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In a question, the only punctuation should be the question mark...

^Not true. A question can consist of a statement justifying the position and context of the question. This statement requires, at the very least, a comma. When asking questions on quotations (such as 'Who said...') the quotation requires quotation marks. The lack of punctuation is detrimental to the idea of the site - allowing people to ask questions, and be answered.

I, not knowing this rule existed until now, have berated people for lack of puntuation for which I apologise.

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