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How to answer a question

• Indent your answer. If there is text expanding upon the question, indent your response by putting a colon (:) at the beginning of each paragraph of your response.
• Be thorough. Provide as much of the answer as you are able to.
• Be concise, not terse. Please write in a clear and easily understood manner. Keep your answer within the scope of the question as stated.
• Provide links when available, such as wikilinks to related articles, or links to the information that you used to find your answer.
• Create a new article and link to it if your answer is more than a paragraph or so in length.
• Be polite.
• Sign your response using four tildes (~~~~).
• The reference desk is not a soapbox.

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