Timeline for Local vs. Global MO in relation to "Polymath" efforts
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| Jul 7, 2022 at 12:12 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | In case somebody is curious about the discussion linked in the above comment, while tea is down, it can still be found in the Wayback Machine. | |
| Jul 7, 2022 at 12:06 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
http -> https (the question was bumped anyway)
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:58 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://mathoverflow.net/ with https://mathoverflow.net/
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| Nov 26, 2013 at 22:16 | comment | added | vzn | disagree that polymath prjs cannot fit into stackexchange model somehow, think there is very strong potential to use stackexchange software as a polymath type tool. but as a separate site, not inside math overflow | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 21:04 | comment | added | François G. Dorais Mod | @Ryan: We did but then we realized we had no good place to put the announcement... Vicious circle? Nah, we could try harder... but none of us is any good at... Dang! | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 20:59 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | @Francois: you give the impression of being sad about nobody coming forward with interest in a position that has seemingly never been publicly communicated. That seems kind of odd. Why not tell people about it? | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 19:11 | comment | added | Sebastien Palcoux | If the questions about collaborative works on open-problems are almost non-accepted on MO, and if there is no polymath-type site of quality commensurate with MO, then this issue has its purpose for creating all together here a site (or many sites) complementary to MO, for massive collaborative works on famous open-problems, of quality commensurate with MO. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 17:04 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | @quid: A valid point! (But I'm an MO groupie...) :) | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:59 | comment | added | user9072 | @JonBannon this is impossible (or will be empty) as of course no other resource is of quality comensurate with MO ;-) But leaving this aside this is/was done to some extent, for example for open problems. See the relevant section of what question can I ask here in the help-center and my proposed rewrite meta.mathoverflow.net/a/540/9072 | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 15:08 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | @quid: I should have been more specific with my comment. The FAQ should point to specific resources of quality commensurate with MO, complete with links to as many of these as possible, for other valid yet MO-unsuitable content. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 12:50 | comment | added | user9072 | @JonBannon the FAQs since a long time contained (and contains) suggestions for other places than MO for certain content inappropriate here. Unfortunately, all too often they are ignored. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 0:05 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | In fact, if it is already clear how MO fits into the grand scheme of online mathematical collaboration, something in the FAQ might help stave off inappropriate questions for the forum and redirect such content to a better place. Is this already known? | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 0:00 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | Actually, it may be a good idea for someone to start a thread on meta to try to provide an initial sharpening of the community's vision for the broader role of MO. A discussion of some possible directions for branching out might provide focus that might draw someone into taking on the unfilled position. Just a thought. | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:40 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | Interesting. I hope the candidate has a sharp idea of how to interface MO in the way you describe above. A vision of a healthy online organism for collaborative mathematics with MO as one of its organs is a very promising vision to sharpen. Perhaps some ideas for how this might look could appear as comments to this question. If something manageable crystallizes, someone is bound to take it on. | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:35 | comment | added | François G. Dorais Mod | @Jon: There is no official description, we're hoping the candidate will come with their vision for the position. (Unfortunately, this is an unpaid position though there are options for funding some projects.) | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:26 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | Regarding the other note: is there a link to the description of the position? | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:25 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | Thank you François! I wasn't aware of the platforms you mentioned. These are very interesting ideas. | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 18:28 | history | answered | François G. DoraisMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |