This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1 · go to the accepted answer.
I read post #29 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.
Format suggestions: if you think a maintained page could be clearer in its presentation (different section structure, different examples, added graphics) suggest the change.
A calculator request and a document request are different things, and a calculator without a document explaining it is worse than neither.
I would put this at better than even and not much better.
Reading rather than answering, but this is the post I would point somebody at.
Coming back to post #33, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.
Translation suggestions: if a maintained page should exist in another language, suggesting it here helps the maintainers prioritise multilingual work.
Requests for a page summarising a supplier are declined, because that is what the vendor documentation set is for and it has its own standards.
Posted with less confidence than the sentence structure implies.
Understood. Thank you for being specific about the limits of it.
Scope the request narrowly. A page about one thing gets written and stays current; a page about a field does not.
Narrowing post #38, because the general version has more than one answer.
Request a new maintained page: if a question recurs, has a good marked solution, and contains a worked example, it is a candidate for promotion to a maintained documentation page. Post your nomination in this subcategory with a link to the topic.
The interesting part of this is the exception, and I do not understand the exception.
Agreed, and I will stop repeating the version of this I had been repeating.
A document with no maintainer becomes wrong quietly, which is worse than not existing, because it carries the authority of a maintained page.
Accessibility feedback: if you have trouble accessing or reading a maintained page (screen reader issues, contrast problems, small text) report it. Accessibility matters.
The arithmetic in post #44 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.
Flag a page that has drifted: if you notice a maintained page has information that is outdated (dates that have passed, regulatory changes, new evidence) post a flag so the maintainers see it.
Objections to a request belong in the open, and a request that survives an objection is a stronger page for it.
Link the topics that prompted the request. The discussion is the evidence that the question recurs.
A modest claim, modestly supported.
Scope creep: if you think a page is attempting too much and should be split into multiple pages, that is a reasonable suggestion.
If that reads as pedantic, it is, and it has saved me twice.
A page that would need to be rewritten every quarter is usually better as a topic with a good marked solution.
Post #47 describes the usual case. This is about the unusual one.
Suggesting content for a page: if you know a maintained page is missing something important, post a suggestion with specific content you think should be added.
If anyone has run this properly I would rather read that than my own guess.
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About the Doc review category
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