This question already has an answer here:  I found at least 5
different questions about my problem here in StackOverflow;
unfortunately none of the answers helped me fix the issue, and
then I stumbled upon the solution quite by chance.  Now my
question: Is it valid to cross-post the solution in all those
other questions I found, just so others find it more easily?
share|improve this question We like to at least pretend that we
don't keep repeating ourselves in our answers, even though
invariably we do. –  user414076 Mar 15 '13 at 1:58 add comment
marked as duplicate by Mechanical snail, hims056, Rory, ben is
uǝq backwards, Lucifer Apr 29 '13 at 11:04   1 Answer  Before
you do this, ask yourself the questions:    • How many of those
questions should be marked as duplicates? Or can some of them be
merged?    • Will your answer be identical for all the
questions, or can you tailor it to each question?  I would
advise against posting the exact same answer to all the
questions, as that isn't really helpful and i