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Document that non-data variables are not allowed in top level size declarations - consequences for `generated quantities` block

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#### Summary: The Stan Reference Manual doesn't mention that the Stan compiler doesn't allow this: ``` generated quantities { int N = 10; array[N] int foo; } ``` The compiler...

mitzimorris

#### Summary: We should talk about how to replace a normal over a data set with sufficient statistics. #### Description: These models induce the same posteriors over `mu` and `sigma`....

bob-carpenter

replace "sampling statement" with "target augmentation statement"

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#### Summary: The `~` notation continues to trip up users. #### Description: See summary. #### Current Version: v2.20something

bob-carpenter

needs updating: Efficiency-tuning/standardizing-predictors-and-outputs

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#### Summary: The section of the Users guide: Efficiency-tuning/standardizing-predictors-and-outputs needs to be updated, it is wrong right now. #### Description: The section describes standardizing predictors (this is OK), and an...

rtrangucci

Functions Reference - Array reductions contain vector-only signatures

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Not sure if this is intended or worth changing, but the following manual sections for Array operations include signatures with no array types: - [Norms](https://mc-stan.org/docs/functions-reference/array_operations.html#norms): Contains both `array` and `vector`/`row_vector`...

andrjohns

Functions Refernce: return type of `bernoulli_rng` - `R` or `ints`?

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#### Summary: The `bernoulli_rng` function - https://mc-stan.org/docs/functions-reference/binary_distributions.html#bernoulli-distribution has return type `R`: ``` R bernoulli_rng(reals theta) ``` Shouldn't this be `ints`? #### Description: Description: https://mc-stan.org/docs/functions-reference/conventions_for_probability_functions.html#return-type > Discrete distributions return ints and...

mitzimorris

Add more in-depth description of Pathfinder to the reference-manual

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The current page is at https://mc-stan.org/docs/reference-manual/pathfinder.html, source: https://github.com/stan-dev/docs/blob/master/src/reference-manual/pathfinder.qmd There is not currently a good description of the algorithmic tuning parameters or stages of the algorithm, especially compared to e.g. HMC...

WardBrian

[User Guide] Stan Translation efforts

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This is an issue tracker for the translation efforts: - Chinese (@yixuan and @yizhang-yiz) - Spanish (@aloctavodia) - Portuguese (@storopoli) Cc @mitzimorris

storopoli

#### Summary: The equation for the wiener pdf [here](https://mc-stan.org/docs/functions-reference/positive_lower-bounded_distributions.html#probability-density-function-2) is incorrect #### Description: The pdf for the wiener is described in the docs as  Citing Navarro & Fuss (2009)....

venpopov

Problem searching the functions reference

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#### Summary: When using the built-in search function from within functions reference, I only see search results from the User's guide, but not results from functions reference. #### Description: 1)...

martinmodrak