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Does a self-answer require an insightful observation?

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Standard advice for answers is that they should contain at least one insightful observation. Does that standard hold for self-answers? We do advise askers that one option for showing how their code has been improved is to post it as an answer; is it necessary to write something like "This is what the code looks like when I've applied the suggestions by userXYZ", or is that implicit? If we do have…

Standard advice for answers is that they should contain at least one insightful observation.

Does that standard hold for self-answers? We do advise askers that one option for showing how their code has been improved is to post it as an answer; is it necessary to write something like "This is what the code looks like when I've applied the suggestions by userXYZ", or is that implicit?

If we do have different requirements for self-answers, how do we ensure that it's clear to new users who don't necessarily come and read Meta first?

Should I answer my own question with the improved code?

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