user10794: I've been browsing the unanswered questions, partly because Area 15 says:

71% answered: Needs Work – 90% answered is a healthy beta, 80% answered needs some work.

However I've found some "unanswered" questions really were answered, for example: 

Crash when using std::queue. That had a perfectly good answer by Edgar Bonet, however he did it as a comment, not an answer so it didn't count.
What could cause interrupts from MCP23017 suddenly stop working? - the OP worked out the problem and acknowledged that in a comment, however the question went "unanswered".
Attiny85 programmer with Arduino error Yikes! Invalid device signature - again, answered in the question comments, and acknowledged as such by the OP.
After putting Arduino Uno into DFU mode, it is no longer recognised by PC - the OP is asked for clarification but doesn't respond so the question lapses.

It seems to me unfair that these questions go into the "29% unanswered" bundle when they really were answered, or the OP simply lost interest (probably got it answered somewhere else).
Does this seem right? Is there a way of fixing up these statistics in some way?

user42: In cases where there's already an answer in the comments (or edited into the original question by the OP), we could copy it into a Community Wiki answer, with an appropriate acknowledgement. That will show up as an answer, but will prevent reputation going to the wrong person.
In situations where a question can't be answered due to lack of information (and the OP hasn't responded for a long time), we can vote to close the question as "Unclear what you're asking".
These steps won't solve the problem entirely, but it might help a little. What's important is to get the community involved in Review tasks so that problems can be dealt-with quickly. The other moderators and I aren't really supposed to do that ourselves (we're only supposed to deal with exceptional cases). I see the review queues are getting rather long again though, so we may have to step in to help things move along.

10794: <p>I've been browsing the unanswered questions, partly because <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/58150/arduino">Area 15</a> says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>71% answered: Needs Work – 90% answered is a healthy beta, 80% answered needs some work.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>However I've found some "unanswered" questions really <strong>were</strong> answered, for example: </p>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/12127/crash-when-using-stdqueue">Crash when using std::queue</a>. That had a perfectly good answer by Edgar Bonet, however he did it as a comment, not an answer so it didn't count.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/8857/what-could-cause-interrupts-from-mcp23017-suddenly-stop-working">What could cause interrupts from MCP23017 suddenly stop working?</a> - the OP worked out the problem and acknowledged that in a comment, however the question went "unanswered".</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/10321/attiny85-programmer-with-arduino-error-yikes-invalid-device-signature">Attiny85 programmer with Arduino error Yikes! Invalid device signature</a> - again, answered in the question comments, and acknowledged as such by the OP.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/11863/after-putting-arduino-uno-into-dfu-mode-it-is-no-longer-recognised-by-pc">After putting Arduino Uno into DFU mode, it is no longer recognised by PC</a> - the OP is asked for clarification but doesn't respond so the question lapses.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>It seems to me unfair that these questions go into the "29% unanswered" bundle when they really were answered, or the OP simply lost interest (probably got it answered somewhere else).</p>

<p>Does this seem right? Is there a way of fixing up these statistics in some way?</p>
 42: <p>In cases where there's already an answer in the comments (or edited into the original question by the OP), we could copy it into a <a href="https://arduino.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/community-wiki">Community Wiki</a> answer, with an appropriate acknowledgement. That will show up as an answer, but will prevent reputation going to the wrong person.</p>

<p>In situations where a question can't be answered due to lack of information (and the OP hasn't responded for a long time), we can vote to close the question as "Unclear what you're asking".</p>

<p>These steps won't solve the problem entirely, but it might help a little. What's important is to get the community involved in Review tasks so that problems can be dealt-with quickly. The other moderators and I aren't really supposed to do that ourselves (we're only supposed to deal with exceptional cases). I see the review queues are getting rather long again though, so we may have to step in to help things move along.</p>
