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I agree in the main. There are the odd exceptions, where the collation of data that forms the answer is not easily searchable, but as Shem says, we should write our own answers, quoting where ...

It depends. You have answered it yourself here. I can understand why sometimes "satellite phone" seems like a good answer In regards with examples you have cited, I strongly believe that there is ...

In summary I think phones, beacons, and other electronics can be an important part of a comprehensive safety plan. Of course they can be abused, but just because a knife can cut you doesn't mean it ...

I agree. Answers with not much more than blocks of text copy/pasted from other sites can take away from the quality of the site. The SE model is designed to bring people in to see our work. Using ...

I would say that it is fine to recommend having a Satellite phone, but I would say that answers that consist only of recommending a Satellite phone should be discouraged. A satellite phone would ...

The answer has 44 upvotes and 6 down votes currently. Obviously not everyone agrees with your assessment of the quality of the answer. TGO is a community of individuals, we are never all going to ...

Certainly we should not discourage such answers. Bringing emergency communication equipment into The Great Outdoors is a good idea. Not bringing any is a bad idea unless you have a sufficiently ...

The post as it stands only answers the question in the final sentence - If I had spotted that it was on HNQ I would have immediately removed it/deleted it until the flurry was over. Votes on HNQ ...

Did you look at the tomato-slicing video at the bottom of the answer? Even if the many, many upvotes came because of the first part of the answer, the video validated the answer, made it worth ...

I think this is similar to Questions about 1 time event in that it is an important question but the example is not good. The OP and his friends are clearly not capable of mounting a cliff-side ...