Timeline for Explicitly pointing out math.stackexchange when (new?) users ask a question
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| Dec 13, 2014 at 7:48 | comment | added | Incnis Mrsi | “migration to math.stackexchange… which were fairly clearly not about mathematics research” – an intriguing approach, especially in absence of any examples. | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 7:26 | answer | added | MvG | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 25, 2013 at 17:42 | history | edited | Ricardo Andrade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 25, 2013 at 2:55 | history | edited | Ricardo Andrade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 19:32 | history | edited | Ricardo Andrade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 19:19 | comment | added | Ricardo Andrade | @Michael: Thank you for pointing out that my statement was not well formulated. I just meant it as a vague guideline or idea. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 15:26 | comment | added | user9072 | @MichaelGreinecker: Perhaps one could place the 'not' somewhere else and stress that in any case the question should be a math question, like "If your question is about mathematics, but not research level, it may still be appropriate at math.SE" | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 15:18 | comment | added | Michael Greinecker | "If your question is not about research level mathematics, you should ask it at math.stackexchange." says literally that everything that isn't reasearch mathematics should be posted on MSE. I would prefer a formuation like ""If your question is not about research level mathematics, it may still be appropriate at math.stackexchange." | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 11:16 | answer | added | user9072 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 1:17 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | True (and we've struggled in the past with how to say such things). "Is at a level which would make it" could be replaced by "would be", and "whether it would be more appropriate for" by "asking at". Other than that, I don't have any bright ideas at present. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 1:00 | comment | added | Ricardo Andrade | @Todd: Those are good suggestions. On the other hand, the longer and more intricate the message, the less likely it is to be read... | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 0:57 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | In view of Steven's squeamishness (probably shared by others), how about something like: if you are unsure whether your question is at a level which would make it of interest to professional mathematicians, then you should probably not ask it here. Consider whether it would be more appropriate for a different site (such as MSE). | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 0:51 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | Modulo the usual sorts of caveats and qualifications that underlie the phrase "research level mathematics", and also the fact that history questions, teaching questions, etc. are also often admissible. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 0:18 | comment | added | Steven Landsburg | I for one am quite squeamish about pointing people toward MathStackExchange, given that I'm not active there and don't feel like I have a good sense of their community standards. | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 22:15 | history | edited | Asaf KaragilaMod |
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| Jul 21, 2013 at 20:37 | history | edited | Ricardo Andrade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2013 at 20:15 | history | asked | Ricardo Andrade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |