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Should we continue to use "The Stack Exchange Network" on the Chat FAQ text?

I saw today that the site still refers to itself as "The Stack Exchange Network" in some places but I'm not sure if that's correct, current terminology. Here is an example from the Chat FAQ ...
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Add "> text" quote markup to chat FAQ

It's possible to quote a block of text in chat by preceding it with a greater-than sign and a space: > I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts This produces a nice vertical dotted line in the message. ...
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Chat FAQ section-specific links don't expand, essentially hiding information [duplicate]

Just now I was searching for official information on the criteria for chatrooms to be frozen or deleted, in order to help a user who was asking about it. The auto-message notifying that a room has ...
Rand al'Thor's user avatar
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Clarify standards for rooms worth retaining in the chat FAQ

The chat FAQ says here that: Rooms will exist indefinitely, so long as there is at least one person actively talking in the room. A room is considered worth retaining if it has more than 15 messages ...
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making the chat help for inline references more clear

The chat help includes the line "Some links will be automatically inlined if posted on a single line by themselves, such as": I interpreted this "oneboxing" as only having to do Shift+Enterpaste-in-...
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Chat FAQ is misleading regarding markdown in multi-line messages

This question follows the discussion in comments here. We know that Markdown in chat fails for multi-line messages. Debatable, but OK. However, the Chat FAQ for formatting shows us what appears to ...
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Why does the chat FAQ say we have to be nice to people who don't deserve it?

From the chat FAQ: Yes. We expect community members to treat each other with respect … even when they don't deserve it. (Emphasis mine.) Can anyone explain this rule?
Florian Margaine's user avatar