Timeline for Should there be a general policy for putting comments on "not-suitable-for-MO" questions?
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| Aug 28, 2013 at 18:30 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | I sometimes wonder, why it is possible to vote on questions that are not appropriate for MO; isn't a vote also a kind of comment? | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 5:51 | comment | added | user9072 | @GerryMyerson thank you for the clarification. This a fair point. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 5:43 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | @quid, had Andy presented it as a guess, I'd have had no problem with his post. He presented it as an established fact, and mathematicians don't do that if they don't have a proof. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 2:13 | comment | added | user9072 | @GerryMyerson in numerous discussions about on-topicnes precedence where brought up and sometimes people said they were sure this is alright as the found a similar question on the site via a search. Granted, this is mainly for soft-questions not what is mainly discussed here, but then how would you show or know what precsiely encouraged a passing-by asker to ask there question here. Sure, it is a bit of a guess, and I might agree some people worry too much about it, but your precise requests still strikes me as slightly unfair as even if it happens frequently might be impossible to show. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 0:29 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Documentation? Can you cite an example of someone who was encouraged to post an inappropriate question (I mean, a question the poster knew to be inappropriate) to MO by seeing answers or hints posted as comments to previous inappropriate questions? | |
| Aug 20, 2013 at 18:38 | history | answered | Andy Putman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |