Timeline for Can we please reopen the colorful language in mathematics question?
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| Dec 10, 2018 at 7:30 | comment | added | none | Meh, that thread was fun for a while but eventually degenerated into a fancier version of abelian grape jokes. | |
| Dec 9, 2018 at 15:58 | comment | added | Dominic van der Zypen | Thanks for your effort @HarryGindi! | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 15:46 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | @jeq My effort seems to have been successful. We'll see how long it sticks. | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 15:34 | comment | added | jeq |
The edit history now shows Post Reopened by Harry Gindi, [...] -- occurred 5 hours ago
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| Dec 6, 2018 at 10:06 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Since it was mentioned in several comments, I will add link to discussion about this specific close reason: Why isn't “no longer relevant” an option for closing? (It is missing (close-reasons) so that would be a reasonable way to bring this discussion to the front page again. But my guess that this is going to be changed.) | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 9:58 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | @YemonChoi: Yes, as far as I recall, before the move to SE 2.0, there was. -- And that close reason would appear more natural to me -- ideally accompanied with a notice that similar questions would nowadays likely not be welcomed in that way any more. | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 8:21 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | @YemonChoi For what it's worth, it has been an invaluable source for material when I give a talk. Funny mathematical quotes distract from my terrible handwriting and boardside manner >< | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 4:21 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | @François Yes, but if the alternative is to delete it, it seems to be a reasonable compromise. | |
| Dec 6, 2018 at 2:52 | comment | added | François G. Dorais Mod | @AndrésE.Caicedo That would even further restrict this question and its answers by preventing edits of any kind. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 22:49 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | I think moderators can lock questions as being of "historical significance" for the site. That option seems appropriate here. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 22:36 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | @StefanKohl Didn't we use to have an option of "no longer relevant"? | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 22:36 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | I don't recall how I felt at the time about closing the question. (I certainly wasn't a fan of the Bloch example, not so much because I felt it was a mortal sin but because it had the potential to offend and so why post it?) However, I do now feel that these kinds of "shooting the breeze" questions belong to a bygone age of MO, which was a different creature or environment 7 years ago than it is now. So I do not think it is worthwhile to re-open it | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 21:56 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | While I do not have a strong opinion on that question in this or that way, an "off-topic" closure after 113 answers looks weird. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 21:15 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | Certainly it should not be deleted. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 19:43 | comment | added | jeq | Perhaps a post at Requests for reopen and undelete votes for on-hold, closed, and deleted questions would be helpful? | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 18:23 | history | edited | Harry Gindi |
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| Dec 5, 2018 at 18:13 | history | asked | Harry Gindi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |