user740: It occurred to me whilst looking through some of the 'unanswered' questions that some of them have been answered, but the answer just hasn't been accepted because the user is inactive. I'm fairly new to SE forums, so was wondering what the policy is here? Is there are time-frame after which an answer may be accepted by a moderator?
I only ask because this will clearly be affecting the proportion of questions answered! Not massively I know, but it's a problem that will only increase as site-traffic also increases.

user6: Moderators cannot accept answers on behalf of users. There are various reminders for users to accept answers to their questions, but if they don't do it there is nothing we moderators can do about it.
Answers with at least +1 score are counted as answered for the "unanswered" tab, and I think for the answer rate as well.

740: <p>It occurred to me whilst looking through some of the 'unanswered' questions that some of them have been answered, but the answer just hasn't been accepted because the user is inactive. I'm fairly new to SE forums, so was wondering what the policy is here? Is there are time-frame after which an answer may be accepted by a moderator?</p>

<p>I only ask because this will clearly be affecting the proportion of questions answered! Not massively I know, but it's a problem that will only increase as site-traffic also increases.</p>
 6: <p>Moderators cannot accept answers on behalf of users. There are various reminders for users to accept answers to their questions, but if they don't do it there is nothing we moderators can do about it.</p>

<p>Answers with at least +1 score are counted as answered for the "unanswered" tab, and I think for the answer rate as well.</p>
