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Start Here topics tagged guidelines

Topics in Start Here carrying the tag guidelines. Our civility and sourcing code.

51 topics

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I joined for one answer and stayed for a year — what changed my mind guidelines onboarding trust levels Posting this under the heading it deserves: I joined for one answer and stayed for a year — what changed my mind Everything below is what sits behind that. Question in the title. Context below, and I have…	+96	114	17k	just now
Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later — what changed since onboarding guidelines beginner friendly trust levels Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I want to check my reasoning rather…	+89	93	28k	4h
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour worked example site feedback onboarding beginner friendly Wiki The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — 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…	+113	127	2.7k	13h
Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary — what changed since site feedback onboarding beginner friendly worked example Posting this under the heading it deserves: Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. I want to check my reasoning rather…	+15	19	12k	13h
What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it beginner friendly trust levels guidelines onboarding Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people here…		2	290	1d
Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for guidelines trust levels onboarding beginner friendly Solved Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried…	+40	44	32k	1d
The five documentation pages worth reading before you post anything — a second dataset beginner friendly trust levels guidelines onboarding Solved On the subject in the title: The five documentation pages worth reading before you post anything — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Question in the title. Context below, and I have…		2	24k	1d
Coming back to: How much context is too much context in a first post? beginner friendly site feedback worked example onboarding Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How much context is too much context in a first post? Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people here…	+2	6	7.5k	1d
Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly onboarding beginner friendly guidelines trust levels Solved Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a conclusion.…	+47	53	1.8k	2d
What to include when your question involves a laboratory result beginner friendly site feedback guidelines Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What to include when your question involves a laboratory result Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people…	+8	12	14k	2d
Second pass at: Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly guidelines beginner friendly trust levels onboarding Wiki On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly Working notes rather than a conclusion. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+93	99	36k	3d
Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong worked example onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below,…	+118	135	2.2k	11d
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — does this still hold? beginner friendly onboarding site feedback guidelines The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context…	+19	23	40k	14d
What to include when your question involves a chromatogram — one year on worked example guidelines site feedback onboarding Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What to include when your question involves a chromatogram — one year on Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the…	+69	75	862	14d
How much context is too much context in a first post? guidelines beginner friendly onboarding site feedback Solved How much context is too much context in a first post? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+70	74	935	18d
What to include when your question involves a laboratory result — a second dataset onboarding guidelines worked example site feedback Solved What to include when your question involves a laboratory result — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context…		2	7k	23d
Coming back to: A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes guidelines onboarding trust levels beginner friendly Posting this under the heading it deserves: A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes Everything below is what sits behind that. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+4	8	57k	23d
About the Welcome category onboarding guidelines beginner friendly Pinned Wiki Introductions, orientation, and the pinned reading list for new members. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a note.…	+4	8	11k	27d
Follow-up: How to disagree with an answer you were given, well onboarding worked example guidelines site feedback How to disagree with an answer you were given, well I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include…		2	16k	30d
How to disagree with an answer you were given, well beginner friendly site feedback worked example guidelines Solved Wiki How to disagree with an answer you were given, well — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include…	+9	13	1.6k	1mo
[2026 update] Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length guidelines trust levels onboarding Solved Closed Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+36	40	2.4k	1mo
Follow-up: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? guidelines beginner friendly trust levels onboarding Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include…	+15	19	15k	1mo
Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere — does this still hold? trust levels onboarding guidelines Solved Closed Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I want to check…		2	36k	2mo
Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong — what changed since onboarding guidelines worked example beginner friendly The question in the title: Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong — what changed since I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Question in…	+14	18	19k	2mo
Five questions in one post gets you one answer — how to split them guidelines site feedback worked example Closed On the subject in the title: Five questions in one post gets you one answer — how to split them Working notes rather than a conclusion. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the…	+84	90	1k	2mo
How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea onboarding site feedback guidelines beginner friendly Solved The question in the title: How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+81	87	16k	2mo
What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it — does this still hold? onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Solved What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I want to check my reasoning rather…	+69	74	2.4k	3mo
How to tell whether your question is already answered on a maintained page guidelines onboarding trust levels Solved How to tell whether your question is already answered on a maintained page — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below, and I…	+5	9	30k	3mo
Second pass at: How to ask a question when you cannot say why you are asking it onboarding worked example guidelines Solved Second pass at: How to ask a question when you cannot say why you are asking it — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+73	81	16k	4mo
About the How to Ask category onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Pinned Wiki Framing a question so that it can actually be answered: what to include, what to leave out, and why we ask for units. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every…	+6	10	11k	4mo

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