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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…	+13	17	23k	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
[2026 update] Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…		2	49k	4mo
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
Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary Start Here › How to Ask worked example beginner friendly onboarding Closed Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a conclusion. My…		3	2.7k	4mo
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant — one year on Lounge › Introductions beginner friendly onboarding Posting this under the heading it deserves: Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule…	+101	107	14k	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
[2026 update] Long-time reader, first-time poster Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Solved Long-time reader, first-time poster — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something adjacent…	+46	50	23k	5mo
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
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
Long-time reader, first-time poster Lounge › Introductions beginner friendly onboarding On the subject in the title: Long-time reader, first-time poster Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something adjacent…	+15	19	2.5k	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
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
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
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
Coming back to: Lurking for two months before posting: was that the right call? Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly trust levels onboarding Solved The question in the title: Lurking for two months before posting: was that the right call? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a…	+28	32	3.3k	11mo
Revisiting: What to include when your question involves arithmetic Start Here › How to Ask worked example site feedback onboarding beginner friendly Revisiting: What to include when your question involves arithmetic — 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…	+21	25	384	12mo
A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly trust levels onboarding A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes — 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…	+9	13	34k	12mo
The five documentation pages worth reading before you post anything Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly trust levels Solved The five documentation pages worth reading before you post anything — 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…	+1	5	10k	14mo
Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later Start Here › Welcome onboarding guidelines beginner friendly trust levels Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a conclusion.…	+112	117	3.1k	15mo
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim.…	+2	6	10k	15mo
What happens after your first post: likes, trust levels, and why none of it matters much Start Here › Welcome guidelines beginner friendly trust levels onboarding Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What happens after your first post: likes, trust levels, and why none of it matters much I want to check my reasoning rather than get a conclusion.…	+15	19	17k	16mo
Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Closed Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a…	+13	18	4.2k	16mo
Coming back to: How to tell whether your question is already answered on a maintained page Start Here › Welcome onboarding guidelines beginner friendly trust levels How to tell whether your question is already answered on a maintained page I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I…		2	808	17mo
Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for — one year on Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Solved Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for — one year on I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I want to check my reasoning rather than…	+11	15	566	18mo