There are some questions that tangentially deal with this, but my question is this;
If someone 'answers' with a vague hint in the direction of a potential solution, but does not provide an actual 'answer', and you subsequently head down the rabbit-hole, eventually come up with your own answer, is it fair to write and accept your own, complete, answer and simply upvote the 'contributing' answer?
Example (I personally think the 'answer' should have been a comment in the first place, but that's a discussion for another time...)
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questions. Here, I very much agree with hint/vauge answers. – rlb.usa Apr 27 '10 at 20:37[pls-send-meh-teh-codez]
questions is when a complete solution is demanded with no attempt demonstrated, I'm talking in the case of "I tried it, its not working, ad I have no idea why". I recon there has to be a certain line drawn between 'hint' and 'vague' asin, hints are useful, vague responses usually arn't – Andrew Bolster Apr 28 '10 at 10:45