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Should we mention free and/or open-source software used for writing Q&As in the same post?
I often put a name with the URL for the free program(s) I used in writing an answer.
Also, adopting a standard practice among theoretical chemists (which I'm unfortunately not), sometimes I drop chunk …
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Can we reopen the question about compound with the most diverse elemental composition?
The question What is the name of the molecule that has the greatest number of different atoms? appears to be well-defined as to what kind of answer it expects: a stable and existing molecular compound …
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What's Chemistry.SE take on Mass Spectrometry being proposed on Area 51?
Mass Spectrometry has recently been proposed in the Science section on Area 51 by Chris Herold, the president of MSACL (Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab).
I have no affiliation with th …
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Please don't post links to the mobile versions of the websites (unless there is a really goo...
Often I stumble upon the so-called mobile links both in the comments and in the answers, e.g. URLs that lead to a mobile version of the website and often seen as https://m.<website_name>.<domain>. 95% …
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How to append supplementary information as hidden multi-line comment?
What would be an appropriate way to attach non-essential information to the post that is only visible when needed/requested and doesn't get in way or distract the reader?
My use-case is an urge to sha …
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Should the images with transparent background be preferred?
Since the default background color on Chemistry.SX is white, any image, whether it has an alpha-channel to it (e.g. PNG with transparency enabled) or not (e.g. JPEG of GIF) looks fine.
However, quote …
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Do we need a separate [proofreading] tag?
If a user includes the following in a question:
attempt to provide an answer to own question;
code for debugging;
own unique view towards the problem;
a request to check whether her/his assumptions …
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Pinging in comment to suggest answering question
Is it appropriate to use comment section to refer to a specific user who is most likely to provide an answer? For example, when there is a request for the IUPAC name, one might want to type cast @Loon …
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Let's not forget to pay tribute to questioner if the question is good enough
I believe this has been discussed in one form or another before, starting with the famous Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote post.
Several SE sites promote voting occasionally too via a pop-up message …
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How appropriate it is to improve typography of quoted text from the third-party source?
Often there is a quoted question (e.g. a block quote with >) from the textbook with certain typographic flaws which I would edit without any doubts, among which are the following edits where no info i …
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Atom color scheme template for 2D/3D structures
When posting a chemical structure, which colors can/should be used to identify various atoms?
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Fully or partially handwritten, scanned and photographed Q&As
If a post either consists of, or contains hand-written/scanned/photographed parts, what's the best way of handling or improving it?
From what I see there are the following possibilities:
Leave it a …
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