On: Why is writing mathematical proofs more fault-proo...

[chias]

Answering your own questions is also explicitly allowed -- you are informed as such on the page where you ask questions.

By the sound of it, I suspect expect that what the parent drew fire for was answering his own question using a comment.

[qubex → chias]

I answered myself with a comment, which was a faux ps. It’s rectified now.