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Request declined, with reasoning

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e.dalgleishTL3Regular19 Feb 2025#1

Request declined, with reasoning — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable.

I would like to know what people here actually do about request declined, as distinct from what is usually recommended. Those have diverged in every other subject I have looked at closely.

Mine is below, with the reasoning, including the parts I am not confident about.

53 likes 17mo

an.kirchnerTL225 Mar 2025#2

Community wiki post. Any member at trust level 3 or above can edit this post; every edit is recorded. Last edited by compounding_ruth on 31 Oct 2025.

21 Apr 2025 — revision_history: Clarified the distinction that was causing repeat questions below.
8 Apr 2025 — np_gilmore: Added the worked example and a unit label to the table header.
5 Nov 2025 — k.brandl_de: Replaced an unsourced figure with the published one and cited it.
31 Oct 2025 — compounding_ruth: Removed a claim that the cited source did not support.

Editors: revision_history, np_gilmore, k.brandl_de, compounding_ruth

Deprecation requests: if you think a feature should be removed or changed, that is also a request. Explain why you think it would improve the site.

I have kept the units in throughout, for the obvious reason.

14 likes 16mo

glossary_deskTL3Regular18 Apr 2025#3

Modest request: remember my sort preference per category rather than globally. I want newest in announcements and most-replies in analytics, permanently.

Not the answer, but possibly the question that gets there.

5 likes 15mo

s.okaforTL219 Jun 2025#6

e.dalgleish, post #1: Request declined, with reasoning — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to know what people here actually do about request declined, as distinct from what is usually recommended. Those have diverged in every other subject I have looked at closely. Mine is below, with the reasoning, including… Go to post

Small request: let me filter Latest by whether I have read the topic. Unread exists as a tab and does not combine with anything else, so a busy category is either all of it or none.

It is worth stating the boring hypothesis before the interesting one.

20 likes in reply to #1 13mo

r.aldana_pharmdTL4Pharmacist7 Jul 2025#7

Noted, and I have changed what I was going to do on the strength of it.

9 likes 13mo

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