Timeline for How to treat `polymath' questions?
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| Jul 12, 2013 at 3:16 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | @quid: All sounds great, and as I said, I have no complaints about the current mores. | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 23:18 | comment | added | user9072 | To add to this it is true there are SE sites for challenges and puzzles, in programming, for example codegolf.stackexchange.com But of course this is a site separate from say Stack Overflow or Programmers and so on. | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 23:07 | comment | added | user9072 | Even if it were clear, it has nothing to do with research to refind things others did before when being prompted to do so. If enough people want a site specifically for math challenges and puzzles, it is easy enough to set one up on SE. (But I think such places exist already on the internet AoPS for example, AFAIK) | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 23:04 | comment | added | user9072 | If somebody seeks input for a res.problem and is very clear about what they know and intend, I might very hesitantly consider allowing this. (For actual collabortaion the site is unsuitable for one thing as this was way to noisy; this was one of the last disc. on the old meta, conclusion no. I see not reason to already revisit this.) The orig. question is absolute no-go for me; it was not clear it is a question where the OP knew a lot more about it then said. This is a considerable problem as it potentially wastes other peoples time. I answer here to help people, not for challenges. | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 22:51 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | @quid: I didn't mean anything completely precise, but a question of the type linked --- an open problem, but one that seems like it could be quickly solved if you pose it as a problem-solving challenge. You know, if IMO or Putnam started putting open problems on the test... | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 22:39 | comment | added | user9072 | What is an "open challenge question"? | |
| Jul 11, 2013 at 21:27 | history | answered | Theo Johnson-Freyd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |