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Q&A Can you post a question just to answer it yourself?

From How to ask a great question in the help section: If you put your question title into a search engine, can you find the answer to your question in the first three results? If so, perhaps con...

posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2024-01-25T20:00:05Z (9 months ago)
From [How to ask a great question] in the help section:

> If you put your question title into a search engine, can you find the answer to your question in the first three results? If so, perhaps consider [alternative ways of sharing that information] here on Codidact, or **writing a self-answered question** to share that knowledge.

(I've added emphasis to the relevant part.)

Self-answered questions are an intended way of using the question and answer communities. Anyone is free to then edit the answer to improve it, or to add their own answer.


[How to ask a great question]: https://meta.codidact.com/help/how-to-ask
[alternative ways of sharing that information]: https://meta.codidact.com/help/articles