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44 questions linked to/from Etiquette for answering your own question
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Is there stigma associated with self-answers on certain network sites? Or different etiquette? If so, why?
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I was told in chat that some sites don't / might not see self-answers in a positive light, which I found surprising, having read the (fairly old) "It’s OK to Ask and Answer Your Own ...
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Is there a bias against using the "answer your own question" feature?
I had a question. As I was researching it while drafting it, I found more and more relevant information that I incorporated into my question. It came to the point where it felt like I was answering ...
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How to ask a question when self-answering?
I've been researching lots of questions in the game World of Warcraft (WoW), and usually the answers to practical questions such as "Where is an item located?" are buried in the comment ...
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How do sites moderate self-answered questions?
Historically our beta site has discouraged self-answered questions.
The site has been running for 6 years (3 questions/day, 98% answered, 3 ½ answers/question, and very few questions are closed).
The ...
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Is there an etiquette for answering questions originally intended to be self-answered?
This question is inspired by Is there an etiquette for asking questions originally intended to be self-answered?.
A few times, I have encountered a self-answered question with a question that seems to ...
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Is there an etiquette for asking questions originally intended to be self-answered?
According to Oded's answer to What are limitations on self-answered questions? self answered questions have the same quality requirements as "the other" questions. So if we found a question ...
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Answering your own question, but don't accept answer
Is it bad etiquette to answer your own question, but then not accept that answer? I realize there have been numerous questions about answering one's own question, but I'm specifically wondering about ...
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Etiquette for answering your own question with an answer inspired by another answer
This will probably get closed immediately as a duplicate, but I have read Etiquette for answering your own question and other similar questions, but didn't see this get addressed directly (though I ...
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Is it possible to close questions because they are already solved? [duplicate]
Some questions happen to be solved for some reason (for instance, a new software version), and there's no answer it should be marked as accepted, but the question is not 'Open' anymore. And I don't ...
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Is there a way to post a guide on something without first asking a question? [duplicate]
I keep coming across bits of information throughout the internet and every so often, I collect enough data to do a solid write-up on that topic.
It'd be nice if I could post that consolidated info in ...
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Minimum requirements of self-answered question [duplicate]
Are there any rules (or guidelines) for a Asking and Answering your own question? What are the minimum requirements a self-answered question needs to meet, or do you treat it just like a normal ...
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Should I remove my post or should I give my solution there? [duplicate]
I've just asked something here:
Can't connect to a Oracle db instance via SQLDeveloper
In the meantime I figured it out myself, so I don't know what is the proper process at times like this?
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Capitalize and punctuate "let us continue this discussion in chat"
Stack Exchange has a feature to help move extended discussions out of comments and into chat, but when you use it, it automatically writes the following message for you:
let us continue this ...
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Ratio of answer types
Related to post:
Etiquette for answering your own question
As far as I can tell, Stack Overflow is semantically both of a) a place to share information and b) a nerd battleground.
Users do not care ...
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Is time to remove "Answer your own question" option from question page?
The story behind this question is that a new user posted this question with a simultaneous answer. I posted a comment indicating that "answering own questions was extensively debated" and ...
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