I've recently been noticing a lot of questions which follow a particular formula; they ask a question, then propose an answer, and then ask for confirmation of that answer. It's probably always been like this, but it hadn't clicked in my head until now, so I thought it was worth bringing up for discussion on meta. Just grabbing a few examples from the current frontpage:

• How do I resolve asynchronous client actions against an authoritative server state?
• Determining Poker Hands
• How should I manage the AI using lua scripts?
• Implementing a build queue in a browser based game
• Converting a 2D curve into points for data storage

What do people think about questions which are asking for confirmation of (or improvement upon) the author's own answer to the question, which is contained within the question body itself? Is it something deserving of any special action/treatment?

I've recently been noticing a lot of questions which follow a particular formula; they ask a question, then propose an answer, and then ask for confirmation of that answer. It's probably always been like this, but it hadn't clicked in my head until now, so I thought it was worth bringing up for discussion on meta. Just grabbing a few examples from the current frontpage:

• How do I resolve asynchronous client actions against an authoritative server state?
• Determining Poker Hands
• How should I manage the AI using lua scripts?
• Implementing a build queue in a browser based game
• Converting a 2D curve into points for data storage

What do people think about questions which are asking for confirmation of (or improvement upon) the author's own answer to the question, which is contained within the question body itself? Is it something deserving of any special action/treatment?

I've recently been noticing a lot of questions which follow a particular pattern, lately. It's probably always been like this, but it hadn't clicked in my head until now, so I thought it was worth bringing up for discussion on meta. Just grabbing a few examples from the current frontpage:

• How do I resolve asynchronous client actions against an authoritative server state?
• Determining Poker Hands
• How should I manage the AI using lua scripts?
• Implementing a build queue in a browser based game
• Converting a 2D curve into points for data storage

These are all questions which propose their own answer inside the question body in such a way that what they seem to actually be asking for is confirmation that their own answer is correct, rather than asking for answers to their question per se.

What do people think about this common situation? Is it something deserving of any special action/treatment?

I've recently been noticing a lot of questions which follow a particular formula; they ask a question, then propose an answer, and then ask for confirmation of that answer. It's probably always been like this, but it hadn't clicked in my head until now, so I thought it was worth bringing up for discussion on meta. Just grabbing a few examples from the current frontpage:

• How do I resolve asynchronous client actions against an authoritative server state?
• Determining Poker Hands
• How should I manage the AI using lua scripts?
• Implementing a build queue in a browser based game
• Converting a 2D curve into points for data storage

What do people think about questions which are asking for confirmation of (or improvement upon) the author's own answer to the question, which is contained within the question body itself? Is it something deserving of any special action/treatment?