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Discussion, Q&A, everything you want to say, formatted nicely!

All discussion for the course will be held in the issues of this repository. Please post all content related questions here, and use email only for personal matters. Note that this is a public repository.

To start a new thread, create a new issue. Tag your peers using their handle — @LucyMcGowan, for example—to get their attention.

Once a question is answered, the issue will be closed, so lots of good answers might end up in closed issues. Don't forget to look there when looking for answers.

You can also use the "Search" feature on this repository to find things.

Guidelines for posting questions:

• First search existing issues (open or closed) for answers. If the question has already been answered, you're done! If there is an open issue, feel free to contribute to it. Or feel free to open a closed issue if you believe the answer is not satisfactory.
• Give your issue an informative title.
  • Good: "Error: could not find function "ggplot"
  • Bad: "R giving errors", "help me!", "aaaarrrrrgh!" Note that you can edit an issue’s title after it's been posted.
• Format your questions nicely using markdown and code formatting.
• Preview your issue prior to posting.
• Where appropriate, provide links to specific files, or even lines within them, in the body of your issue. This will help your helper understand your question. Note that only the teaching team will have access to private repos.
• (Optional) Tag someone or some group of people. Start by typing the @ symbol and GitHub will generate some good suggestions. You can also type or paste in the GitHub username yourself. Examples: to tag Dr. D'Agostino McGowan, use @LucyMcGowan; to tag the entire teaching team tag @sta-363-s20/owners, to tag a class/team mate use their GitHub username.
• Hit "Submit new issue" when you're ready to post.