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Is it appropriate to Ask question and provide an Answer to topic which is not mentioned?
I think you're asking if it's ok to ask a question and provide your own answer. From the FAQ:
It's also perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question, as long as you pretend you're on Jeopard …
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Answers based on Ubuntu wiki
I'd like to add to Marco's answer by saying that since the wiki is so big and complicated (and finding things can be difficult) that a good answer summarizes what's in the docs to answer the question …
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Should bad answers be deleted
As far as removing your answer, yes, you can always delete your answers to get your reputation back, unless it's an accepted answer, in which case you'd need to flag the answer. …
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Should I answer a question which already has an accepted answer?
Sure, why not, if you think it's useful then do it!
(Though if it's just slight changes you might just want to submit an edit to the accepted answer).
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What is the most appropriate way to bring an old/outdated question up to date?
I fix people's answers all the time, and people fix my answers all the time; that's what this site is about! …
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Does answering your own question constitute abuse on Ask Ubuntu?
No, it's not considered abuse. You're encouraged to post useful content on the site:
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/05/encyclopedia-stack-exchange/
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-t …
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Nautilus answers need to be moved
The Lubuntu one has answers for Nautilus ... but Lubuntu doesn't ship Nautilus, I think those answers should be moved to the newer question and then the older question should be more like "How do I add …
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Should we answer more than is asked?
I prefer to have the person ask multiple questions so that we build a library. And if you can figure out what they're trying to do you can just answer the question and then link to the existing one, w …
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Is there an accepted definition of "future proof"?
Sort of like how people make "modular code", I try to section off complex answers so that people can independently update them without having to rewrite the entire thing. … Every once in a while (I try once a year) go back to your old answers (sort by views!) and make them up to snuff for the latest LTS. This is also hard and time consuming. …
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Accepted Netflix answer is incorrect
IMO we should remove the accepted answer, from How can I use Netflix on Ubuntu?. The 2nd most-voted answer is clearly more correct and supported by Google/Netflix.
Right now the only supported way t …
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Making users wait to answer their questions hindering a new user's progress?
Perhaps newish user self-answers should go into a queue like the anonymous edits to be approved, that way the user can post their solution right away (and have better feedback than just sticking them in …
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Should I ask for additional information in comments, or start an answer and ask questions th...
Also, as a whole we could all do a better job going back into old answers and cleaning up (deleting) old comments that made sense while trying to work out the problem with the person and instead now just …
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Is it possible to ask a Question you already know and answer it
The FAQ says:
It’s also perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question, as long as you pretend you’re on Jeopardy: phrase it in the form of a question.
Also I tend to ask and answer my own q …
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How can we improve the site's answered rate?
q=%5Bboot-failure%5D+closed%3A0
Most of those are bug reports disguised as questions, there's some serious orange circles (0 answers) in some of those searches. …
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Hyperlinked answers with no content
I find that most answers with just links are pretty much the terms the person asked in the question put into google and then the link is regurgitated as an answer, which is usually incorrect and/or out …
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