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Request declined, with reasoning — what changed since Meta › Feature requests wiki post site feedback translation Posting this under the heading it deserves: Request declined, with reasoning — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of Request declined is wrong?…	+34	38	9.4k	2mo
Request: show the solution author in the topic list — what changed since Meta › Feature requests site feedback wiki post translation Request: show the solution author in the topic list — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Bringing the figures rather than the impression, since a process…	+81	91	20k	3mo
Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Data & Tools › Calculators worked example site feedback syringe units concentration maths Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting the calculation with the inputs, so that somebody can disagree…	+68	72	28k	4mo
Request: export my own posts — one year on Meta › Feature requests site feedback wiki post translation Request: export my own posts — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about export. Everyone quotes the same figure…	+62	70	14k	4mo
Follow-up: Request: a per-category review queue Meta › Feature requests translation site feedback wiki post Closed On the subject in the title: Request: a per-category review queue Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about per-category review queue that I did not know to ask the first time. The…		2	14k	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. Posting a small dataset on topic list. It is mine, it is…	+101	108	8.4k	4mo
A staff appointment, and what the role involves Meta › Announcements trust levels site feedback moderation Closed On the subject in the title: A staff appointment, and what the role involves Working notes rather than a conclusion. Asking about staff appointment on behalf of the question I keep seeing asked badly,…		2	1.8k	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. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about Guidelines revision.…	+71	81	3.9k	4mo
Follow-up: Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Data & Tools › Calculators concentration maths site feedback syringe units On the subject in the title: Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the calculation with the inputs, so that somebody can disagree…	+58	63	24k	5mo
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. What changes if the standard account of Tag proliferation is wrong? I…	+5	9	709	5mo
Request: export my own posts Meta › Feature requests translation site feedback wiki post Posting this under the heading it deserves: Request: export my own posts Everything below is what sits behind that. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin export down and I want to set out where I have got…		2	57k	6mo
Request: a diff view for wiki revisions — the long version Meta › Feature requests translation site feedback wiki post Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Request: a diff view for wiki revisions — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. A narrow question about diff view for wiki revisions,…	+92	104	61k	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. I was wrong about Guidelines revision in a thread…		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. Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the…		2	3.1k	7mo
Coming back to: Feature request: should a dose-equivalence tool exist at all? Data & Tools › Calculators syringe units concentration maths worked example site feedback Solved Feature request: should a dose-equivalence tool exist at all? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Reading back through what has been written here about…	+37	41	725	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. Posting a small dataset on Asking a follow-up. It is…		4	81	8mo
Second pass at: The mass-error checker and its intended scope Data & Tools › Calculators site feedback worked example concentration maths Solved Pinned Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: The mass-error checker and its intended scope Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on mass-error checker. It is mine,…	+70	74	1.7k	8mo
A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question — does this still hold? Data & Tools › Calculators worked example concentration maths syringe units site feedback Solved Under review A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Posting the calculation with the…	+23	27	62k	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. Scheduled maintenance: setting out the arithmetic in full, because I…	+18	22	400	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. A narrow question about titles, deliberately narrow, because the broad version has…	+137	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 Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part…	+77	83	1.6k	9mo
Revisiting: Sample size in a voluntary survey: the selection problem Data & Tools › Datasets data table confounding site feedback observational data Solved Revisiting: Sample size in a voluntary survey: the selection problem — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Sample size down and I want to…		2	56k	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. Trust level 3 requirements, and specifically the version of it that the documentation does not…	+10	14	7k	9mo
Aggregated purity results across four services, with caveats Data & Tools › Datasets observational data site feedback data table Posting this under the heading it deserves: Aggregated purity results across four services, with caveats Everything below is what sits behind that. Aggregated purity results across four, from the point of…		3	24k	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. Proposing that new subcategory deserves a maintained page rather than a recurring topic, and drafting…	+124	138	13k	9mo
About the Feature requests category Meta › Feature requests site feedback wiki post translation Pinned Wiki Closed Requests for platform and documentation features, with the reasoning that justifies them. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its…		4	28k	9mo
Coming back to: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Data & Tools › Datasets observational data site feedback confounding data table On the subject in the title: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading back through what has been written here about community…	+27	31	46k	9mo
Follow-up: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor Data & Tools › Calculators worked example syringe units site feedback The question in the title: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. A follow-up question about titration…	+120	146	14k	10mo
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. Something about timeline does not reconcile and I would like a second…	+66	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. What changes if the standard account of Titles…	+29	33	29k	10mo