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General information
Posting Challenges
- How does the Sandbox work? How do I use it?
- Things to avoid when writing challenges
- What are the winning criteria I can use for my challenge?
Posting Solutions
- Loopholes that are forbidden by default
- Correct flag usage on invalid submissions
- Default for Code Golf: Input/Output methods
Interacting with the site
Is your question not part of the FAQ?
First look at questions tagged faq-proposed to see if there is a question not in this index that might have the answer you seek. If you still can't find an answer, then see the following instructions for proposing an FAQ question.
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[Return to FAQ index](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1280)Tag as faq-proposed and support. When a post seems to hit a mature state, it will have faq added by a moderator.
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