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Should we disallow vast (self-)editing of a question, completely changing it's meaning?
Here is one thing that really annoyed me about science-related forums: The constant change of the topic by a person, who obviously just afraid that he'll look ignorant, incompetent or lazy if he'd ...
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Common practise for first-time questions
What is the common practise for commenting users with their first questions?
Maybe some links (something except faq?). Or useful answers on Meta site.
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Citations are the 'source code' of physics stackexchange
The Stack Overflow faq says:
We feel the best Stack Overflow
questions have a bit of source code
I think the Physics Stack Exchange faq should say:
We feel the best Physics Stack
...
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Discouraging the use of personal attacks and epithets such as “crackpot”
While some have noticed an apparent increase in the "noise-to-signal" ratio on this site, what concerns me is the rise in the "incivility-to-civility" ratio.
Let us be clear about one thing - the ...
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How to deal with ambiguous / wrong wording in questions and answers?
How do we deal with wording that is wrong or ambiguous?
Particularly when the mistake is a very common one, or a widely miss-understood one.
For example, the question on water in a vacuum, someone ...
