Should I edit the outcome into the question, or answer my own question?

Question

As far as I know, it is okay to answer your own questions. It is also recommended to show your progress with a question, and this is easily accomplished by editing the question itself and incorporating the progress there.

When should I answer my own question and when should I edit the outcome into the question? (Obviously, if someone provided a satisfactory answer, then accepting it is more elegant, so suppose nobody provided a satisfying answer, or combining several answers gives a good one, or some scenario like those.)

Answer 1

• If what you did was mostly different from the other answers and solved your problem, post your own answer and accept it. There's a waiting period for self-accepting, but other than that it's fair game.

  The goal is to get the best answer to have the green checkmark next to it.

• If what you did was mostly the same as an existing answer with a few tweaks, accept that answer and either post a comment to it or edit it to show what you changed.

• If you don't consider what you're doing to solve your problem, post it as an edit to your question, with an explanation of why it isn't a solution.

Answer 2

It strikes me as appropriate when you actually decide on a course of action. Certainly with the "best answer" button it identifies the closest answer to your desired solution, but it never hurts to put a synopsis of how the other responses led you to a course of action as well.