Questions tagged [support]
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Hidden points of editing you probably didn't know
Making a good edit is hard. On Chem.SE, we (would/should/could) care about the finest points of formatting. There are basic points of editing many editors know about: Put some fancy MathJax/ $\mathrm\...
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What do I need to know about tagging?
From the tour of Chemistry.se:
All questions are tagged with their subject areas. Each can have up to 5 tags, since a question might be related to several subjects.
This post is a guide on ...
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What additional formatting features are available to MathJax (possibly via \require{})?
In his answer to a question about crossing out units in dimensional analysis, Loong notes that the \cancel{} LaTeX command can be enabled in MathJax by using ...
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How to write physical units
Units have to be written in an upright font. One normally does it this way:
$1.2 \times 10^3\,\mathrm{\frac{J}{mol}}$
$1.2 \times 10^3\,\mathrm{\frac{J}{mol}}$
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How do I draw chemical compounds and chemical reaction mechanisms and add it to my questions?
Lots of organic chemistry questions require the knowledge of chemical structures and reaction mechanisms. We even have a tag: reaction-mechanism for it. Here, I will address the following:
How do I ...
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Why has my account been restricted?
I am not allowed to ask a question (for a couple of days) because I have "asked too many questions recently that have not been well received well by the community"... I understand why this would ...
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Why are there no migrations paths to Physics.SE, Math.SE, etc.?
When flagging for migration to another SE network, the only option I get is chemistry.meta.stackexchange.com. Why are other SE networks not shown here, like Physics.SE (many questions fit there better ...
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Getting answer after Bounty fails?
One of the goals of putting up a bounty for a question is to draw attention and a good answer. But after having put up a bounty, if you still don't get an answer for your question or any suggestion as ...
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How to draw structures of compounds while writing questions?
I'm here for quite a few days, but it's a disgrace that in my questions, I can't post any pictures of organic compounds, simply as I don't know how to do it. I have thus two questions related to this. ...
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My question was closed as too broad, I edited it as directed, but nothing happened
I have a question about my Chemistry Stack Exchange post: Is there a terminology contradiction about whether the conjugate of a strong acid is a "weak base"?
The original version of my post ...
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Can I ask Breaking Bad questions?
I found a question which got my attention, well this question, and it didn't called my attention because it was interesting (which it could be) but because a tag that somehow in my eyes is kind of ...
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Why are my questions downvoted for no reason?
Lots of my questions were downvoted or have no votes at all for bad or even no reasons,even though I try to do my best at researching and studying the topic(there are some good ones too). Can anyone ...
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How to render Angstrom and Parts-per notations in MathJax?
Summary: Angstrom, Parts per thousand, Parts per Ten-Thousand cannot be displayed.
Prior efforts: Searched Google and Detexify.
Angstrom.
(The letter), (the diacritic mark).
The detexify (...
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Do I need to show my own attempt if I post a question along with an answer written by me?
Do I need to show my own attempt if I post a question along with an
answer written by me?
Suppose I come across a remarkably good question on a particular chemistry topic and wish to share it with ...
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What can be changed on the site, how, and how fast?
The current interest in the "homework" vote-to-close (VTC) option and related matters leads me to wonder how the internals of this site work. Compare Facebook, which despite a huge user base edits ...
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