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Editing questions to remove “thank you in advance” after reaching 2k reputation [duplicate]

Will it be okay to remove "thank you" or "Hi, I am computer science student..."-like invocations from the question header/footer after reaching 2k reputation? I saw threads on Meta about it, and the ...
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About how to ask questions [duplicate]

I've noticed that frequently posts on SO are being edited for the sole purpose of removing something like "any help would be greatly appreciated". Now I'm wondering why that is, as I can't really see ...
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Would a note about preferred pronouns qualify the same way as a “thank you”?

I've seen that the community has agreed that "thank you" should be removed from questions: Auto Remove “Thanks in Advance” No Thanks, Damn It! Would (my preferred pronouns are she/her) qualify as ...
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Should I remove 'fluff' when editing questions?

When I edit questions I typically focus on style, grammar, and spelling. However, in the process I often also remove 'fluff' like: This may be simple but, ... or Can you help me with this? I ...
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What do I do about receiving an offensive email from another user on Stack Overflow?

So, this is a little bit odd, and I've been confused if I should have this question here, or not; however I'm going ahead, posting it, after reading multiple related questions about editing posts on ...
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A moderator messaged me that my edits which only remove “thanks” and alike are discouraged

There are threads here (thread 1 and thread 2) already but in my opinion it needs further discussion. It is discouraged, but not a punishable violation? I can remember when I didn't have the ...
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Can we have an official statement regarding greetings, salutations etc. please?

I've participated once in a discussion regarding removing greetings, salutations and thanks from SO posts here. Another discussion took place on Meta here. Both accepted answers and their votes seem ...
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How can we encourage (new) authors to ask confident questions?

Introduction I've been thinking recently about a broad category of question edits that I often make. I'm interested in how some kinds of chatty (and excisable) material inadvertently create a ...
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Title Case Title Edit Suggestions

I recently across this user's recently suggested edits. I notice that most of the submissions are merely converting the titles of questions to title cases. While they do have a few edits where they'...
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Should I answer my own question in second person or in first person?

I was answering my own question Q&A-style ( posting both together) and ended up writing a phrase that was similar to this: Your problem was in X Should I have written it as: My problem was ...
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Is it acceptable to bookmark user-specific searches in order to target improvements on those users? [duplicate]

As some regular readers may know, I am a fairly committed editor on Stack Overflow. One of my main edit styles is to trim chatty/fluff material, so that (a) readers do not have to wade through ...
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Should we use “Any kind of help will be appreciable” in a question? [duplicate]

Many people write Any kind of help will be appreciable in their questions. Is this allowable according to Stack Overflow policies and community? Should we remove this phrase from the question?
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Archaeologist rewarding abusive edit behavior again

So a user just went and searched for "Thanks in advanced" and bumped dozens of questions to the front page. Nothing else was fixed, and this included unsalvageable off-topic questions. Could one of ...
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Expressing feelings about closure of a question at the top of the post

What happens if I post a question on Stack Overflow and start it with stuff like, I'm afraid this question may be probably closed! Because the program that I'm going to make is really nonsense, ...
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Are edits acceptable that remove “bias” from answers?

I was reviewing this suggested edit by another user. The editor is attempting to make the answer less biased by completely removing part of the answer. Original answer: Of course they can see what ...

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