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#2: Post edited
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clemens
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2026-04-09T23:05:37Z (5 months ago)
- It's often the case that I think of something that could be explained very nicely on Codidact and I want to make an answer for it in Q&A format (as mentioned e.g. in [this post](https://math.codidact.com/posts/293601)).
It's pretty easy to formulate the answer. But I wonder how to formulate the question body. E.g. if I wanted to explain a theorem, the question would be like, "How does one prove Theorem X?". Can I merely repeat the question in the question body? Should I use the body to contextualize the title question, say by talking about the connection of Theorem X with other results or about why it is interesting? Should I invent a fictitious confusion about Theorem X, e.g. "I attempted to prove Theorem X using steps A, B, and C, but failed to prove that every D object is an E F."<sup>1</sup> What does the community recommend?- ---
- <sup>1</sup> Of course, I can just use my own previous confusion about a problem if I remember it. Sometimes I don't remember what I was previously confused about, though, and in any case I'm not sure whether that's what preferred.
- It's often the case that I think of something that could be explained very nicely on Codidact and I want to make an answer for it in Q&A format (as mentioned e.g. in [this post](https://math.codidact.com/posts/293601)).
- It's pretty easy to formulate the answer. But I wonder how to formulate the question body. E.g. if I wanted to explain a theorem, the question would be like, "How does one prove Theorem X?". Can I merely repeat the question in the question body? Should I use the body to contextualize the title question, say by talking about the connection of Theorem X with other results or about why it is interesting? Should I invent a fictitious confusion about Theorem X, e.g. "I attempted to prove Theorem X using steps A, B, and C, but failed to prove that every D object is an E F."<sup>1</sup>? What does the community recommend?
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- <sup>1</sup> Of course, I can just use my own previous confusion about a problem if I remember it. Sometimes I don't remember what I was previously confused about, though, and in any case I'm not sure whether that's what preferred.
#1: Initial revision
by
clemens
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2026-04-09T15:43:17Z (5 months ago)
Guidelines for writing question bodies when one is self-answering
It's often the case that I think of something that could be explained very nicely on Codidact and I want to make an answer for it in Q&A format (as mentioned e.g. in [this post](https://math.codidact.com/posts/293601)). It's pretty easy to formulate the answer. But I wonder how to formulate the question body. E.g. if I wanted to explain a theorem, the question would be like, "How does one prove Theorem X?". Can I merely repeat the question in the question body? Should I use the body to contextualize the title question, say by talking about the connection of Theorem X with other results or about why it is interesting? Should I invent a fictitious confusion about Theorem X, e.g. "I attempted to prove Theorem X using steps A, B, and C, but failed to prove that every D object is an E F."<sup>1</sup> What does the community recommend? --- <sup>1</sup> Of course, I can just use my own previous confusion about a problem if I remember it. Sometimes I don't remember what I was previously confused about, though, and in any case I'm not sure whether that's what preferred.