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I'm in the situation of having a long answer but no question.

[regarding this question][1]

I can discard the answer so nobody has any benefit from it and the time I spent writing it is deemed wasted. Or I could post that answer somehow.

I did the later, asking for verification of my answer. It got put on hold, because it should:

• should ask about a specific physics concept, which it does: a height
• show some effort, which is plain wrong and a bit of an insult

In an attempt to explain these unfitting probably predefined statements, I receive this comment from [Emilio Pisanty][2]:

check-my-work questions are not really on topic

Thank for the clarification Emilio, it is appreciated.

Ok, I get it. If the source of a question is stigmatised with the possibility of being homework, [treat it differently as discussed here.][3]

That leaves me wondering what I should have been doing differently.

The whole point of posting the answer was that I thought that there could be some value for the community in it. Being told to be unspecific, lacking effort and off topic as a response is not exactly encouraging to create exhaustive answers in the future and provide such to this community.

What should I do in a situation like that? [1]: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/178833/how-to-find-the-height-where-the-collision-of-two-balls-occurs?noredirect=1#comment379181_178833 [2]: https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/8563/emilio-pisanty [3]: How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?

I'm in the situation of having a long answer but no question.

regarding this question

I can discard the answer so nobody has any benefit from it and the time I spent writing it is deemed wasted. Or I could post that answer somehow.

I did the later, asking for verification of my answer. It got put on hold, because it should:

• should ask about a specific physics concept, which it does: a height
• show some effort, which is plain wrong and a bit of an insult

In an attempt to explain these unfitting probably predefined statements, I receive this comment from Emilio Pisanty:

check-my-work questions are not really on topic

Thank for the clarification Emilio, it is appreciated.

Ok, I get it. If the source of a question is stigmatised with the possibility of being homework, treat it differently as discussed here.

That leaves me wondering what I should have been doing differently.

The whole point of posting the answer was that I thought that there could be some value for the community in it. Being told to be unspecific, lacking effort and off topic as a response is not exactly encouraging to create exhaustive answers in the future and provide such to this community.

What should I do in a situation like that?

I'm in the situation of having a long answer but no question.

[regarding this question][1]

I can discard the answer so nobody has any benefit from it and the time I spent writing it is deemed wasted. Or I could post that answer somehow.

I did the later, asking for verification of my answer. It got put on hold, because it should:

• should ask about a specific physics concept, which it does: a height
• show some effort, which is plain wrong and a bit of an insult

In an attempt to explain these unfitting probably predefined statements, I receive this comment from [Emilio Pisanty][2]:

check-my-work questions are not really on topic

Thank for the clarification Emilio, it is appreciated.

Ok, I get it. If the source of a question is stigmatised with the possibility of being homework, [treat it differently as discussed here.][3]

That leaves me wondering what I should have been doing differently.

The whole point of posting the answer was that I thought that there could be some value for the community in it. Being told to be unspecific, lacking effort and off topic as a response is not exactly encouraging to create exhaustive answers in the future and provide such to this community.

What should I do in a situation like that? [1]: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/178833/how-to-find-the-height-where-the-collision-of-two-balls-occurs?noredirect=1#comment379181_178833 [2]: http://physics.stackexchange.com/users/8563/emilio-pisanty [3]: How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?

I'm in the situation of having a long answer but no question.

[regarding this question][1]

I can discard the answer so nobody has any benefit from it and the time I spent writing it is deemed wasted. Or I could post that answer somehow.

I did the later, asking for verification of my answer. It got put on hold, because it should:

• should ask about a specific physics concept, which it does: a height
• show some effort, which is plain wrong and a bit of an insult

In an attempt to explain these unfitting probably predefined statements, I receive this comment from [Emilio Pisanty][2]:

check-my-work questions are not really on topic

Thank for the clarification Emilio, it is appreciated.

Ok, I get it. If the source of a question is stigmatised with the possibility of being homework, [treat it differently as discussed here.][3]

That leaves me wondering what I should have been doing differently.

The whole point of posting the answer was that I thought that there could be some value for the community in it. Being told to be unspecific, lacking effort and off topic as a response is not exactly encouraging to create exhaustive answers in the future and provide such to this community.

What should I do in a situation like that? [1]: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/178833/how-to-find-the-height-where-the-collision-of-two-balls-occurs?noredirect=1#comment379181_178833 [2]: https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/8563/emilio-pisanty [3]: How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?