Timeline for Can I post a question and an answer just because I think it helps others?
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| Sep 3, 2020 at 0:21 | comment | added | quid Mod | @user400188 if they manage to write it to a high standard it's all fine, if not then somebody should let them know. | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 0:09 | comment | added | user400188 | A self answer question is almost always useful to the person who asked to question. It is a good learning experience to write one to the high standards of quality expected on this site, in such a way that it is understandable to other readers and not just the asker. Even if no one needed it, asking the question is an exercise for the OP to explain their proof on a topic they enjoy (rather than a topic that someone else set in another question) to a larger audience than normal. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:22 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://math.stackexchange.com/ with https://math.stackexchange.com/ | |
| Feb 8, 2015 at 12:47 | comment | added | Mario Carneiro | One other source for self-answered questions, which I am frequently guilty of, is a question for which I realize the answer while typing up the question or shortly after. In this case, there was an actual impetus of a problem to solve, but because it is resolved immediately it ends up as a soliloquy. (I try to write those answers as if I were talking to someone else, though.) | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 7:10 | comment | added | Debashish | I agree with @quid ... I think one should avoid questions whose answers are just obvious. I did such mistake and three of my "self answered" questions stand closed! | |
| Jun 16, 2014 at 5:47 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Jun 14, 2014 at 16:00 | comment | added | quid | The point I meant to convey is that one should not expect that just because it is "allowed" it will always be received well. Something can be allowed in principle, but specific istances could still legitimately be downvoted or closed. | |
| Jun 14, 2014 at 15:42 | comment | added | user87543 | so... what does this conclude?? | |
| Jun 14, 2014 at 13:05 | history | answered | quid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |