guidelines

A friction point in the promotion workflow — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about friction point directly, because I have read four threads on it and each answered…

Revisiting: What to include when your question involves arithmetic — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part…

The question in the title: The topic list is dense — is that deliberate? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. A follow-up question about topic list that I did not know to ask…

On the subject in the title: A friction point in the promotion workflow — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about friction point, deliberately narrow, because the…

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. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on reading…

Scheduled maintenance and what will be unavailable Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Collecting what is known about scheduled maintenance in one place, because…

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.…

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. Checking my reasoning rather than asking for a…

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…

The topic list is dense — is that deliberate? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A narrow question about topic list, deliberately narrow, because the…

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. Collecting what is known about Start in…

New subcategory: rationale and scope — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Proposing that New subcategory deserves a maintained page rather than a recurring topic, and drafting…

The question in the title: What this community means by "a source", in practical terms I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Counting it rather than describing it, because the…

Revisiting: Moderation log format change Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Moderation log format change keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because…

The question in the title: Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Counting it rather than describing it, because the…

Revisiting: Five questions in one post gets you one answer — how to split them Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Working notes on Five questions rather than a…

Revisiting: A staff appointment, and what the role involves — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reading back through what has been written here about staff appointment, three…

Guidelines revision: what changed and why Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I was wrong about guidelines revision in a thread last spring and I would like to…