I will be offering bounties continuously on 3 questions at a time until the end of the year. I have points to burn and would rather see them answered :) Currently we have 55 days (depending on timezone) left, so that's 1 less needed every 2.5 days.

So goals:

Currently - 20 unanswered questions.

Can we get to:

  • Nov 15 - 16 left (actual - 19 left)
  • Nov 28 - 12 left (actual - 19 left)
  • Dec 3 (actual - 15 left)
  • Dec 9 - 8 left (actual - 15 left)
  • Dec 10 (actual - 13 left)
  • Dec 12 (actual - 10 left)
  • Dec 20 - 4 left
  • Dec 31 - 0 left!.

Obviously new ones are coming in all the time, so anyone who gets a chance, it'd be great to knock off some of the old ones, or pass them to a friend who might know about say, Georgia, or Japan, where we have a couple of them.

And if you want to add some bounties as well, all the better for it.

I'll only be offering bounties on unanswered questions. If an answer is average, I'll let the bounty ride for the full week, or until I see a great answer. But if there's a great answer, I'll bounty it and start a new one immediately.

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I think this is a great idea - a simple initiative that can help encourage some interest is never going to be a bad thing. It has inspired me to have a wee trawl for information to see if I can provide answers - and I have learned a bit about some regions I wouldn't otherwise have seen.

And as Mark said - it's nice to have a goal.

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Is this really necessary? According to this page, 99% of the questions have been answered, which is pretty good! And if there is no answer, there is a reason for it. Cranky or too specialised question, etc.

If you want to do some window dressing it could be more useful to boost the answer ratio. It is only 2.1 and could be better according to their standards ... It is good to have more than one answer. This gives a broader picture and allows to better judge the relevance and the quality of them. Even in travel-related matters, the absolute truth does not exist. It is always nice to have a second, third, ..., opinion. Personally I am not very confident when I receive only one answer in a forum, or when there is only one review of an hotel/restautant/bar/... The more opinions you have the better it is. Nevertheless, I agree that for some very specialised questions it is difficult to have more than one answer.

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