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[2026 update] New subcategory: rationale and scope
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…
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+136 | 163 | 1.8k | 18mo |
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Request: a diff view for wiki revisions — the long version
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,…
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+90 | 104 | 61k | 6mo |
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Scheduled maintenance and what will be unavailable
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…
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+120 | 128 | 25k | 15mo |
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New subcategory: rationale and scope
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…
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+123 | 138 | 13k | 9mo |
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Follow-up: Search filters: what is missing
On the subject in the title: Search filters: what is missing Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about Search filters that I did not know to ask the first time. The earlier thread…
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+119 | 141 | 1.6k | 29d |
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Request: a per-category review queue
Request: a per-category review queue Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Per-category review queue — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation…
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+121 | 136 | 13k | 2h |
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Guidelines revision: what changed and why
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…
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+125 | 142 | 1.7k | 2y |
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Trust level 3 requirements: a clarification — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Trust level 3 requirements: a clarification — does this still hold? Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on Trust level 3…
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+77 | 90 | 57k | 9h |
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The topic list is dense — is that deliberate?
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…
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+84 | 91 | 49k | 18mo |
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Second pass at: The topic list is dense — is that deliberate?
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…
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+101 | 108 | 8.4k | 4mo |
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Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed
On the subject in the title: Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed Working notes rather than a conclusion. What changes if the standard account of citation sweep results is…
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+92 | 101 | 2.9k | 2mo |
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Request: show the solution author in the topic list — what changed since
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…
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+79 | 91 | 20k | 3mo |
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Why the timeline is on the right and not the left
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…
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+67 | 73 | 19k | 10mo |
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Maintainer handover: how it works
On the subject in the title: Maintainer handover: how it works Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on maintainer handover, and I would like to be…
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+74 | 82 | 14k | 16mo |
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Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Pages past down and I want to set out where I…
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+49 | 56 | 39k | 11d |
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Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — what changed since
Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — what changed since I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. What changes if the standard account of…
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+77 | 81 | 4k | 2d |
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A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history — a second dataset
On the subject in the title: A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on revision dispute…
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+45 | 50 | 33k | 20mo |
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Search filters: what is missing
Search filters: what is missing — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Search filters — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation of it, so I am posting the…
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+72 | 84 | 15k | 3d |
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[2026 update] Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed
Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of Citation…
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+41 | 45 | 47k | 12mo |
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Revisiting: Moderation log format change
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…
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+65 | 71 | 9.1k | 19mo |
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Guidelines revision: what changed and why — one year on
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.…
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+73 | 81 | 3.9k | 4mo |
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Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold?
Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view…
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+27 | 31 | 52k | 15mo |
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Request: export my own posts — one year on
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…
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+61 | 70 | 14k | 4mo |
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Moderation log format change
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Moderation log format change Everything below is what sits behind that. Moderation log format change keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the…
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+53 | 57 | 4.8k | 2mo |
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Request: tag synonyms surfaced in search
On the subject in the title: Request: tag synonyms surfaced in search Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about tag synonyms surfaced in search that I did not know to ask the first…
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+23 | 27 | 38k | 3h |
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Revisiting: Maintainer handover: how it works
Revisiting: Maintainer handover: how it works Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Maintainer handover keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the…
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+53 | 57 | 664 | 4mo |
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[2026 update] Reverting an edit that had no revision note
Reverting an edit that had no revision note — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Collecting what is known about Reverting an edit in one place, because it is currently spread…
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+8 | 12 | 54k | 12mo |
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An orphaned page with no inbound links
An orphaned page with no inbound links — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of orphaned page is wrong? I ask because I have been treating…
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+44 | 48 | 7.5k | 14mo |
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Guidelines revision: what changed and why — does this still hold?
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…
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Revisiting: Mobile reading experience on long topics
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Mobile reading experience on long topics Everything below is what sits behind that. Bringing the figures rather than the impression, since a process…
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+10 | 15 | 34k | 10h |
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