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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.

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Is it a bad practise to add details (limited) to some one's answer?

It is ok but the extra material should be separated from the original material and clearly labelled as written by someone else.
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Is it appropriate to ask a research-level question that is not part of a research problem?

Many people like to know where a problem came from. But don't be afraid to reply that you just had some idea and found it interesting. We mathematicians can identify with that. Of course we might n …
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What about the question "does Grothendieck have any pseudonymous paper"

Since I just voted for reopen, I'll explain why. Everyone here knows what a pseudonymous publication is, so it isn't "vague". And writing anonymously is something that mathematicians do reasonably of …
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