user3624: Out of the last 20 questions (most asked more than a day ago), 15 do not have an answer or no upvoted answer (this is the case for the 14 latest). On a slightly longer prespective it also feels like our answer% has dropped a bit (do not have stats though - are there any for moderators on e.g. answer% / month). 
Do we have a problem of handling the influx of new questions? I would imagine that it is problematic if people do not get relatively quick answers, especially to basic questions (people asking harder, research-based questions can probably wait a bit longer). If visitors get the impression that questions are not answered, they might get the impression of an inactive community and may not come back.
Maybe this is just a temporary slump, but I was surprised to see this many unanswered questions.  

user5144: This problem is still relatively actual.
 It is a two-sided problem: I am not an expert in all fields which are discussed here (and I guess this applies to most people here), so on one day I can answer 5 or 6 questions (happened a few days ago) while on others I can not say anything useful. The other thing is that a lot of useful answers are not voted up, or when they are, they are not accepted. Is there any chance to let moderators do this on old questions with old answers? To accept answers, it would probably be a good idea that the moderators can nominate questions with good answers which haven't been accepted for 3 months (or any other period) for an acception vote. This will only get through, when it is approved by others (like for closing questions).
This will give the proper reputation to the people which wrote the answer.   

3624: <p>Out of the last 20 questions (most asked more than a day ago), 15 do not have an answer or no upvoted answer (this is the case for the 14 latest). On a slightly longer prespective it also feels like our answer% has dropped a bit (do not have stats though - are there any for moderators on e.g. answer% / month). </p>

<p>Do we have a problem of handling the influx of new questions? I would imagine that it is problematic if people do not get relatively quick answers, especially to basic questions (people asking harder, research-based questions can probably wait a bit longer). If visitors get the impression that questions are not answered, they might get the impression of an inactive community and may not come back.</p>

<p>Maybe this is just a temporary slump, but I was surprised to see this many unanswered questions.  </p>
 5144: <p>This problem is still relatively actual.
 It is a two-sided problem: I am not an expert in all fields which are discussed here (and I guess this applies to most people here), so on one day I can answer 5 or 6 questions (happened a few days ago) while on others I can not say anything useful. The other thing is that a lot of useful answers are not voted up, or when they are, they are not accepted. Is there any chance to let moderators do this on old questions with old answers? To accept answers, it would probably be a good idea that the moderators can nominate questions with good answers which haven't been accepted for 3 months (or any other period) for an acception vote. This will only get through, when it is approved by others (like for closing questions).
This will give the proper reputation to the people which wrote the answer.   </p>
