How can one remove the answers that are irrelevant? I have couple of questions which are not yet answered. But it is marked as answered because someone has put an irrelevant answer to it. The owner should be able to vote for removing such entries.
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I can see this question of yours that doesn't have an accepted answer, it has an attempted answer but, as per your comment, it was truly a further enquiry and should have been a comment. I've flagged that one for you, but you can do this in the future by pressing the
If answers are relevant but in fact wrong, then down-vote.
There are two other questions with unaccepted answers, but relevant, and you seem grateful for the input given, even if not fully accepted.
If the answers are "me too" type posts, spam or offensive then flag these for removal.
However, with answers that are just wrong it's really up to you and the community to downvote and leave comments explaining why the answer is wrong, and perhaps encourage the poster to delete their answer. Please see Shog's answer to this question:
In this case the answer is suggesting a solution and whilst it may not be great, moderators are not really in a position to arbitrarily delete wrong answers. We're not experts at everything, otherwise we'd all be at the top of the rep leagues. I don't know Crystal reports so I can't tell if that answer is even partially correct.
10k users can also vote to have an answer deleted, but again that is a community lead and not moderator driven mechanism. Moderators can cast a binding delete vote but only if there is something very very wrong with the post (such as it being flagged as "me-too", spam or offensive).
In this case the answer isn't "irrelevant" because the poster does try to address your problem with a solution albeit suboptimal.
Wrong answers can also sometimes be beneficial for the "here's how NOT to solve this problem" effect:
If the answers are just wrong, you can downvote them. If they are unrelated, you can flag them for moderator review. (Not-an-answer answers appear to get vaporised very quickly, once someone finds them.)
Check the Unanswered display -- it shows both questions with no answers and questions without up-voted answers. I don't know how many users actively read this query versus the main [Questions] query, but hopefully it is enough to help garner new answers among users not in the The Fastest Gun In The West club.