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I posted a question, and it turns out that the problem was due to my own carelessness (kind of like discovering a typo in my code, but not exactly as silly of a mistake).

What should I do with my question in this case? Should I close it, delete it, or answer it and leave it alone?

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    I'm sure this has been asked before (although not about this specific question), but my search-fu is failing me.
    – ale
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:40
  • @AlEverett I too was trying to search for a similar question but wasn't sure what to search for!
    – nmc
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:41
  • What is the policy for typos or silly syntax error questions? is close, but it really shouldn't be closed as a duplicate of the question it's closed as a duplicate of.
    – ale
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:43

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If it's unlikely to help anyone in the future, delete it.

If it's possible that someone else might do the exact same thing, leave it.

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    ...but if you do leave it, make sure it has an accepted answer tha describes precisely what solved the problem, even if you have to write the answer yourself.
    – joran
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:39
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    And if you write the answer, write it as an actual answer, don't just edit the solution into the question,
    – psubsee2003
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:44
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    ...and try not to make it a habit. If you have a lot of deleted questions you might find yourself question-banned. But just one shouldn't be an issue.
    – ale
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:44
  • You can't delete your own question if it has answers. (I've tried before!) Should we flag for deletion in that case?
    – Mark Amery
    Jul 24, 2013 at 18:55
  • @MarkAmery You can delete it as long as none of the answers have an upvote.
    – Josh Mein
    Jul 24, 2013 at 19:30

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