When encoutered with such a scenario, it was advised in the [Ubuntu Regulators chatroom](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators) to add the comment as a community wiki answer or edit the question to separate the question and the answer and add the answer as a community wiki answer with a note prepended saying,

> According to a comment/edit made by the OP

[Link to live example](https://askubuntu.com/questions/108077/help-installing-ubuntu-11-10)

*Just a reminder of how to mark an answer as a community wiki:*

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