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Q&A What is the possessive form of et al.?

Note: I can't comment on how this is generally approached in other subjects, but you're referencing Einstein, so as a physicist, I feel semi-qualified to weigh in on how we do it in physics. Note t...

posted 4y ago by Mithrandir24601‭

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Q&A How do I know when I should rewrite vs. editing my first chapter

The order in which the reader sees it is not necessarily the order in which the author wrote it. You can use this to get past rewrite loops or other blockers. When writing (both fiction and non-f...

posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta What are our plans for image uploading?

I needed to include screenshots in this question but didn't see a way to add them directly. I uploaded those to imgur so I could post, but that's not the ideal solution. (You'll see why if you lo...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Formatting Progress while writing an Answer

On SE, as we write our answers the formatted text appears below it; a what-you-see-is-what-you-get image. That helps me, at least, tell if I have unclosed Bold or Italics, if my links are working,...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Questionable Promotions - Writing Challenges

I notice we aren't getting a lot of new questions on here yet. Last summer we had a series of writing challenges in Meta, like this one: https://writing.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2127 I'd like to ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Evil Sparrow‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Evil Sparrow‭

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Meta Please gray out the usernames of automatically-imported accounts on the main Users listing

Hi! I'm an SE user and I'm here because I'm curious about what's happening here and because I support the goals of this site. I have one quibble with what's being presented here, that I hope you u...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by E.P.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by celtschk‭

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Meta Are worldbuilding questions on topic?

On SE, Writing and Worldbuilding are separate, and it works pretty well. I, however, use the Worldbuilding SE significantly more than the Writing SE, and as I reduce my usage of SE I would like a p...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Andon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mark Baker‭

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Meta Have we ground to a halt?

It seems like this place has ground to a stop. I have been trying to do what was suggested earlier of going back to old questions (as surfaced by the Lottery tab), but that seems to be all that is ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Unable to select tags beyond the mid C's

I was writing a question today *applause occurs immediately*. When I went to tag it, I was able to select the 'characters' tag just fine. But then I tried to add 'creative-writing', and found that ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  edited 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta What questions was my new rep for.

One thing I really miss from SE is the ability to see what answers of mine got upvoted since I last logged in (or in the last day). In other words, where did my rep increase come from. Because va...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Suggestion - Comment Sections

Added to the TODO list.

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Suggestion - Tag section and suggestions

Added to the TODO list. 2019-12-19: Done and deployed.

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  edited 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A In academic writing why do some recommend to avoid "announcing" the topic?

In this answer, I am going to explain to you why you shouldn't announce what you are about to write anyway. It is boring and redundant and a waste of real estate on the page. Start with a claim, ...

posted 5y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is the genre 'fantasy' still fantasy without magic?

Firstly, it's certainly not going to be a 'waste of time' to write the story you want to tell, regardless of which genre it might end up being described as. Fantasy is a very broad genre; any stor...

posted 5y ago by AmaiKotori‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Interface for showing changes in the history is not very discoverable

I agree. What about showing an arrow icon before the label and giving it a different cursor on hover (cursor: pointer)? This could look something like this: I used the unicode character "BLACK ...

posted 5y ago by luap42‭

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Challenges Writing challenge #5: Relaxing

The end of the school week came as a relief for Megan McAllister, and she was looking forward to going home and doing something fun. She lounged in the back of the car, staring up at the sky and tr...

posted 4y ago by Evil Sparrow‭

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Challenges Short short story

I hate autoreplay I hate autoreplay I hate a Are you still watching? [Yes] [No]

posted 6mo ago by honnza‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by honnza‭

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Challenges Short short story

Write a story in 80 characters or fewer, which is also on the theme "short". You may interpret the theme however you choose. For this particular challenge, the character count includes all of the ...

11 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Challenges Writing challenge #5: Relaxing

Writing challenge #5 September 4, 2020 Welcome to installment #5 in Writing Codidact's writing challenges! The previous topic was cats and dogs. As we all know, the world's been quite crazy lately...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mithrandir24601‭

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Challenges Writing Challenge #2: What the thunder said

What can I do when the storm arrives? The thunder roaring. Screaming. Shouting. The lightning flashing. Cracking. Burning. Battle waged across the sky. I crouch down. Shrinking. Hiding. Left behin...

posted 5y ago by Mithical‭

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Challenges Writing Challenge #2: What the thunder said

Thunderbolt's brightness: All below monochrome-lit. Are we so different?

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Challenges Writing challenge #3: Something new

New 999 call! Answer — clammy, has chest pains? First day on the job. This one might require some context: I'm starting a new job this month as a call handler with the ambulance service. Apparen...

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  edited 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Strange import artifacts.

This is a fun one. This is a bug, but it's also not something we can retroactively fix, so... [status-known-about], I guess? We discovered when we ran the import for the new stuff from Ebooks that ...

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Rep score inflation

[status-not-a-bug-but-looks-like-one]? Rep scores have actually just been corrected - we found a couple of voting anomalies on Outdoors yesterday, so I corrected the votes and ran a rep recalc acro...

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Accepted Answer?

Let me refer you to a forum thread on the subject, from when we were defining what we wanted this project to look like. It's not the most clear-cut thread ever, but I surmise that the plan is to h...

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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