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Accepted
Accepting answer other than highest upvoted one
Yes, this is not an issue (afaik) and this happens with a lot of questions on this site. To quote the relevant page on the Help Centre:
It [Accepting an answer] simply means that the author ...
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Accepting answer other than highest upvoted one
Deciding which answer should be accepted is entirely up to the asker. Historically, it's been treated as roughly analogous to "this is the answer that helped the OP the most." You're welcome to choose ...
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Accepting answer other than highest upvoted one
To add to drat's answer, you can take a look at the populist badge.
It says
"Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer
with score of more than 10 by more than 2x.
...
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How is this not a link-only answer?
I don't think it's one of our best answers on the site by any stretch, but it's somewhat more than just the bare links given as examples in "your answer is in another castle." It is, at least, a ...
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Accepted answer not at top
This is the exceptional case for accepted self-answer.
Accepted self-answer will lose its acceptance priority and will be ordered just like any other answers.
From the Help Center, What does it mean ...
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Not-accepted questions - do you have any?
Not-accepted questions - do you have any?
Yes, these on main for example:
Do I have to fill out a form when submitting a blood test for a Kurdistan residency permit? If so, what details does it ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible