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Please predict whether this patent is acceptable.PATENT ABSTRACT: An approach is provided that ingests question-answer pairs from an online discussion site into a question answering (QA) system by preprocessing the online discussion site prior to ingesting the data. The preprocessing of the online discussion site is performed by identifying stale questions posted to the online discussion site, analyzing the stale question to determine an appropriate trigger post, with the trigger post is designed to instigate an answer to the stale question, with the system automatically generating and posting the trigger post to the online discussion site.