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by Udik 1855 days ago
I agree, and it unnerves me because the solutions seem to be easy. Just allow users to tag an answer as outdated, or to add a "valid until YYYY" tag. This would provide a quick indication when skimming answers, without removing old ones. It could also allow to reopen an old question in case the accepted answer or all its answers are marked as outdated.
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> Just allow users to tag an answer as outdated

StackOverflow is testing such a feature right now: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/407613/outdated-acc...