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141 questions linked to/from Can I answer my own questions, even if I knew the answer before asking?
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Should I not answer my own questions? [duplicate]
I asked a question recently, looking for examples of an online tool. Per the FAQ, I answered my own question with a few examples that I had already found. I did this so that these examples would be ...
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Posting and answering questions you have already found the answer to [duplicate]
Sometimes you spend a day or more solving a technical problem, and when you finally solve it, you may want to post it on your blog (if you have one) to share with the community.
However, most ...
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Is it useful to post questions I already know the answer to on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
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Should I ask a question I know the answer to?
I have a log of problems I've encountered over the years with the solution at the particular time. What's the etiquette for ...
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How to close a question in stackoverflow.com [duplicate]
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How does accepting an answer work
When I post a question and then find an answer for it (either other members have answered or I ...
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What if my question has no answer? [duplicate]
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Should I ask a question I know the answer to?
Is “Don't do it” a valid answer?
I had asked a question on SO sometime back -
Is there a Eclipse plugin for ...
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Why people ask questions when they already know answer? [duplicate]
I have seen many questions by users on 'SO' who post question without providing code and/or less description and then right after posting question post answer. What is the reason of the asking ...
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Would it be sleazy to take my content from other sites and post it as StackOverflow self-answered questions? [duplicate]
I already understand that StackExchange considers self-answered questions to be OK. I'm wondering about a specific class of self-answered questions, those that merely rephrase the author's posts from ...
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Can I answer my own question on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
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Should I ask a question I know the answer to?
Should I not answer my own questions?
I have posted a question, and then later I found the mistake and solution by myself. Can ...
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Should I ask questions intended to be self-answered? [duplicate]
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Should I ask a question I know the answer to?
I had a problem that took much digging to find the answer to. Now I have found the answer, but I think it would help others to ...
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Asking many seeded, beginner questions [duplicate]
I've used SE and SO, only to ask questions to which I didn't know the answer.
But there may be another way to ask questions:
From a text book or other canonical reference (History, C++, etc., ...
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about users who ask, then answer and vote for themselves [duplicate]
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Can I answer my own questions, even those where I knew the answer before asking?
Am i the only one who find it's absurd to allow a user to answer to his own question, then ...
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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?
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Posting Questions with Answer [duplicate]
Can I post questions while immediately giving an answer, when I think it is important enough to share?
I guess this is not the original spirit of Stack Exchange, though sometimes I think it would be ...
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Is it OK to post a question and self answer it within 1 minute? [duplicate]
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Should I ask a question I know the answer to?
Moving a personal technical blog to Stack Overflow/Server Fault
Is it OK to post a question and self answer it within 1 minute?...
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Just solved a problem, not on StackOverflow, but would like to share the solution [duplicate]
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Should I ask a question I know the answer to?
I just spent a few hours solving a problem, but it wasn't on StackOverflow. StackOverflow seems like a good place to post the ...
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