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After you achieve this privilege, the two "leaderboard" style ads will be automatically suppressed from question pages when you are logged in. …
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Think like an expert
Stick to actual, real, objective questions with concrete answers that a working professional or expert in this field might encounter as a part of their actual, real, job. …
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If you are working with the police or your lawyer, check with them about the appropriate and correct legal processes for obtaining such information. …
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We use Markdown to format posts, so there are a variety of ways of adding links:
bare urls https://example.com
HTML <a href="https://example.com">example link</a>
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Thank you for working with us to build a kind, collaborative, and respectful community. …
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To help people answer your question quickly and precisely, remember to ask clear questions and, if possible, to include a small example of code that shows the problem that you want to solve. … For LaTeX classes and packages, adding \listfiles to your preamble will give you a handy list of all the files used by your example: you can then copy this into your question from your .log file (the list …
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Folks will read your answers for their ability to solve a specific problem; if you're good at doing that, then they'll find themselves more interested in who you are and what you're working on. …
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For example, the meaning of the tag [subjective] is, itself, subjective; the same is true for tags like [best-practices] and [beginner]. Best practices to whom? Beginner by what criteria? … For example, rather than writing, "JavaScript, jQuery: When should I use one or the other?" …
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Remember, it's folks like you who make this whole thing work - so the better we are at working together to solve problems, the better TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange works for everyone! …
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Edit wars
Extended bickering in comments (but see: a guide to moderating comments)
A controversial post that is under discussion on meta
Permanent locks should almost never be used, with … They're occasionally useful in cases where information must be compiled by multiple authors (for example, a list of resources or documentation for the site itself); in these cases, locking the question …
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According to Ernest Hemingway - Biographical on Nobelprize.org, Hemingway saw combat when he was a teenager. …
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<a href="http://example.com" title="example">example</a>
Simple lists
A bulleted <ul> list:
- Use a minus sign for a bullet
+ Or plus sign
* Or an asterisk
A numbered <ol> list:
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The “email” tag, for example, does not need to explain what email is. …
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For example, an answer may be complete and do a good job of answering the question, but need formatting help. In this case, edit to improve the formatting and – if you wish – upvote it. …
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We generally expect that moderators:
are patient and fair
lead by example
show respect for their fellow community members in their actions and words
are open to some light but firm moderation to keep …
You cannot raise the same type of flag twice on a post: for example, if you retract a "spam" flag, you won't be able to raise a spam flag or an abusive flag in the future. …
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(For example, if you vote to close a question that is closed and then later reopened, you cannot vote to close it again.) …
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As one of our most experienced users, we're counting on you to guide the community and lead by example.
You can... …
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