Timeline for What should the modal window for first-time askers say?
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| S Apr 27, 2021 at 1:20 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Apr 27, 2021 at 1:20 | comment | added | Tim Campion Mod | After Dmitri Pavlov's comment which spawned this other proposed change most of the comments here were about that other change. Those comments have been moved to chat. | |
| Apr 26, 2021 at 14:20 | comment | added | Tim Campion Mod | Just a comment that despite advancing this suggestion and despite its apparent popularity, on reflection I do not personally support it. Cross-posting is not the most important concern for first-time askers -- somebody cross-posting usually has experience on math.SE at least and some idea that MO is different. Because the modal window is so easy to dismiss, we really need a laser-like focus on what's important in this window -- a single clear message which really jumps off the screen. I think the cross-posting point is a distraction. | |
| Apr 24, 2021 at 17:36 | history | edited | Tim CampionMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 24, 2021 at 17:18 | comment | added | Dmitri Pavlov | As already discussed in another post, “graduate-level” is specific to North America. European-undergraduate-level questions are perfectly legitimate on MathOverflow. I suggest replacing “mathematics at graduate or higher level” with “current research in mathematics”, or “current research in mathematics, as found on arXiv.org” | |
| Apr 23, 2021 at 23:20 | comment | added | Tim Campion Mod | @WillSawin Thanks for the suggestion. I have created just such a meta question, copied over Joonas' answer with some commentary, and updated the link on this draft to point there. Of course, that meta question is open for discussion as well. | |
| Apr 23, 2021 at 23:18 | history | edited | Tim CampionMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 23, 2021 at 21:39 | comment | added | Will Sawin | If included, it seems worth creating a new meta question & answer which contains the same information but which is not specific to Math.SE. (But it could say "For example, if you post a question on Math Stack Exchange and want to post it again on Mathoverflow,.."). I don't think it's a big problem but making a new meta post and linking to it seems pretty easy to do. | |
| Apr 23, 2021 at 18:20 | comment | added | Tim Campion Mod | I would welcome any discussion about the wording of the cross-posting language, and the choice of meta link, chosen in this answer. In particular, it may be problematic that the meta question linked to is specifically about Math.SE cross-posts, whereas the language in the question refers to other sites in general. | |
| Apr 23, 2021 at 18:19 | history | answered | Tim CampionMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |