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How What is the right way to answer your own question, giving the original answer full credit?

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This happens to me all the time on askubuntuAsk Ubuntu:

  • Question from JB: How do I accomplish exactly X on my machine?

  • [1] Answer by AZ: Here's a tutorial showing you exactly how and even more useful related stuff.

OR

  • [2] Answer by AZ: Here's a clear general answer for which your answer is an example; still written clearly enough that it's obvious how to answer your question, though.

  • [3] Answer by JB: This is just me using the knowledge AZ gave me to write out explicitly the precise answer to my original question.

Who do I upvote? Who get'sgets a checkmark?

I intuitively want [1]/[2] to get the checkmark, but [3] is the exact answer that somebody would want to find on a quick search. I'd like to give upvotes to both anyway. But who cares what I want? What's the right thing to do?

This happens to me all the time on askubuntu:

  • Question from JB: How do I accomplish exactly X on my machine?

  • [1] Answer by AZ: Here's a tutorial showing you exactly how and even more useful related stuff.

OR

  • [2] Answer by AZ: Here's a clear general answer for which your answer is an example; still written clearly enough that it's obvious how to answer your question, though.

  • [3] Answer by JB: This is just me using the knowledge AZ gave me to write out explicitly the precise answer to my original question.

Who do I upvote? Who get's a checkmark?

I intuitively want [1]/[2] to get the checkmark, but [3] is the exact answer that somebody would want to find on a quick search. I'd like to give upvotes to both anyway. But who cares what I want? What's the right thing to do?

This happens to me all the time on Ask Ubuntu:

  • Question from JB: How do I accomplish exactly X on my machine?

  • [1] Answer by AZ: Here's a tutorial showing you exactly how and even more useful related stuff.

OR

  • [2] Answer by AZ: Here's a clear general answer for which your answer is an example; still written clearly enough that it's obvious how to answer your question, though.

  • [3] Answer by JB: This is just me using the knowledge AZ gave me to write out explicitly the precise answer to my original question.

Who do I upvote? Who gets a checkmark?

I intuitively want [1]/[2] to get the checkmark, but [3] is the exact answer that somebody would want to find on a quick search. I'd like to give upvotes to both anyway. But who cares what I want? What's the right thing to do?

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John Baber-Lucero
John Baber-Lucero
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  • 12
  • 4

How is the right way to answer your own question, giving the original answer full credit?

This happens to me all the time on askubuntu:

  • Question from JB: How do I accomplish exactly X on my machine?

  • [1] Answer by AZ: Here's a tutorial showing you exactly how and even more useful related stuff.

OR

  • [2] Answer by AZ: Here's a clear general answer for which your answer is an example; still written clearly enough that it's obvious how to answer your question, though.

  • [3] Answer by JB: This is just me using the knowledge AZ gave me to write out explicitly the precise answer to my original question.

Who do I upvote? Who get's a checkmark?

I intuitively want [1]/[2] to get the checkmark, but [3] is the exact answer that somebody would want to find on a quick search. I'd like to give upvotes to both anyway. But who cares what I want? What's the right thing to do?