I wonder if it's in the spirit of the site, or if my questions will get down-voted to oblivion, were I to answer my own question as I post it. My intent is to build some sort of public [KB][1]; stuff which I could reference in the future, share with co-workers and the world. But I read on another meta post about not asking and answering your own questions, if they're trivial. 

An example of the type of Q&A that I'm referring to would [this post][2] from earlier. In that example, I came across the problem of [DNF][3] wanting to remove a kernel I wanted to keep. I quickly got the answer by asking in IRC, and thought to put it in Stack Exchange, both for my own reference, and in case someone else came across it.

Also, does this type of Q&A help to increase your reputation?


  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_base
  [2]: https://superuser.com/questions/1423559/how-can-i-change-the-number-of-kernels-retained-when-updating
  [3]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF?rd=Dnf