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I disagree that this is only a simple yes/no question. Well the ultimate answer is either yes or no, but you do need justifications. Think, for example, if some user posted another answer saying "No, the “cosets” in his notation are not the orbits under the right-action of $H$" Then what should we do? How can we judge which answer is correct? In ...

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The rationale behind the context requirements is, ultimately, that we want well-written questions. I understand what you're getting at: if you post a simple one line PSQ and a follow it up with an answer, then one might be inclined to think the answer could serve in some sense as context, especially if it is nice and detailed. But structuring things in that ...

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Self-answered questions are allowed, even encouraged on Stack Exchange. 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 ...

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The fact that your question was written to be answered by yourself is a red herring here, and has nothing to do with the reception of your question. The first thing you should be asking yourself is "Is my question a good question, per the site guidelines?" My first impression of the linked question—even in the current state—is that it doesn't ...

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I agree with this comment on the question: "[...] For self answering do try to start with a question which is not already available on mathse and add good amount of context." − Paramanand Singh The point is that Math SE is not supposed to be a blog for anyone to just post whatever they like. If you have some question that you know the answer to, ...

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You write, "when I post, I'm looking for ways to extend my work into a full answer." In cases where this is important to you, then imo your OP here has a clear answer: post the partial progress as part of the question. It doesn't matter how long it gets. (But please use section headers / bold print / etc. to make it easier to read!) The reason is ...

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a friend set up some web pages for me, mostly intended to hold pdf's rather than more links. My best question was my first on MO. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/12486/integers-not-represented-by-2-x2-x-y-3-y2-z3-z I was able to link to various write-ups there and relevant articles, already downloaded there. Very successful. Kevin Buzzard also gave the ...

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