6.12.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

6.12.2.1 Showcase of beautiful typography done in TeX & friends
6.12.2.2 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar
6.12.2.3 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned
6.12.2.4 Commenting out large sections
6.12.2.5 Omitting the date when using \maketitle
6.12.2.6 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations
6.12.2.7 Forcing linebreaks in \url
6.12.2.1 Showcase of beautiful typography done in TeX & friends

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1319

If you were asked to show examples of beautifully typeset documents in TeX & friends, what would you suggest? Preferably documents available online (I'm aware I could go to a bookstore and find  ... 
[typography] [big-list] [examples]
 
asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=564 837 votes
answered by a^\204\235aphink https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=951 547 votes
6.12.2.2 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=108193

Is it possible to get a \neq but with a vertical bar instead of a slanted one? There are inequality operators like AMS's \gvertneqq that feature this kind of "not equal" but not without mixing it with  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [relation-symbols]
 
asked by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13450 38 votes
answered by Heiko Oberdiek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16967 31 votes
6.12.2.3 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2275

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 
asked by artimess https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=833 335 votes
answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 342 votes
6.12.2.4 Commenting out large sections

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17816

So to "comment out" a line, I need to insert a % at the beginning of the line (so that line will not be compiled). 
Is there way to comment out a large section without having to manually putting a %  ... 
[comments]
 
asked by user5419 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5419 326 votes
answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 260 votes
6.12.2.5 Omitting the date when using \maketitle

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2760

I'm using the \author and \title commands to produce a title with \maketitle. I also know that there is a \date command to specify the date of my work. However, if I omit \date, \maketitle will  ... 
[titles] [datetime]
 
asked by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 275 votes
answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 258 votes
6.12.2.6 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible  ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 
asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13217 216 votes
answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15128 120 votes
6.12.2.7 Forcing linebreaks in \url

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3033

This question led to a new package: 
xurl 
I wish to typeset some relatively long URLs in a piece of text, and when I use \url{..}, the resulting text does not respect the margin boundaries that  ... 
[line-breaking] [urls]
 
asked by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 242 votes
answered by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 190 votes