Questions tagged [answers]
The answers tag has no usage guidance.
204
questions
6
votes
2
answers
200
views
Should I ask for additional information in comments, or start an answer and ask questions there?
I noticed on another QA post here that someone mentioned that as a rule of thumb they keep comments short, and anything longer than short goes in an answer. A few times, I've asked for more ...
- 22.7k
2
votes
2
answers
211
views
Is it appropriate to Ask question and provide an Answer to topic which is not mentioned?
Hi,
My question is about when somebody have a solution (e.g., specific problem which affect a couple of people), but nobody ask for different reasons. This question is similar as Should we seed the ...
- 43
4
votes
1
answer
85
views
Should redirections to other questions / answers be comments or answers ?
A part of the answer to this question is, in my opinion, answering another "new" question. I wanted to redirect the person asking the "new" question to the existing answer and posted it as an answer.
...
- 4,952
14
votes
3
answers
738
views
Should one answer one's own question? [duplicate]
And if one does, is it bad form to then select one's own answer as the preferred one?
Here's the particular case I have in mind:
How do I add a program that must be run from within its own directory ...