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Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere — does this still hold? Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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? Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › Welcome 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 Start Here › How to Ask 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
Second pass at: The topic list is dense — is that deliberate? Meta › Site feedback site feedback moderation guidelines Solved Second pass at: The topic list is dense — is that deliberate? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Nominating something for promotion into the…	+102	108	8.4k	4mo
About the How to Ask category Start Here › How to Ask 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
Revisiting: Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later Start Here › Welcome guidelines trust levels onboarding Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later Everything below is what sits behind that. I want to check my reasoning rather than…		2	60k	4mo
Guidelines revision: what changed and why — one year on Meta › Announcements trust levels moderation site feedback guidelines Pinned On the subject in the title: Guidelines revision: what changed and why — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Process question about how this site works. I have read the guidelines and the…	+75	81	3.9k	4mo
Tag proliferation and whether we should prune — what changed since Meta › Site feedback site feedback guidelines moderation Tag proliferation and whether we should prune — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The…	+5	9	709	5mo
What to include when your question involves a chromatogram Start Here › How to Ask guidelines beginner friendly worked example Solved What to include when your question involves a chromatogram 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…	+49	54	58k	6mo
Guidelines revision: what changed and why — does this still hold? Meta › Announcements trust levels site feedback guidelines moderation Guidelines revision: what changed and why — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Process question about how this site works. I have…		2	58k	7mo
What to include when your question involves arithmetic Start Here › How to Ask beginner friendly onboarding site feedback guidelines Solved Closed What to include when your question involves arithmetic — 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…		2	3.1k	7mo
Second pass at: Asking a follow-up: new topic or new reply? Start Here › How to Ask guidelines site feedback worked example beginner friendly Solved Wiki The question in the title: Second pass at: Asking a follow-up: new topic or new reply? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a…		4	81	8mo
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — the long version Start Here › How to Ask onboarding beginner friendly guidelines The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Question in the title. Context below, and I…	+129	142	49k	8mo
[2026 update] Scheduled maintenance and what will be unavailable Meta › Announcements trust levels site feedback guidelines Posting this under the heading it deserves: Scheduled maintenance and what will be unavailable Everything below is what sits behind that. Process question about how this site works. I have read the guidelines…	+18	22	400	8mo
Lurking for two months before posting: was that the right call? Start Here › Welcome guidelines trust levels beginner friendly Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Lurking for two months before posting: was that the right call? Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people…	+67	71	11k	8mo
Titles that describe the question, not the situation Start Here › How to Ask onboarding site feedback guidelines worked example Closed Titles that describe the question, not the situation — 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…	+139	153	22k	8mo
Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post — the long version Start Here › How to Ask guidelines site feedback worked example onboarding Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post — the long version Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the…	+79	83	1.6k	9mo
Trust level 3 requirements: a clarification Meta › Announcements guidelines site feedback moderation Trust level 3 requirements: a clarification — 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…	+10	14	7k	9mo
New subcategory: rationale and scope Meta › Announcements trust levels site feedback moderation guidelines On the subject in the title: New subcategory: rationale and scope Working notes rather than a conclusion. Process question about how this site works. I have read the guidelines and the trust-level page and I…	+126	138	13k	9mo
What happens after your first post: likes, trust levels, and why none of it matters much — what changed since Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly trust levels guidelines Solved The question in the title: What happens after your first post: likes, trust levels, and why none of it matters much — what changed since I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I…	+105	118	57k	9mo
Why the timeline is on the right and not the left Meta › Site feedback moderation site feedback guidelines Solved Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons.…	+67	73	19k	10mo
Titles that describe the question, not the situation — what changed since Start Here › How to Ask beginner friendly site feedback worked example guidelines Posting this under the heading it deserves: Titles that describe the question, not the situation — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Question in the title. Context below, and I…	+29	33	29k	10mo
What this community means by "a source", in practical terms Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly trust levels guidelines Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What this community means by "a source", in practical terms Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people…	+107	122	1.9k	10mo
About the Site feedback category Meta › Site feedback site feedback moderation guidelines Pinned Wiki Closed Bugs, friction, and the parts of the site that do not work the way you expected. 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…		4	54k	10mo
Tag proliferation and whether we should prune Meta › Site feedback guidelines site feedback moderation Closed On the subject in the title: Tag proliferation and whether we should prune Working notes rather than a conclusion. Process question about how this site works. I have read the guidelines and the trust-level…		2	11k	11mo
Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly guidelines onboarding trust levels Solved Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length 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…	+122	153	50k	11mo