<p>I recently offered my first bounty on this question:</p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/175223/approaches-to-compare-differences-in-means-with-differences-in-proportions">Approaches to compare differences in means with differences in proportions?</a></p>

<p>One user answered, and while I thought his answer was helpful, it mostly confirmed what I already believed, so I wanted to wait and see if anyone else would offer a different perspective.</p>

<p>No additional answers, though, and I received a message to the effect that the bounty would be auto-awarded.</p>

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<p>So I didn't worry about manually awarding it, because I thought it was taken care of.</p>

<p>However, it didn't get awarded. After doing some research, I believe that the answer did not qualify for auto-award due to not having 2 upvotes, but this requirement is not reflected in the message.</p>

<p><strong>My questions:</strong></p>

<ol>
<li><p>Is it possible for a moderator to unexpire this bounty so that I can award it to the answer?</p></li>
<li><p>Should we change the message to reflect that the bounty <em>may</em> be auto-awarded if the answer meets certain criteria?</p></li>
</ol>
