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Reminds me of this post. Poster created a question and immediately answered it with his own link. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9751207/how-can-i-use-goto
by tonyle 10y ago
Reminds me of this post.
Poster created a question and immediately answered it with his own link.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9751207/how-can-i-use-goto-in-javascript http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9751207/how-can-i-use-got...
- saulr 10y agoIt's not against the rules to answer your own question, as far as I'm aware. If the question is one that other users may ask, and you have an answer, I don't see what's wrong with posting questions and immediately answering them.
- tonyle 10y agoTo expand, I don't see anything wrong with the joke question, I just think they both fall in the same category. The user created the question and answered it immediately with a link to his goto library. The issue is not answering your own question, but more about posting your own question to answer. Suppose everyone who creates a startup, posts a question & answer to advertise their own project.
- medmunds 10y agoThere's even a badge for answering your own question ("self learner"), if your answer is a good one. http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/12519 http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/12519
- nevir 10y agoIt's encouraged, even
- twic 10y agoCan I answer my own question? Yes! Stack Exchange has always explicitly encouraged users to answer their own questions. If you have a question that you already know the answer to, and you would like to document that knowledge in public so that others (including yourself) can find it later, it's perfectly okay to ask and answer your own question on a Stack Exchange site. http://stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer http://stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer
- tim333 10y agoThat's funny. I'm pleasantly surprised the stackoverflow mods didn't close it.