Links are not the best form of answer, bit instead of me just retyping what the site said, i figured that would be best. i have earned several thousand rep by answering questions, and never had a link be deleted by a mod.
I think that links are fantastic, but they should never be the only piece of information in your answer.
An analogy would be if you are standing at 100 Main St. and you ask where 98 Main St. is. A good answer would be
"It is the next building over". points at building
If you instead inc...
It's not that links aren't the best form of answer, they are not an answer at all.
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A link can never answer the question exactly – and even if it did, what if the link went offline? The answer would become useless. Note that the question wasn't really vague, and it could be answered in a few paragraphs. Of course we don't want you to retype what you've found on another site in its full extent, but at least giving a fundamental answer here, and posting the link for reference is what we need.
I'm sorry to hear that you thought I did not "like" your answer. Truth is, all answers that do not contain anything except for a link will be deleted if they're flagged or a moderator sees them. That's common policy across all Stack Exchange sites.
I think that links are fantastic, but they should never be the only piece of information in your answer.
An analogy would be if you are standing at 100 Main St. and you ask where 98 Main St. is. A good answer would be
"It is the next building over". points at building
If you instead inc...
