Can we put more emphasis on giving out the BA on questions?

Question

I mean, there are a lot of questions that don't have a best answer given. Here is an example of one that I answered:
http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/127399/pikachu-training-need-help#a127483

Maybe if giving out the BA was more emphasized in the rules, and maybe also there could be a message reminding you to give it out when you are going to ask a question.
Well, these are just some thoughts. Thanks for your time, PM.

Comments

YES! i have so many time deserved BA but those people didnt know how to push da button

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I have an answer up for more that a week and no ba or comment from the questioner... I go with this. Also it is the only answer.
http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/135268/what%C2%B4s-wrong-with-my-day-care-in-pokemon-heartgold

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Remember, though that I'm not asking this so that I get more points on pokebase. I just think that this will be helpful.

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LOL, I just noticed that there was a question that I forgot to give out the BA to.

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The mods would get less to do as well. Even though I love those BA sprees.

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I know what it feels like to answer questions, have the questioner say "thanks" and leave. And yet while I do complaining all the time, I do realize that if people did select answers way more we should probably increase the points required for Expert. Mike went on that BA spree and I rose almost a thousand points. It would make people reach 6000 a lot faster. So if BAs are being selected more then it would also be a good idea to increase the expert level.

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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mr. K! its already extremely high!!!!

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It is actually quite high. I don't think that this will make people get a ton more points. I just think it will benefit everyone. Especially those that want to find the best answer.

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Expert is far to low. Hence why people are now hitting it in a matter of months. It should take a good year at least to get Expert like it did a while back. With all these new users asking 4x the amount of questions there is plenty of points to be made. If anything Expert needs to be raised or even better Experts would be hand picked by mods. I agree with the concept of putting more emphasis on giving ba but its not really needed. Mods pick them eventually anyway. But on the basis you get ba for all your correct answers which is what you guys want it can take only 300 answers without votes. By 300 answers you will likely have at least 200 votes to go with (8000 points).

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I think that there should be 3 different kinds of expert.

Begginer expert:------- 6000 points
Intermediate expert:---9000 points
Top expert:------------18000 points

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it says that I have been here for 4 months. I almost have 900 points on pokebase. It'll probably take more than a year for me.

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I've been a user for 8 months, and i haven't even reached 5,000.

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And I hit Expert in 5 months, and will have been here for exactly a year as of Monday the 13th, and have just a few thousand short of 3 times the amount needed to get Expert. Not bragging, just saying it really isn't that hard if you truly commit yourself.

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Yes I agree; seeing questions with no Best Answer makes people assume it isn't resolved.
(Also how did the topic change to talking about Experts?)

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XD lolol. Yeah, Expert isn't hard so like if you commit yourself to answer and ask, it's not hard.
About the question, I don't really see the gain in this. Most Mods go on BA'ing spree's anyway, most questions get BA'ed, even though it doesn't happen instantly. Just explain to me what advantages there are.

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In all honestly only 50% of the time is the best answer selected as best answer. People select allot of the time because of the user and other reasons. Though I agree with the idea I would have to disagree as everyone who voted on this question does not care for the fact you get a green box around your answer which usually means nothing. Everyone that voted, voted for the points. Points mean to much to people on this site tbh...
The expert problem occurs when we have to many experts already, some of which hit it in a matter of months (some as early as 3). If every answer was selected people would be able to surpass people like me in a matter of weeks if they were committed to it. People just would not need to work for expert, just answer a few questions.

Answer 1

To be honest, it doesn't matter if people don't get BA. If the answer is there, the person got their answer and anyone else with the same question can see the top answer at the top.