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To sermon or not to sermon

As a statistician I focus on attempting to address questions about statistics, probability, and fitting. But I often tend to go beyond the Mathematica functional aspect and discuss/sermonize the need …
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What are reasonable ways to suggest to certain individuals not to make dozens of minor edits...

When someone "fixes" the Greek characters or changes the tense of a verb with no substantive change in the question or answer, that question shows up at the top of the list. That bumps good and unans …
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What is the benefit of a large number of points other than privileges on this site?

Two comments on a question today (Horrible Times x) mentioned "if you need the points" got me wondering about the real world benefit of points (other than having more privileges on this site). For exa …
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When giving a reason to close a question, does "due to a simple mistake" only apply to *Math...

Sometimes when a question is asked there is a "simple mistake" in the subject matter rather than with Mathematica. Does voting to close "due to a simple mistake" apply only to Mathematica rather than …
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