I'm not positive I'm entirely right on this, so if I'm wrong, don't jump down my throat. Thanks. When you reply to someone (I usually do something like, "Thanks,") on a question you've asked, it counts that comment as an answer to go towards your Best Answer Percentage. I don't think this is fair because: 1.) There is no way you can select your answer as a Best Answer (I would never do this, though), and 2.) It goes towards your Best Answer Percentage. In addition to routinely submitting to instructables, I also try to improve my stats (total views, comments, subscribers, ect.). So, my Best Answer Percentage (in addition to many other's %, I assume) has gone down because our answers on our own questions count towards the Best Answer Percentage. Instructables staff, if you could change this, I would be very appreciative. Thanks!

I just got my first best answer and now it say i have 20%, what happens when i get 100%?

When I click on Best answers in my profile I used to be able to see the questions I had been given best answer for - Now I see the questions I have asked. ERROR!

Revised The new format on a members page gives a bare hint of Best Answers. There are some of us who enjoy helping others and keep bragging score in exchange. That germinated a thought at least one considered worthy of the forum. Why not make it a soft-switch the user can activate by them for their page ? Like that age thing we lie about..... A

In answers when answer is chosen as best answer there is no longer reply link in it

I got an email saying I got best answer for this question. My list of best answers doesn't show it. Did the person who asked the question just un-mark the best answer, or is this actually a bug? Thanks!

Has the system stopped sending Best Answer emails ? I've had a few BAs recently, but no notifications.

  Have you checked the answers page lately? Take a look at the first page, I don't see a whole lot of Best Answers marked there. Not a big deal, most of them are fairly recent. Try checking the 2nd and 3rd.I don't see very many at all...  They've been there for a few days, surely at least half should be answered. I understand that not all questions asked can be fairly answered, due to being an opinion, or just a question that doesn't need a best answer, like "What's you favorite food?" Please, if you are reading this, and recently asked a qeustion, go back and read them. If you find something that answers your question, by all means select it as Best Answer, otherwise you are wasting their time. ( "their" meaning the people who answered your question, apparently "answerer's" isn't a word.) Don't take this as a rant, because it certainly isn't, I'm just trying to speak on the behalf of all the people who take time to answer the community's questions. Thanks.

Is it just me, or has the robot separated the comments and answers on our user profiles? My number of comments rose, my number of answers dropped and my best answer % just jumped from 4 to 7. (yay!) My mum always said that I talked too much.

Sigh, found a bug in answers when a replied comment was declared the best answer, its reply doesn't follow it

I have 11 best answers on my 'you' page saying which they are. (hurray)On the "You" page, discussions tab, questions subtab it shows: "AnswersNone of your answers have been selected as "Best Answers", yet.The Instructables Community provides the knowledge and experience that makes Answers such a powerful feature. And by "Instructables Community," we mean you! Answering questions is as easy as making a comment. If the question author likes your answer, it may even be selected as a Best Answer. Find questions to answer, now!Note: We will soon have a listing here of all the answers you've written, not just your Best Answers. "

Best Answers Monitor v1.00.03 (2010-04-24) NachoMahma (Original Perl script by Jayefuu) (Regex help provided by kelseymh) Report Date: 2011-04-08 20:35 (GMT-5) 11010010110 34 acidbass 34 alex-sharetskiy 45 AndyGadget 119 AngryRedhead 40 artificialintelligence 4 beckervdejazz.com 17 blkhawk 11 Burf 189 caitlinsdad 26 CameronSS 18 canida 12 caarntedd 36 ChrysN 37 cyberpageman 22 DJ Radio 65 dombeef 1 ewilhelm 11 Flannel UK 13 frollard 372 fwjs28 16 gmjhowe 6 gmoon 39 Goodhart 13 Gorfram 51 Grathio 52 Hiyadudez 15 iPodGuy 17 Jack A Lopez 117 JamesRPatrick 9 Jayefuu 54 jeff-o 96 Joe Martin 40 jtobako 63 karnuvap 22 kcls 12 kelseymh 281 kevinhannan 13 Killer~SafeCracker 40 killerjackalope 28 Kiteman 238 Koosie 9 Kryptonite 11 lemonie 502 Lithium Rain 13 lizzyastro 5 LoneWolf 7 M4industries 11 MahavishnuMan 54 MegaMetal8 2 MichelMoermans 24 mikeasaurus 64 Mr. Stealth 20 NachoMahma 176 nfk11 1 nickodemus 19 NobodyInParticular 59 Nutrition Man 13 orksecurity 380 plane phanatic 9 Prfesser 27 purduecer 11 randofo 22 RavingMadStudios 127 Re-design 621 RelaxedSoup 17 rickharris 123 seandogue 220 Shadowman39 22 siliconghost 28 Sorunome 3 Steveastrouk 478 The Ideanator 22 TitanTechRobotics 4 uniqueutopia 18 UziMonkey 34 Willard2.0 9 wrivera6 11 yokozuna 68 Zengineer1618 13 zero.gx 89 knuckel 0 Warning: no member: drpepper1234 Warning: no member: GuardianFox

Check out our new Instructables Answers! Have questions about how to build or make something, where to get tools or materials, or about DIY and life in general? Me too. To get answers to all of our questions, we've put together an answers section on Instructables. Ask a question, and help answer questions from the community. Then, choose the best answer to help others with the same question. You can ask a question from almost any page on the site. Look for the blue answers box, and type in your question -- you don't even need to create an account or log in. Upload images to help explain your question.Answers is a work in progress, and while we have many of the key elements ready for you to test, there are a few obvious things we're not quite finished building, but will be up as soon as possible. Upcoming features include:Your questions on your "You" pageIndication of the number of answers and Best Answers for users replying to your questionsMore tips for asking good questionsAbility for the community to vote on a Best Answer to a questionLet us know how you like it, and how it's working. If you come across a bug, please submit as much information as you can to our bugs forum section. Update: Here are some tricks to see the Questions with the most Answers, and the most recent Answers: Instructables Answers Tricks - Sort by number of answers and most recent answers.

Is it possible for non-admins to tell who selected a "best answer" as the "best"?

I'm very tired and didn't find much at first attempt, any one able to find a good pirate-style head-thing? I want: cloth pattern & how to tie. L

Canucksgirl's fellow Iblers have awarded her Best Answer 100 times. Way to go!

It is really weird I have noticed that other people have had the same problem but i was not sure if I should report this as a bug.

I keep browsing through Answers, and i have noticed that alot of times, the person who asks the question never really selects a best answer, and sometimes it's because alot of the answers are similar. Is there a way for users to rate on another's answers, selecting a best answer by vote?

If you answer this question with "no", will I give it the best answer?

A couple of days ago I had a "Best Answer" to a question regarding suspending a kayak from a ceiling.   Today I find that BA was removed from my total along with the author's response.  It also seems that the question has been removed from the Answers section.  Can questions or Best Answer ratings be deleted by the author? 

Hello!! I recently asked a question on how to make an inductor of 0.35 mH. my friend iceng gave me the most  appropriate answer but i cant select it as the best answer and the option is only available for the first reply. For the technical specifications Im using windoes 7 and Internet Explorer 9.(One thing  i was able to select the answer for another question on 6V regulator) Please help me to solve my problem.

I've noticed lately that a lot of my really old answers are being picked as best answers.  Is it just a coincidence, or are the admins finally picking the best answers on the old questions?

It looks like the count of best answers is not in the profile anymore.  Is the a bug or permanent?

.  kelseymh recently received his 300th Best Answer. Congratulations and patch have been sent.

.  orksecurity has had his fellow Iblers click Best Answer over 400 times! Thanks for all the help, orksecurity. .  Patch sent. .  400 Best Answers graphic by caitlinsdad

.  rickharris has given the Best Answer 200 times. Congratulations and a patch is on its way.

.  frollard has been awarded Best Answer 300 times! Congratulations and patch sent.

.  A big "Way to go, Steve!" for being awarded Best Answer 400 times by your fellow Iblers.

.  orksecurity has be awarded Best Answer 302 times by his fellow Iblers. Congratulations, orksecurity, and thanks for all your help. 300 Best Answers patch has been sent. .  Graphic courtesy of caitlinsdad

.  lemonie's fellow Iblers have awarded him Best Answer 500 times! Way to go, L!   (Patch has been sent.)

.  Burf has been awarded Best Answer 200 times by his fellow Iblers. Congratulations, Burf, and thanks for being a valuable member of the DIY community. (patch has been sent)

.  Steveastrouk has been awarded Best Answer by his fellow Iblers 500 times! .  Congratulations, Steve! Thanks so much for your many contributions to the DIY community.

.  seandogue has been awarded Best Answer 200 times by his fellow Iblers. Way to go, seandogue! Patch has been sent.

I would be motivated to answer more questions if there was some cool prize.

.  The boot drive failed on the computer that was running the script that collects Best Answers data. New HDD is on order. I hope to have the system back online by this time next week (I'm trying to put the script on another server, but having problems). If you pass a milestone before I get the script running again, please PM me and I will send you your patch.   -- Nacho

I'm sure that some questions are appearing down the list which were not there earlier. I'm sorting by 'latest'.(And I wanted to see what the 'best answer' button looked like ;¬)

Lemonie sent me the following question asking why he couldn't reply my answer, which had been selected as best answer by the question-author. Here's his question:Hello Eric,Sorry to take up your time with something minor, but why could I not post a REPLY to your comment on this Answer, yet I DID have the option to flag it?https://www.instructables.com/answers/Is-there-any-way-to-get-a-list-of-all-the-instruct/L(My reply to the question is there, is this not what they wanted?)When an author selects the best answer, we make that comment thread "sticky" and move it permanently to the top of the heap of other potential answers. You can only select a top-level comment as best answer, but the entire thread travels with that top-level comment. The thinking here is that an entire thread might be the best answer.Once the answer is marked best and "sticky", we remove the ability to reply to it. This is intended to prevent later comments from being tacked onto the best answer thread, just so they appear at the top of the list. If the author un-marks the thread as best answer, further replies can be added.The same is true of "sticky" comments throughout the site. When we make something sticky, we feel it's important enough to always be the first comment. However, we want to prevent others from hijacking this position with unrelated replies.

I don't know if this is a bug or the way it is intended to operate, but I have noticed several times that I have received a Best Answer and the author has a follow up comment or question and there is no way for me to respond to it. The reply button isn't there. Is that just me or is it the same for others? Here is a link to the most recent instance: https://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-you-delete-music-off-of-a-music-CD-R/

I will see Venus before getting anywhere close to steveastrouk's scoring. Just hand me a tissue to wipe my eyes please ;-) A

Start doing it, IT IS NOT HARD!

If I cannot see the best answers accrued in ten years my ten years, my life is over !

.  Re-design has been awarded Best Answer 500 times! Congratulations. Patch has been sent.

.  I just sent patches to kelseymh and Kiteman, acknowledging the fact they they have been awarded Best Answer 200 times by their fellow Iblers. Thanks for contributing to the community guys. (graphic courtesy of caitlinsdad)

I got upgraded to pro and now I have 14 of my 15 patches left. If someone can tell me a good idea for a K'nex contest (which I will host), he or she will be rewarded with a best answer and a patch. I don't know what to do with them anyway. I don't want the contest to involve guns Thanks for your time.

Best Answers Count for 2010-06-01 lemonie:375 Re-design:362 frollard:243 Steveastrouk:211 Kiteman:174 orksecurity:174 kelseymh:153 seandogue:147 GuardianFox:131 NachoMahma:108 Burf:94 ZEROGX:94 RavingMadStudios:94 AndyGadget:69 NobodyInParticular:58 jeff-o:51 jtobako:51 Grathio:47 MahavishnuMan:48 DJ Radio:47 mikeasaurus:46 alex-sharetskiy:43 Killer~SafeCracker:39 Gorfram:36 UziMonkey:34 11010010110:33 Joe Martin:32 Jayefuu:34 gmoon:29 Jack A Lopez:29 caitlinsdad:26 rickharris:25 AngryRedhead:24 killerjackalope:23 Mr. Stealth:20 Prfesser:20 siliconghost:19 cyberpageman:20 ChrysN:19 RelaxedSoup:18 karnuvap:19 randofo:17 MichelMoermans:18 CameronSS:15 fwjs28:16 iPodGuy:15 yokozuna:14 Shadowman39:13 Zengineer1618:13 ewilhelm:12 acidbass:12 canida:11 Goodhart:12 purduecer:11 Hiyadudez:10 kevinhannan:10 Lithium Rain:9 The Ideanator:9 plane phanatic:9 M4industries:8 gmjhowe:6 nickodemus:6 kcls:5 LoneWolf:3 artificialintelligence:3 wrivera6:3

. Here's the Best Answers Count for August 23, 2010. Enjoy. Re-design 481 lemonie 425 Steveastrouk 273 frollard 267 orksecurity 229 Kiteman 184 kelseymh 172 seandogue 165 GuardianFox 132 NachoMahma 127 Burf 117 RavingMadStudio 109 AndyGadget 74 jeff-o 59 NobodyInParticular 58 DJ Radio 57 jtobako 53 MahavishnuMan 53 Grathio 51 rickharris 51 mikeasaurus 49 Gorfram 47 Jack A Lopez 47 Jayefuu 44 alex-sharetskiy 43 Killer~SafeCracker 40 Joe Martin 38 UziMonkey 34 11010010110 34 gmoon 31 yokozuna 28 caitlinsdad 26 AngryRedhead 24 ChrysN 24 killerjackalope 23 MichelMoermans 23 cyberpageman 21 siliconghost 21 acidbass 20 Mr. Stealth 20 Prfesser 20 randofo 20 karnuvap 19 RelaxedSoup 18 fwjs28 16 iPodGuy 16 CameronSS 15 Goodhart 13 Zengineer1618 13 ewilhelm 12 kevinhannan 12 Lithium Rain 12 nickodemus 12 Shadowman39 12 canida 11 Hiyadudez 11 M4industries 11 purduecer 11 Kryptonite 10 plane phanatic 10 kcls 9 Koosie 9 The Ideanator 9 Willard2.0 7 gmjhowe 6 artificialintelligence 4 wrivera6 4 LoneWolf 3 megametal8 1 ----- Best Answers Monitor v1.01.02 (2010-05-05) by NachoMahma Original Perl script by Jayefuu. Regex help provided by kelseymh. The people who wrote and helped with this script are all members of Instructables.com (Ibles), but Ibles did not participate in the development and is in no way associated with this project. If something screws up, blame NachoMahma, not Ibles. Script ran in 252.9629368782 seconds.

11010010110 34 acidbass 34 alex-sharetskiy 45 AndyGadget 101 AngryRedhead 40 artificialintelligence 4 beckervdejazz.com 17 Burf 178 caitlinsdad 26 CameronSS 19 canida 12 ChrysN 32 cyberpageman 22 DJ+Radio 65 dombeef 1 ewilhelm 11 Flannel+UK 6 frollard 347 fwjs28 16 gmjhowe 6 gmoon 36 Goodhart 13 Gorfram 51 Grathio 52 Hiyadudez 14 iPodGuy 17 Jack+A+Lopez 96 JamesRPatrick 8 Jayefuu 52 jeff-o 97 Joe+Martin 40 jtobako 63 karnuvap 22 kcls 12 kelseymh 251 kevinhannan 12 Killer~SafeCracker 40 killerjackalope 27 Kiteman 222 Koosie 9 Kryptonite 11 lemonie 488 Lithium+Rain 13 lizzyastro 5 LoneWolf 5 M4industries 11 MahavishnuMan 54 megametal8 2 MichelMoermans 24 mikeasaurus 62 Mr.+Stealth 20 NachoMahma 163 nickodemus 19 NobodyInParticular 59 orksecurity 334 plane+phanatic 9 Prfesser 26 purduecer 11 randofo 23 RavingMadStudios 126 Re-design 596 RelaxedSoup 17 rickharris 101 seandogue 214 Shadowman39 21 siliconghost 28 Steveastrouk 438 uniqueutopia 13 UziMonkey 34 Willard2.0 9 wrivera6 11 yokozuna 59 Zengineer1618 13 zero.gx 90 drpepper1234 error: 400 member: drpepper1234 does not exist GuardianFox error: 400 member: GuardianFox does not exist knuckel error: no Best Answers data for member: knuckel

.  Here's the lastest counts: lemonie:355 Re-design:324 frollard:241 Steveastrouk:185 Kiteman:165 orksecurity:160 seandogue:138 GuardianFox:132 kelseymh:139 NachoMahma:95 ZEROGX:83 Burf:83 RavingMadStudios:76 AndyGadget:67 NobodyInParticular:58 jeff-o:51 jtobako:48 alex-sharetskiy:43 Grathio:44 DJ+Radio:43 MahavishnuMan:44 Killer~SafeCracker:39 Gorfram:35 UziMonkey:34 11010010110:33 mikeasaurus:33 Joe+Martin:32 Jayefuu:30 caitlinsdad:26 gmoon:27 rickharris:23 AngryRedhead:22 Jack+A+Lopez:24 killerjackalope:20 Mr.+Stealth:20 cyberpageman:18 ChrysN:18 Prfesser:18 RelaxedSoup:18 siliconghost:18 karnuvap:17 randofo:17 CameronSS:15 fwjs28:15 iPodGuy:15 Zengineer1618:13 ewilhelm:12 canida:11 Goodhart:11 purduecer:11 Hiyadudez:10 kevinhannan:10 acidbass:10 gmjhowe:6 yokozuna:4 The+Ideanator:2 LoneWolf:3

11010010110 34 acidbass 35 alex-sharetskiy 44 AndyGadget 128 AngryRedhead 40 artificialintelligence 4 beckervdejazz.com 16 blkhawk 13 Burf 200 (patch sent) caitlinsdad 26 CameronSS 20 canida 12 caarntedd 38 ChrysN 39 cyberpageman 22 diyoutdoorsman 7 DJ+Radio 65 dombeef 1 Dr.+Pepper 22 ewilhelm 11 Flannel+UK 12 frollard 394 fwjs28 16 gmjhowe 6 gmoon 42 Goodhart 13 Gorfram 52 Grathio 53 Hiyadudez 15 iceng 20 iPodGuy 17 Jack+A+Lopez 119 JamesRPatrick 9 Jayefuu 54 jeff-o 98 Joe+Martin 40 jtobako 64 karnuvap 22 kcls 12 kelseymh 287 kevinhannan 13 Killer~SafeCracker 40 killerjackalope 28 Kiteman 241 Koosie 9 Kryptonite 11 lemonie 522 Lithium+Rain 13 lizzyastro 5 LoneWolf 7 M4industries 11 MahavishnuMan 54 MegaMetal8 2 MichelMoermans 24 mikeasaurus 65 Mr.+Stealth 20 NachoMahma 177 nfk11 1 nickodemus 19 NobodyInParticular 59 Nutrition+Man 12 orksecurity 397 plane+phanatic 9 Prfesser 28 purduecer 11 randofo 22 RavingMadStudios 127 Re-design 626 RelaxedSoup 17 rickharris 130 seandogue 224 Shadowman39 22 siliconghost 28 Sorunome 4 Steveastrouk 509 The+Ideanator 23 TitanTechRobotics 4 uniqueutopia 19 username252 2 UziMonkey 34 Willard2.0 9 wrivera6 13 yokozuna 77 Zengineer1618 13 zero.gx 90 -- Best Answers Monitor v1.00.04 (2011-04-25) NachoMahma (Original Perl script by Jayefuu) (Regex help provided by kelseymh) Report Date/Time: 2011/05/21 0748