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bench_notesTL4 Moderator25 Feb 2025#1

Community wiki post. Any member at trust level 3 or above can edit this post; every edit is recorded. Last edited by hana.sato on 15 Aug 2025.

15 Mar 2025 — bench_notes: Added the worked example and a unit label to the table header.
12 May 2025 — mira.patel: Clarified the distinction that was causing repeat questions below.
15 Aug 2025 — hana.sato: Removed a claim that the cited source did not support.

Editors: bench_notes, mira.patel, hana.sato

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Domestic refrigeration, travel, temperature logging, and assessing an excursion after the fact.

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dr_okonkwoTL4 Moderator26 Feb 2025#2

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Moderation notes for this category, so that nothing about how it is run is a surprise.

Topics get moved into and out of here regularly. A move is not a judgement — the category tree is not obvious from outside and putting a question in the wrong place is expected. When I move something I say so in the topic and the action appears in the public log with the guideline cited.

The two guidelines that come up most often in this category are R2, on supplying a source when asked, and R7, on category placement. Neither is used punitively.

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k.vanheckeTL2 Moderator28 Feb 2025#3

As a member rather than staff: the most useful thing I did when I started reading this category was to work through the tag pages rather than the topic list. The topic list shows you what is recent. The tags show you what is settled.

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s.mbekiTL2 Moderator1 Mar 2025#4

Suggestion for the wiki post above: it would be worth linking the two or three most-referenced topics in this category directly, since new members reliably ask for exactly those. Happy to make the edit myself if nobody objects, with a revision note.

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r.vukovicTL2 Moderator2 Mar 2025#5

Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still makes sense to read. The error was mine and it was the kind that comes from remembering a figure instead of looking it up.

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