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I joined for one answer and stayed for a year — what changed my mind Start Here › Welcome 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
About the Announcements category Meta › Announcements guidelines trust levels moderation Pinned Wiki Staff announcements, policy changes, and scheduled maintenance. Read-only except for questions. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with…	+3	7	8.7k	4h
Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later — what changed since Start Here › Welcome 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
Mobile reading experience on long topics Meta › Site feedback site feedback moderation guidelines Mobile reading experience on long topics Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The topic in…		2	14k	4h
Trust level 3 requirements: a clarification — does this still hold? Meta › Announcements trust levels moderation site feedback guidelines Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Trust level 3 requirements: a clarification — does this still hold? Process question about how this site works. I have read the guidelines and the…	+76	90	57k	9h
Revisiting: Mobile reading experience on long topics Meta › Site feedback moderation guidelines site feedback Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Mobile reading experience on long topics Everything below is what sits behind that. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons.…	+11	15	34k	10h
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › Welcome 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? Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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
Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — what changed since Meta › Site feedback site feedback moderation guidelines Solved Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — what changed since I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Nominating something for promotion into the…	+77	81	4k	2d
Search filters: what is missing Meta › Site feedback site feedback moderation guidelines Search filters: what is missing — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The topic in question keeps being…	+74	84	15k	3d
Second pass at: Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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? Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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? Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › Welcome 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: Search filters: what is missing Meta › Site feedback guidelines site feedback moderation On the subject in the title: Search filters: what is missing Working notes rather than a conclusion. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The topic in question keeps being…	+126	141	1.6k	29d
Follow-up: How to disagree with an answer you were given, well Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › Welcome 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? Start Here › Welcome 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
Moderation log format change Meta › Announcements trust levels guidelines site feedback moderation Posting this under the heading it deserves: Moderation log format change Everything below is what sits behind that. Process question about how this site works. I have read the guidelines and the trust-level…	+53	57	4.8k	2mo

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