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Can someone accept her/his own answer to get the unsung hero badge?

I came over these two questions, which looked awkward due to the fact that the user has accepted his own answer. Examples: How to use/apply class inheritance in Enchant.js How can I ...
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Curious for a second-opinion: Would this answer pass review?

Got this in the review stack and though it was pretty borderline. The question asks about a basic implementation of applying an acceleration based on a key press. Here's the answer: you need to ...
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Is it alright to downvote for a localized answer?

I saw this question: How do I implement deceleration for the player character? Asking how to implement this code In a short and elegant way: if speed > 0 then speed = speed - 20 * dt ...
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Should I answer questions that do not belong here?

I downvoted and flagged this question, because the user was asking the typical "what technology should I use" stuff, and it was fairly obvious that he didn't read or that he didn't understand the FAQ. ...
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A lot of answers remain unselected [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: A good answer exists but is not accepted A lot of questions in game dev have answers but they are not selected as an answer of the question. Can the situation be ...
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Has the -1 rep for downvoting a question or answer gone?

I haven't noticed a loss in rep for doing that recently; also on Gaming.
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How can I follow new answers to a question?

Questions that don't yet have answers are sometimes interesting. There should be a way to get notified when answers come. This would allow... knowledgeable zealots to follow questions they know ...
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Should we, and if so where, post solutions to problems if we use a solution which isn't one of the answers?

If you ask a question such as the following: How can I design some feature X so that it is Y, and supports Z? (e.g. this question) Obviously at some point you're going to work out how you did ...
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No answer exists, but the site says 1 answer is there!

I asked a question sometime back, and then I saw someone answered it. But, when I try to open the page, all it says is 1 answer and there is nothing else there. There is no content, no-nothing! Here ...
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Answering questions the OP has asked elsewhere

I recently found this question here, and when searching for something else on SO, this same question. The OP has simply asked the same thing on two separate sites, at exactly (roughly) the same time. ...
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Answers changed scope of question: Rephrase or reask?

If I have a question to which the answers lead to realizations that dramatically change the scope or context of the question; should I edit the question to rephrase or expand it; or should I ask a new ...