the Maury Show for a paternity test and then nail him for inquiry support.

Tagging unsatisfactorily answered questions with 'unanswered' seems like a bad idea, unless the poster/tagger is going to check back and remove the tag once it's deemed answered to their satisfaction.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:00:23 -0800

I'll try to put a plug in for the orphans at the next podcast.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:18:02 -0800

Agreed, brain_drain , but how do you get them there?

By: smackfu

smackfu — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:25:49 -0800

The questions that have zero answers tend to be that way because they are ridiculously specific, and this is usually the too general a forum for them. If one out of a thousand members even understand the question, it's not a very deep pool at all.

Or sometimes they are "how do I do this seemingly impossible thing?", and the answer is "you don't".

By: NotMyselfRightNow

NotMyselfRightNow — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:42:54 -0800

I thought the proper tag was "stumped."

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:54:11 -0800

Little Orphan Answers. Maybe they'll be adopted by Daddy Whatthefucks.

By: danb

danb — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:10:15 -0800

"Cruise Elroy."

Well, shit. An answer two years in the making. Thanks, thatweirdguy2!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:14:17 -0800

"Cruise Elroy."

I dunno. He's rough trade, Rerry rough.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:37:29 -0800

Despite the tags, these aren't necessarily unanswered.

This one even has a best answer marked.

By: ormondsacker

ormondsacker — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:49:42 -0800

OP found that one on his own and flagged himself as best answer, so he did technically strike out the side.

(I kind of enjoy that I answered "not Thomas Mann's brother", when the actual answer was "Thomas Mann". That counts, right?)

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:39:14 -0800

48 posts tagged with stumped.

Jessamyn, plug this tag too, please. (Not that I have a vested interest or anything.)

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:04:17 -0800

I still can't believe none of you geeks have that Guy Maddin DVD set.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:50:23 -0800

If I were an orphan question without an answer, I would go over to that thread looking for questions but not answers and just hang out all nonchalant like I belonged there.

By: initapplette

initapplette — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:06:09 -0800

I've used the "unanswered" tag for AskMe questions a few times when the question was not answered (even though there may have been comments in the thread). Most of them were several years old, so they are closed to new comments.

I thought the proper tag was "stumped."

Guess I missed that thread. I'll start using "stumped."

Also, I've come across one or two MeFi threads in which no one commented, and I tagged those as "nocomments," mostly for the novelty factor. I've contacted jessamyn about removing that tag from a post that has four comments.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:36:03 -0800

The problem with "stumped" is that it can also apply to terrible accidents.