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  • Ask only the question, stated plainly and simply, in the question body. The answer goes in an answer.

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  • Tag as and . When a post seems to have hit a mature state, it will have added by a moderator.

  • Flag for a moderator to mark community wiki. Any FAQ post not yet community wiki should be made into a community wiki. This lowers the bar for editing (less reputation is required to be able to edit a community wiki post), and emphasizes the fact that it is a community FAQ by removing individual ownership of the post.

  • After the post has the tag added to it, add a link to it in the above table of contents.

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    Should we copy-paste FAQ posts from MSE to here? I wanted to close a question here as dupe of an FAQ but it's only available on MSE (link). – user247702 Apr 24 '14 at 10:02
  • @Stijn: Yes, if a FAQ on MSE is a FAQ here too, feel free to follow the faq-proposed procedure. – Martijn Pieters Apr 24 '14 at 10:06
  • @MartijnPieters: How should questions already on Meta.SO be handled in terms of this FAQ? Should I ask question and propose they be added? – Werner May 10 '14 at 5:45
  • Just follow the faq-proposed procedure; this is a community-curated FAQ. – Martijn Pieters May 10 '14 at 6:12
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    Finding this page was a Herculean effort, see: stackoverflow.com/help/search?q=FAQ Where is the link that directly leads users to this page? If you search using the special faq tag then it's easier but if I'm a newcomer and don't think of the tag, where do I go? – Mari-Lou A Aug 3 at 12:27
  • @Mari-LouA the index isn’t directly linked, only the faq is, from the What is Meta help page. Questions with the faq tag do link back to this page however. – Martijn Pieters Aug 3 at 14:49

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