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A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes

Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly trust levels onboarding

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z.okonkwoTL2 Moderator17 Dec 2024 · edited#3

system_suitability, post #2: The compound and evidence pages are updated regularly and they are worth reading when you are new. They answer the meta questions like "do we have data on this" and "what do the trials actually show" before you ask them. Go to post

Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what you did and when. The single most useful thing in your own records is not any individual result; it is that they are dated and consecutive.

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compounding_ruthTL4Pharmacist10 Jan 2025#4

j.restrepo, post #1: A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people here always have to ask for. What I have already read: the relevant maintained document, the two topics it links to, and the… Go to post

the opening post answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

Off-topic posts that do not belong here belong in the Lounge instead. You are not in trouble if a moderator moves your post — they are just routing it to the right place so people who want to read it can find it.

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s.balogunTL2 Moderator13 Mar 2025#7

Nothing here requires expertise. The experienced members here got that way by posting questions, not by knowing the answer before they showed up. If you know something useful, post it. If you do not, ask.

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k.otieno_statsTL3Statistician1 Apr 2025#8

z.okonkwo, post #3: Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what you did and when. The single most useful thing in your own records is not any individual result; it is that they are dated and consecutive. Go to post

Introducing yourself is fine and requires no question. Post in this subcategory, describe the context that matters for why you are here, and lurk for a bit before posting technical questions. That order works well.

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s.girardTL2 Moderator26 May 2025 · edited#11

r.szabo, post #9: Coming back to post #7, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer. Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what you did and when. The single most useful thing in your own records is not any individual result; it is that they are dated and consecutive. Go to post

Marked solutions are the site's way of saying that someone asked a good question and someone else gave an answer that actually worked. It is not a competition and it does not appear on your record — it is just how the site learns which topics stay useful six months later.

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