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I've just been asked to write a minimal working example (MWE), what is that?
I was posting some question about this strange thing LaTeX is doing when I try to compile my thesis. Someone asked me to provide a minimal example that reproduces the problem. My thesis is now a few ...
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Our Do-it-for-me and Draw-it-for-me comments don't reflect our hypocrisy. Can they be improved?
Yes, we don't like people pasting something and asking how can I do this? or if it is TikZ, PSTricks, Asymptote case how can I-draw this? without even making a template of a TeX document, let alone ...
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Removing “thanks” from questions
Why when I make an edit to a question just to "remove thanks" it is always rejected and when it is done by some other users it is accepted?
Are there "favourite users" here or, most probably, between ...
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TeX.SE really are nicer voters
I've heard a rumour, that people on TeX.SE are nicer and more inclinded not to down vote,
where as people on Programmers.SE are the opposite.
The first is true, where as the second is not.
Here are ...
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Why were my edits rejected?
I improved two posts today to fix several capitalization errors and both were rejected with the following message:
I'd prefer to keep barbara's style
The suggested edits:
is there a "size-...
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Why is “thanks” inappropriate at the end of a question?
This question seems to indicate that it is inappropriate to say "thanks" at the end of a question, but does not provide justification. In a question I once asked, such thanks were removed and I tried ...
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How do I draw this…?
I know this question has been raised before at policy on "how do I draw this?" questions. I know a lot of us are annoyed by these questions. But I'm not so sure, as in the linked discussion, that ...
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How do you accept an answer?
I have been "accepting answers" to my questions by up voting the good answers received for my questions. However, I have a 0% accept rate. :(
Apparently, I do not know how to accept answers.
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Welcome page needs more welcoming
We try to welcome all new users to the site by giving them a "Welcome to TeX.sx!" link in the comments of their first question or answer. But I've seen a few recently (here's one) where users comment ...
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Useful StackApps and other User Scripts for TeX.SX
Some people might not know it, but on https://stackapps.com/ there are several applications / user scripts available which makes certain tasks easier for moderators and other users which often post ...
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Promotional material in usernames
Within reason, users are free to choose their usernames freely. There are restrictions where names are potentially offensive, and 'we' have tended to avoid allowing those which might be misleading (...
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Reviewers; what do you eat for breakfast?
Ahem, this is going to be a rough one, so it's gonna be a long one too ala Pascal's famous quote. First, some context; we have
How to deal with robo-reviewers?
Should we have a Grace period to avoid ...
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Explicitly indicate the reasons why answering a just-do-it-for-me question
I already said that answering just-do-it-for-me questions gives a wrong signal.
Moreover, it makes this site become a just-do-it-for-me(-for-free) service.
Indeed, it leads to comments like this ...
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Do we like non-TeX-SX moderator activity on the main site?
I just stumbled across something that I'm not sure whether I like it or not. Well, actually, I know that I don't like it. I'm just not sure whether I'm being a bit over-sensitive or not. It seems a ...