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In recent months, I saw old questions, answered by the question owner and there was no another answer, in the Close Votes queue.

Close reason:

This problem cannot or can no longer be reproduced. Changes to the system or to the asker's circumstances may have rendered the question obsolete, or the question does not include a procedure to enable potential answerers to reproduce the same symptoms. Such questions are off-topic as they are unlikely to help future readers, but editing them to include more details can lead to re-opening.

I usually choose "Leave Open". Because another answer may be added by someone later, although it may not work for the OP.

Should we close them? Why?

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    Can you give examples of such questions?
    – reducing activity
    Commented Jan 5, 2022 at 13:26

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It would ultimately depend on the answer for me, but in general there is no problem with a self answered question.

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    I agree - the answer would need to answer the question, rather than just say "it worked after I restarted my PC" etc., but there is no problem with self-answering. I encourage it
    – Midavalo Mod
    Commented Jan 2, 2022 at 17:16
  • I know that no problem with a self answering question. What I wonder here whether we should close that kind of question appearing in the Close Votes queue recently.
    – Kadir Şahbaz
    Commented Jan 2, 2022 at 18:57
  • I agree with this answer and @Midavalo. Self-answering is fine and encouraged but a particular answer and the particular question it is applied to may represent a problem that cannot or can no longer be reproduced in which case close and leave closed votes would be appropriate.
    – PolyGeo Mod
    Commented Jan 2, 2022 at 20:50
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    @KadirŞahbaz "This problem cannot or can no longer be reproduced. Changes to the system or to the asker's circumstances may have rendered the question obsolete" - this is the key here for the close reason. If changes to circumstances etc. mean the question no longer is valid, then it should be closed. If it's a valid question that could affect anybody, then it should be left open. The act of self-answering is never the reason to close, it comes down to the answer itself.
    – Midavalo Mod
    Commented Jan 3, 2022 at 1:15

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