<p>I currently have a bounty active for <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/316644/when-was-the-word-bias-coined-to-mean-mathbbe-hat-theta-theta">When was the word &quot;bias&quot; coined to mean $\mathbb{E}[\hat{\theta}-\theta]$?</a>. </p>

<p>The answer is correct, except the article that is cited is wrong, as it can be seen <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/316972/46427">here</a>. The person who wrote the answer is an unregistered user, and it's been about a week; the user is not active. I originally tried editing it (which I know is definitely frowned upon), and my edit was rejected.</p>

<p>What does one do in this situation? This seems similar but not identical to <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1956/what-to-do-if-an-accepted-answer-is-wrong-but-author-of-accepted-answer-and-op-a">What to do if an accepted answer is wrong but author of accepted answer and OP are not active on CV any more?</a> in my eyes - mainly in that there's a bounty also involved.</p>

<p>Here are the options that I've thought of:</p>

<ul>
<li>In 17 hours, the bounty will end. If someone posts an answer with the correct article title (<em>hint hint</em>?), I'll award it to them.</li>
<li>Answer the question myself with a corrected answer, bounty goes to no one.</li>
</ul>

<p>I don't feel comfortable awarding the existing answer the bounty or marking it as a "best answer," as comments (i.e., my comment attached to it) can be much more easily deleted than answers.</p>

<p>Thoughts on this?</p>
