Comment by shotpun on 24/02/2020 at 04:01 UTC

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I think the best way to accomplish what's being asked for here is to tag the knowledgeable user in the comments of the question they might have the chops to answer. Is this a practice that is considered kosher by the community/mod team/both?

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Comment by Gankom at 24/02/2020 at 04:18 UTC

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Not really. We encourage tagging people when linking posts because it credits the original writers, but actually tagging them in an unanswered question can come across as rather putting them on the spot. Especially considering how life can be we don't like to be rude. The occasional friendly PM essentially asking "Hey thought this might interest you" is generally easier and doesn't publically call someone out asking them to answer something.