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  • How about [tag]-[question title] OR [tag][question title] ? Commented Oct 27, 2018 at 14:08
  • @Ayman What do you mean? That's clearly addressed: "separating the name of the tag from the question with a dash (or other character) is not acceptable." Commented Jan 31, 2022 at 3:29
  • I think calling yourself a noob can be helpful in some cases, to indicate that the answer might be trivial for someone more experienced, but it might not be intuitive to a beginner. Although, if it's the term "noob" you have a problem with, you could swap it out with "beginner". Commented Jan 31, 2022 at 4:28
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    @wjandrea: No matter how it is phrased, it is still meta talk and doesn't belong there. Even meta tags are banned on these sites. Commented Jan 31, 2022 at 13:15
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    Perhaps add a new category for meta questions, like "Can anyone help me?". Commented Jan 31, 2022 at 20:34
  • Another example (may be automatically deleted within 30 days or so): "Can someone help me please?" Commented Feb 1, 2022 at 12:02
  • "Please help me fix it". More generally that call to action (like on a forum) is implied by posting here. Commented Feb 1, 2022 at 12:54
  • FWIW, I always say "thanks is assumed :)" as a reason not to include it in posts (or "courtesy is assumed" if it's not thanks per se). Commented May 2 at 18:15
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    I don't fully agree with the "Changelogs" admonishment. Changes to questions (and answers) can render comments and answers that were specifically added for a particular revision confusing to readers. It is hard to read Q/A threads when the Q or any A is extensively modified AFTER comments and answers were composed. This is a real problem on SO (et. al.). Maybe if SO had a feature to view a specific revision at the time a question or comment was added, THEN relying solely on revision history would be sufficient. Commented May 5 at 19:11
  • @This I added "Can someone help me?" to my answer specific to questions. Commented Aug 15 at 18:24