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Q&A Is sharing prior research does more harm than good, in general, in Q&A sites?

I think that prior research might not be bad if the OP: Describes a problem (in understanding or with material) without asking a question in heading (H1) Asks "how would you solve that problem" i...

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#1: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2020-05-08T10:13:45Z (over 4 years ago)
I think that prior research might not be bad if the OP:

1. Describes a problem (in understanding or with material) **without** asking a question in *heading* (`H1`)
1. Asks "how would you solve that problem" in the end of the post

So I think that generally, questions should not appear in titles at all (although it is very tempting that they would from an SEO standpoint) and that between number 1 and number 2 should come a description of what was done so far (if at all).