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Should I wait with posting an answer to my own question? [duplicate]

What is preferred and more valuable for the SO community when I find an answer to my own question? Should I wait with my answer (even when I know it is 100% correct and to the point) to give others a ...
Lukasz's user avatar
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3 answers
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How can experienced people post their knowledge and new research? [duplicate]

As Stack Overflow serves as a platform for users to ask and answer questions, it provides a huge platform for questions and answers on a wide range of topics in programming. Is there anyway through ...
Yadav Chetan's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
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Should own solution be included within the question? [duplicate]

I think its still in debate Etiquette for answering your own question Normally when I have a question and a answer, but have doubt with my own attempt, I tend to put the solution within my question. ...
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What is the difference between answering my question or not? [duplicate]

When I fill up a question form, I see an Answer your own question checkbox. What are the differences between checking and not checking this option?
PersianGulf's user avatar
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1 answer
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Is it okay to ask a question and answer it yourself to share you knowledge? [duplicate]

Pretend I know how to do something that a lot of people can't do or don't know how to, can I do a question like "How can I start a jar file with a batch file?" and answer it? Is that allowed? P.S. ...
Coder Kid's user avatar
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1 answer
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Is there a preferred way how to post a question and the answer in one step? [duplicate]

Sometimes I have an issue, for which I can not find a solution/answer on your platform. Then later I find the solution/answer by my self. If I then think that this knowledge could help other ...
Daniel K.'s user avatar
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2 answers
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A list of topics well-suited for self-answered questions [duplicate]

The idea of self-answers seem to be slightly against the primary purpose of this site. This site doesn't want to accumulate the kind of junk other sites tend to (I think). Also, this site wants to ...
Truth-seek's user avatar
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1 answer
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Posting a Solution of a problem that You faced to Help Newbies [duplicate]

About an Hour ago, I faced a problem and tried different ways to solve it. At last I was going to post my Question on Stack Overflow, but the last trick which came in my mind worked, and the problem ...
Adnan Ahmad Khan's user avatar
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1 answer
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How do I create a wiki entry to share knowledge with the community? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I answer my own questions, even those where I knew the answer before asking? What is this “answer your own question” jazz? If I have some piece of knowledge ...
NirMH's user avatar
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2 votes
0 answers
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Should I post a question with the answer I already know? [duplicate]

For example, I've have just solved some problem on my own. I believe my solution might be quite useful to others (and myself in the future), like a KB article. Should I post it as question and ...
noseratio's user avatar
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1 answer
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Do people actually answer their own questions? [duplicate]

I've never seen people use StackExchange like this. A few questions: First, does anyone use it like this? Second, what was the original intention behind this option? What was the vision? Thanks.
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0 answers
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Ask and answer question at Same Time [duplicate]

Is it possible to ask and answer to our question at same time ? In reading this : https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/ It's Ok. But at the same time? I ...
BENARD Patrick's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
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How do I answer a question that no-one has asked... but is related to questions that are being asked? [duplicate]

Where can I post 'helpful ideas' that are not being asked directly, but are being asked indirectly? I see some of the vigilant members being very vigilant with innocuous comments or requests for more ...
KiwiSteve's user avatar
894 votes
76 answers
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The Many Memes of Meta

Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral&...
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16 answers
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange

This is an unofficial list/changelog of new features and various changes to Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network. It is maintained by the community, while a Stack Exchange employee changes ...

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