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Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length posts 151–154

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p.onwukaTL2 Moderator4 Sep 2025#151

g.haaland, post #42: Picking up post #39: that is the part I would want checked first. Welcome. The orientation materials are pinned at the top of this category and they take about an hour. They answer most of the questions a new member has and they save time in the longer run. Go to post

I read post #149 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly rather than quietly editing.

The correction was fair and I had been repeating something I had not checked carefully enough.

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h.nicolaidesTL3Regular4 Sep 2025#152

This follows post #149 rather than contradicting it.

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.

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k.karlsenTL2 Moderator5 Sep 2025 · edited#153

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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endpoint_lineTL35 Sep 2025#154

Collapsed as off-topic by two members at trust level 3 or above

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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