<h1>Answers</h1>
<p><strong>Link-only answer</strong></p>
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<li><p>Welcome to the site. At present this is more of a comment
than an answer. You could edit to expand it, perhaps by giving a
summary of the information at the link, or we can
convert it into a comment for you.</p>
<pre><code>Welcome to the site. At present this is more of a comment 
than an answer. You could [edit] to expand it, perhaps by giving a 
summary of the information at the link, or we can 
convert it into a comment for you.
</code></pre>
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<li><p>Welcome to the site. We are trying to build a permanent repository of high-quality statistical information in the form of questions &amp; answers. Thus, we're wary of link-only answers, due to link rot. Can you edit to include a full
citation &amp; a summary of the
information at the link, in case it goes dead?</p>
<pre><code>Welcome to the site. We are trying to build a permanent 
repository of high-quality statistical information in the 
form of questions &amp; answers. Thus, we're wary of 
link-only answers, due to link rot. Can you [edit] to include a full 
citation &amp; a summary of the 
information at the link, in case it goes dead? 
</code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Code only answer</strong></p>
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<li><p>Although implementation is often mixed with substantive content in questions, we are supposed to be a site for providing information about statistics, machine learning, etc., not code. It can be good to provide code as well, but please elaborate your substantive answer in text for people who don't read this language well enough to recognize &amp; extract the answer from the code.</p>
<pre><code>Although implementation is often mixed with substantive 
content in questions, we are supposed to be a site for 
providing information about statistics, machine
learning, etc., not code. It can be good to provide code 
as well, but please elaborate your substantive answer in 
text for people who don't read this language
well enough to recognize &amp; extract the answer from the 
code. 
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Ambiguous answer / comment / new question</strong></p>
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<pre><code>Welcome to the site. Was this intended as an answer to the 
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<p><strong>Original poster posting a clarification to the question as a new answer</strong></p>
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<li><p>Unlike forum-style discussion sites, Cross Validated threads do not consist of a sequence of posts forming a conversation between the original poster and the answerers. We use a Q&amp;A style where the question is posted once at the top, and is updated (using the &quot;edit&quot; button) where necessary for clarification. Sometimes it makes sense to ask a new, follow-up question instead of editing the old one. Please don't use the &quot;answer&quot; space to post clarifications to your own questions - have a look at the [tour] to understand how our site works.</p>
<pre><code>Unlike forum-style discussion sites, Cross Validated 
threads do not consist of a sequence of posts forming a 
conversation between the original poster and the 
answerers. We use a Q&amp;A style where the question is posted 
once at the top, and is updated (using the &quot;edit&quot; button) 
where necessary for clarification. Sometimes 
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editing the old one. 
Please don't use the &quot;answer&quot; space to post clarifications 
to your own questions 
- have a look at the [tour] to understand how our site 
works.
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<p><strong>Low quality / too short</strong></p>
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<li><p>This is being automatically flagged as low quality, probably because it is so short. At present it is more of a comment than an answer by our standards. Can you expand on it? You can also turn it into a comment.</p>
<pre><code>This is being automatically flagged as low quality, 
probably because it is so short.
At present it is more of a comment than an answer by our 
standards. Can you expand on it? We can also turn it into 
a comment.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>OP comments that he liked an answer, but does not upvote/accept</strong></p>
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<li><p>If you found this answer helpful, then please consider <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/why-vote">upvoting</a> and/or <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/accepted-answer">accepting</a> it.</p>
<pre><code>If you found this answer helpful, then please consider 
[upvoting](https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/why-vote) 
and/or 
[accepting](https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/accepted-answer) 
it.
</code></pre>
<p>Note that posting this about someone else's answer is often a good thing to do, while suggesting this about your own answer is better left for someone else to do.</p>
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<p><strong>OP accepts the first answer five minutes after it is posted</strong></p>
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<li><p>Oops ... thank you for accepting. However, seeing an accepted answer may discourage other users from answering (or even looking at your question), and they may have something better to say. So please consider un-accepting and seeing whether something better comes along. You can always re-accept later!</p>
<pre><code>Oops ... thank you for accepting. However, seeing an 
accepted answer 
may discourage other users from answering (or even looking 
at your question), and they may have something better to 
say. So please consider un-accepting and seeing whether 
something better comes along. 
You can always re-accept later!
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Answer used to ask question</strong></p>
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<pre><code>Welcome to the site. Please do not use the &quot;Your Answer&quot; 
field to ask new or follow-up questions. 
Instead, click the blue 
[ASK QUESTION](https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/ask) 
link at the top of the page &amp; ask there. If you want to 
address the author of an answer, you will
need 50 reputation first to leave comments. Since you're 
new here, you may want
to take our [tour], which has information for new users.
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<p><strong>Posts tentative answer &amp; asks for feedback</strong></p>
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<li><p>Welcome to the site.  Please don't post tentative answers and ask for feedback.  [stats.SE] is strictly a Q&amp;A site, not a discussion forum.  If  you want to ask about your understanding of something, please post it as a new question.  Since you're new here, you may want to take our [tour], which has information for new users.</p>
<pre><code>Welcome to the site.  Please don't post tentative answers 
and ask for feedback.  [stats.SE] is strictly a Q&amp;A site, 
not a discussion forum.  If you want to ask about your 
understanding of something, please post it as a new 
question. Since you're new here, you may want to take our 
[tour], which has information for new users.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Non-answer as answer</strong></p>
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<li><p>Please only use the &quot;Your Answer&quot; field to provide answers to the OP's question. CV is a strict Q&amp;A site, not a discussion forum. Since you're new here, you may want to take our tour, which has information for new users.</p>
<pre><code>Please only use the &quot;Your Answer&quot; field to provide answers 
to the OP's question. CV is a strict Q&amp;A site, not a 
discussion forum. Since you're new here, you may
want to take our [tour], which has information for new 
users.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Duplicate answer</strong></p>
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<li><p>This is very similar to the answer here. Please do not post duplicate answers. If you believe a question is completely answered by an answer elsewhere, flag / vote to close that question as a duplicate of the other. If it isn't <em>completely</em> answered by the other answer, customize your answer here to be more specific to the question.</p>
<pre><code>This is very similar to the answer [here](). Please do not 
post duplicate answers. If you believe a question is 
completely answered by an answer elsewhere, flag / 
vote to close that question as a duplicate of the other. 
If it isn't *completely* answered by the other answer, 
customize your answer here to be more 
specific to the question.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Answer should have been a comment</strong></p>
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<li><p>Welcome to the site.  This should be a comment; it isn't an answer by our standards.  You will be able to comment anywhere when your reputation is &gt;50.  Since you're new here, you may want to take our [tour], which has information for new users.</p>
<pre><code>Welcome to the site.  This should be a comment; it isn't 
an answer by our standards.  You will be able to comment 
anywhere when your reputation is &gt;50.  
Since you're new here, you may want to take our [tour], 
which has information for new users.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Comment that would make a good answer</strong></p>
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<li><p>@: do you want to post your comment(s) as an answer? <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5326/">Better to have a short answer than no answer at all.</a> Anyone who has a better answer can post it.</p>
<pre><code>@: do you want to post your comment(s) as an answer?
[Better to have a short answer than no answer at
all.](https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5326/)
Anyone who has a better answer can post it.
</code></pre>
<p>(Insert the commenter's nick after &quot;@&quot; so they are notified.)</p>
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<h1>General</h1>
<p><strong>Duplicate Account</strong></p>
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<pre><code>Please register &amp;/or merge your accounts (you can find 
information on how to do this in the **My Account** 
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<p><strong>Answering a question but without upvoting it</strong></p>
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<li><p>Please see <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6304/my-upvoting-policy">My upvoting policy</a>, when you find a question sufficiently clear to write an answer, consider to upvote the question!</p>
<pre><code>Please see 
https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6304/my-upvoting-policy, 
when you find a question sufficiently clear to 
write an answer, consider to upvote the question!
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Non-English post</strong></p>
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<li><p>Welcome to the site.  While it may seem unfair, <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/">Cross Validated</a> is an exclusively English language based site.  All posts here need to be made in English.  Since you're new here, you may want to take our [tour], which has information for new users.</p>
<pre><code>Welcome to the site.  While it may seem unfair, [stats.SE]
is an exclusively English language based site.  All posts 
here need to be made in English.  Since 
you're new here, you may want to take our [tour], which 
has information for new users.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Uses R's tidy-code</strong></p>
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<li><p>Welcome to the site. Please consider using base R, &amp; commenting it extensively, when illustrating posts here with R code. Not everyone who will come to this page will be familiar with R, &amp; not all of those will be able to read tidy-code. This is a Q&amp;A site for <em>statistics</em>, not R.</p>
<pre><code>Welcome to the site. Please consider using base R, &amp; 
commenting it extensively, when illustrating posts here with  
R code. Not everyone who will come to this page will be 
familiar with R, &amp; not all of those 
will be able to read tidy-code. This is a Q&amp;A site for 
statistics, not R.
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Question asked in chat</strong></p>
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<li><p>@ , please ask that on the main site. There we have better facilities for asking &amp; answering questions (e.g. formatting options will work) and the information will be available for people with the same question. That isn't a chat item.</p>
<pre><code>@ , please ask that on the main site. There we have better 
facilities for asking &amp; answering questions (e.g. 
formatting options will work) and the information
will be available for people with the same question. That 
isn't a chat item.
</code></pre>
<p>(Insert the commenter's nick after &quot;@&quot; so they are notified.)</p>
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