<p>We have at the present two threads on canonical solutions to common neural network pitfalls, thanks to initiative of @Sycorax and @DeltaIV:</p>

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<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/352036/what-should-i-do-when-my-neural-network-doesnt-learn">What should I do when my neural network doesn&#39;t learn?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/365778/what-should-i-do-when-my-neural-network-doesnt-generalize-well">What should I do when my neural network doesn&#39;t generalize well?</a></li>
</ul>

<p>These threads are probably good candidates to become community wikis, so that it is possible (or even <em>welcome</em>) to <strong>expand on existing answers, creating a coherent list of tips and tricks and best practices</strong> etc., instead of posting semi-repetitive answers where one has to cherry pick to find the relevant part.</p>

<p>For example, I feel like I could improve some of the answers by adding extra references, listing a few additional methods in a relevant section of the existing answer etc. However, at the moment I consider doing so a bad practice, as it generally changes the original message of the answer author. On the other hand, posting these bits and pieces in my own answer would probably result in a one-or-two-liner at the bottom of the thread, not useful to anyone.</p>

<p>However, community wiki posts do not provide score needed for attaining golden tag-badges and our current consensus is that we would profit from having a user or two who would have the ultimate closing powers of a golden [neural-networks] tag badge. In that sense, going community wiki is undesirable.</p>

<h2>Question</h2>

<p>Should we convert these threads to community wikis?</p>
