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Software to name compounds

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A list of some basic common misconceptions and teaching errors in chemistry

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How to handle questions coming from users posting spam answers?

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Rectifying the wrong answer to a popular question

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Mobility of molecules on a surface

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Tags for asking for an indicator for carbon monoxide

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Formatting Sandbox III: please test stuff here

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Regarding the application of "the list of common misconceptions"

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Electrochemical Gradient and Electric Potential

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There are no tags for low dimensional materials or van der Waals materials. Would at least one tag for this class be in order?

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Should a question about mathematical models of glucose levels be tagged with analytical chemistry?

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What is SE policy/practice regarding potentially offensive screen names?

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Posting answers has become harder than the questions!

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Conversion of answers to comments

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2024: a year in moderation

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How to flag issues with questions?

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A vote to do away with the sarcasm

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I've bountied my 4.7 year old Astronomy SE question three times and still no answer. In this particular case, is it OK to post it here also?

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20 REALLY COOL unanswered questions (many upvotes but no answers) Updated 17 Nov 2024

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What is the state of generative AI and what does it mean for Chemistry SE?

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Minor Edit - ° to degrees

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editing answers? [closed]

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Approach to sensitive chemistry topics ( poisons, explosives, drugs etc. )

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Functional group tagging - revisited

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Can we change the contrast of questions which have at least one of our favourite tags?

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ECHEMI.com - Site that blatantly copy the contents from Chem.SE

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What's the point of users commenting the URL of the question itself in the comment section?

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What is official policy toward AI generated content on Chemistry SE?

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Hello Big Brother. I mean, Google

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How are we detecting AI answers?

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