Timeline for "what is" type questions
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| Dec 19, 2016 at 13:35 | history | edited | Todd TrimbleMod |
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| Dec 17, 2016 at 10:17 | answer | added | S. CarnahanMod | timeline score: 10 | |
| Dec 17, 2016 at 6:30 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Although the standards of this site (and of other sites in SE network) change over time, it might be reasonable to check similar questions from the past. Also, if I see the title:"What is A?", it is possible to interpret it as: 1) I know the definition of A, but could you help me get some insight into what this actually means. 2) The notion A is used in this paper without a definition. Can someone with knowledge of that field give the definition and some references? You are talking about the possibility 2), right? | |
| Dec 17, 2016 at 6:25 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | I think that (allowed-questions) would be a suitable tag here. (Not enough rep to edit on meta, so posting a comment instead.) | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 18:34 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | Terminology is either standard or it is defined before it is used. -- In the former case you can just google for the definition, and in the latter case you need to look up the definition in the book or paper where it is used. I think in none of these cases asking for a definition is on-topic on MO. | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 18:11 | history | asked | john mangual | CC BY-SA 3.0 |