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Q&A How can we integrate a lightweight public ticketing system into our documentation feedback form?

Have you considered a simple comment system, something like Disqus. There is a certain amount of spam protection built into those systems, you can choose to moderate posts, and people can subscribe...

posted 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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Q&A For starting a blog, is a niche blog or general/misc content better?

That depends on if you're blogging for the sake of "creative expression" to show an underlying theme, be artsy or your own unique perspective on things, or if you want to be topical by showing how ...

posted 3y ago by desbest‭  ·  edited 3y ago by desbest‭

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Q&A Avoiding racist tropes in fantasy

a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him, dangerous and deceitful Given the negative stereotype that a certain race tends to comm...

posted 3y ago by desbest‭  ·  edited 3y ago by desbest‭

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Q&A How to organize ideas to start writing a novel?

What I do is either use a multiple mindmaps about different characters, events and concepts in my book. Or I create a large grid and write something small in each square and maybe have each row or ...

posted 3y ago by desbest‭

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Q&A block-quotation narrative with dialogue

If I understand the question correctly; you want a visual way to include a part of the text that add more information, without blocking the main flow or being obtrusive. While it doesn't seem as w...

posted 3y ago by 4015.alt‭  ·  edited 3y ago by 4015.alt‭

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Q&A Need basic tools and ways to practice and polish my writing skills

Practice makes perfect, but remember: ​Blind spots always exist. You can share your writing with either your friends or your readers. Get their feedback on your writing, and don't be afraid to be c...

posted 3y ago by sinneddennis‭

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Q&A Avoiding racist tropes in fantasy

I realize that many aspects of these races contain hidden racism--blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white elves that are completely superior, barbaric orcs with dark skin who just happen to be the only r...

posted 3y ago by James McLellan‭  ·  edited 3y ago by James McLellan‭

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Q&A For starting a blog, is a niche blog or general/misc content better?

That depends on what you want through blogging. If you just want to share your personal thoughts or your daily lifestyle, you can do it with the help of social platforms. If you aim to share your k...

posted 2y ago by varuntiwari‭

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Q&A For starting a blog, is a niche blog or general/misc content better?

It's like asking what type of book is best to write. Totally depends on your intent in writing it, and whom you expect your audience might be.

posted 2y ago by Strider‭

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Q&A How can I shorten a piece of writing without losing its original essence?

Start by actually reading over the text. Do it with the mindset of a third person that is impatient to get what you are saying, constantly muttering to himself "What's the point? Get on with it a...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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

The main problem I see is that you are taking too long to finish your story. Most writers are unhappy with most of their older works because most writers develop. What you need to do is pick up th...

posted 1y ago by What?‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Michael‭

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Q&A How do I write transitions between thinking and speaking?

There isn't a standard, companies use different styles. The most common formatting for inner monologue is italics. Applying it to your texts give us: CHARACTER: Follow me, and stay quiet. We'll ...

posted 11mo ago by JohnnyJohn‭

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Meta Discussion: Edit history from Stack Exchange not imported - copyright problem?

I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster. I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other peop...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by celtschk‭  ·  edited 5y ago by System‭

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Meta Should we improve the UI/UX and visual appearence of the main site?

Doesn't mean that I'm saying it looks bad. but certainly it could be better. On first look, I see raw twitter bootstrap styling. Although it looks little bit cleaner, but we can add some clean mini...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Vishwa‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by luap42‭

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Meta There is no accept button?

I'm a longtime Stack Exchange user. I wonder why this site doesn't have an accept button?

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

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Meta Writing Q&A RSS feed shows Internal Server Error

I tried to access the Writing main Q&A RSS feed at https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/feed.rss (through the Category RSS Feed link at the bottom of https://writing.codidact.com/ and http...

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

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Q&A How should I document a database schema?

While the other answers already mention tools to create graphical presentations of your tables / columns and ways to add short information to that, for example by creating an HTML table with an emp...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A How can I write better code-based reference documentation for programming interfaces?

One possibility on why the readers didn't find the documentation helpful may be that they are unfamiliar to the API, and the reference documentation is the only documentation available. Reference...

posted 5y ago by celtschk‭

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Q&A Changing avatar issue

Screenshot of error. Couldn't edit this into the question - "Insert image" not available when editing.

posted 5y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A Welcome to Writing on Codidact!

This answer is a test. So far I found I can upvote, but cannot post comments. Testing if I can post answers. Edit: test successful. Can post. Issue remains: can't post comments. Tested on Chrome a...

posted 5y ago by Galastel‭  ·  edited 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can overwriting be made to look intentional from a first-person narrative?

I agree with Surtsey's answer: one thing are stylistic choices and characterization, another is fixing mistakes during a revision. If the problem is "i tend to overwrite", the only solution will b...

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

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

In writing you have fiction and non-fiction. Under fiction, you have fantasy and reality. Reality is a story that could conceivably happen in our world/reality. Fantasy is anything that couldn't...

posted 5y ago by Jammin4CO‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using footnotes in fiction: children's book which can be enjoyed by adults

I don't think this is the right way to go about it. I have to say I'm not a fan of explanatory footnotes in fiction, it's far too much of an immersion breaker. In fact I'd go so far as to say they...

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

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Q&A Using footnotes in fiction: children's book which can be enjoyed by adults

When I was a kid, I had the Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts companion books, and I read them over and over. I didn't know a lot of the more technical terms, but I could either look t...

posted 5y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using footnotes in fiction: children's book which can be enjoyed by adults

I'm going to disagree with the “bad idea” answers. I'll give as the example the first book I read containing explanatory footnotes, which happens to be one of all time's best-selling German childre...

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

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