Timeline for Would this question be appropriate for (main) MO?
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| Dec 16, 2017 at 0:50 | comment | added | David Halitsky | @GerhardPaseman - I would like to ask if you consider this question of "general interest": math.stackexchange.com/questions/2568623/…. I ask this question because if you agree that this question is of general interest, it is difficult for me to see how you can at the same time claim that the question here is NOT of general interest. If you don't have time to respond, please don't feel obliged. Just wanted to bring this to your attention. | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 22:37 | comment | added | David Halitsky | @GerryMyerson - thanks as always for the clarification, Gerry. But please note that I did take Todd's advice and "tweak" the title of the question . . . so perhaps the issue won't even arise . . . | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 22:30 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | "I will leave it to the discretion of the moderators as to whether this is or isn't a legit queston...." It's not up to the discretion of the moderators. Any user who has enough points, moderator or not, can choose to vote to close this question. Further, if there are enough votes to close, then users can vote to delete. | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 16:40 | answer | added | Gerhard Paseman | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 14:40 | history | edited | David Halitsky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2017 at 14:38 | comment | added | David Halitsky | @ToddTrimble - thanks for the suggestion ! Will do !!! | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 14:33 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | Some form of the question that you've asked here might work at MathOverflow; as I see it, it's more of a mathematical question than a site policy question. But I anticipate many would see it as borderline appropriate there, so it would probably have to be done carefully. I think if you tweaked the question above to: "would the following inquiry be appropriate for MO?", then it would be fully appropriate for MO meta, and you might get some good ideas on how to turn your poll into a good MO question. | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 14:21 | comment | added | David Halitsky | @ToddTrimble - thanks for taking the time to give me some guidance on this, Todd - really appreciate it. I will leave it to the discretion of the moderators as to whether this is or isn't a legit queston "about the MathOverflow community". If not, perhaps the wording of the baseline instruction description should be changed ???? | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 14:11 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | I see that you've been registered as a user for only a couple of days, so you may not be fully aware how things work around here. MO meta is to be used for questions regarding actions and policies of MathOverflow as a StackExchange site. It is for example legitimate to inquire why a question was closed, i.e., what general MO guidelines led to a decision to close. (We actually have a dedicated thread for reopening inquiries.) But taking an opinion poll on whether a certain form of research investigation would be mathematically worthwhile seems to me to be off-topic for this site. | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 13:06 | history | edited | David Halitsky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2017 at 12:27 | history | asked | David Halitsky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |