Timeline for How to make welcoming comments on "homework-like" posts that will be closed?
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| Jan 4, 2022 at 19:34 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Just in case somebody wants to have a look, I'll add a link to a related conversation in chat. | |
| Jan 4, 2022 at 11:49 | history | edited | Federico Poloni | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 4, 2022 at 10:06 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | @MartinSleziak And I think you are mistaken, there is additional private feedback text visible only to the post author; for instance, this is displayed on an old closed question of mine: i.sstatic.net/S4qTq.png . | |
| Jan 4, 2022 at 9:58 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | @MartinSleziak Thanks! I did not link to that thread because, from what I understand, the first-asker information window has changed much since that question was asked, and has incorporated many of the suggestions given there. | |
| Jan 4, 2022 at 8:59 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Since you have also mentioned the information shown before posting the first question, I will add a link to Tim Campion's posts about the wording of this text: What should the modal window for first-time askers say? | |
| Jan 4, 2022 at 8:53 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | ...or "MathOverflow is for mathematicians to ask each other questions about their research. See Math.StackExchange to ask general questions in mathematics." | |
| Jan 4, 2022 at 8:53 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | To see how the close reason looks like, it suffices to check a few recent closed questions. AFAIK the message displayed to the OP is the same as the users with sufficient reputation can see. (After all, it says: "Viewable by the post author and users with the close/reopen votes privilege".) For low level questions, the users typically use one of these two close reasons: "This question does not appear to be about research level mathematics within the scope defined in the help center." or ... | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 23:40 | comment | added | LSpice | "Silently" is, I guess, an overstatement, but I meant what seems to be the content of your answer: if users have already clicked through one automated message without reading it in order to ask the question, it seems to me that they are very unlikely to read any automated follow-up message. Of course, perhaps they will not read any human follow-up, either, but at least it seems more possible. As to who is to blame … well, I can blame passersby, which will accomplish nothing, or I can try to do better, which might accomplish something, and anyway shouldn't hurt. | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 23:24 | history | answered | Federico Poloni | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
