Timeline for Are research questions in MSC 97 (Mathematics education) allowed on MO?
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| Jun 29, 2013 at 19:20 | comment | added | user9072 | @BenjaminDickman in practise it does not helpo much to downvote these answers. The "noise" is still around via permanent bumps. In addition to often causing annoyance on my part for various reasons, mainly abstract ones. Not math-ed specificallty but most thing of the type where people have half-baked opinions. The better solution in my opinion is to enforce rather higher standards for these types of questions than for others (not the oppsite, since it is vague anyway) for questions of this type. | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 18:36 | comment | added | Benjamin Dickman | You have missed the intended point of my hypothetical: Namely, that "number of relevant researchers in the MO user-base" is not, on its own, a good decider for question admissibility. Separately, in response to your later comment, if the issue is that people are posting "strong but half-baked opinions," then those responses should be down-voted. | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 17:57 | comment | added | Noah Snyder | Most people don't have strong but half-baked opinions on p-adic dynamics. | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 17:52 | comment | added | Benjamin Dickman | I think the user-base argument is not so strong: Suppose it included very few researchers in $p$-adic dynamics; would you suggest questions in this area not be asked? If the questions result in speculation/argument, then they should be closed down. I do agree that Mathematics Education questions are important; thus, I would be happy to see them raised here (if phrased properly). I think it quite reasonable to try to use MO as a vehicle for exploring questions about Mathematics Education, and that these concerns are relevant to many of the users (even those who do not research them directly). | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 14:50 | comment | added | user9072 | I upvoted this while superficially it seems to rather contradict my own answer. But, also to me the main divide is: is this a question for experts, or at least people well-informed in the subject, or rather likely to generate some general exchange of vague opinion, personal experience and recollection and so on. | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 13:40 | history | answered | Noah Snyder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |