Timeline for Tags that encourage off-topic questions
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:58 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 27, 2013 at 14:11 | comment | added | user9072 | I never remove another fitting top-level tag to tag it gm, but if I do not find a fitting top-level tag chances are the question is not really a research-level question. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 13:31 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | @quid: By the way, I remember having heard that some people translate the "GM" in math.GM on arXiv as [G]arbage [M]achine, reflecting that at times arXiv moves low-quality papers from the more specific sections there. I wonder whether it is generally perceived in this way, and whether people might read the "GM" here on MO in a similar way. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 12:36 | comment | added | user9072 | @FrançoisG.Dorais perhaps I am sometimes a bit too worried. Still, I am not sure general interest is that much more intuitive. Also I disagree that topics not covered elsewhere doesn't make sense here. It makes almost as much sense as on the arXiv; in principle, this top-level tag were to be used when none of the other top-levle tags fits, just as on the arXiv. Sure, very few do this (I do sometimes). | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 10:10 | comment | added | François G. Dorais Mod | @quid: Our arxiv tags already don't match the names exactly because of character limits. There weren't many issues when we changed ca.classical-analysis to ca.analysis-and-odes. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 9:57 | comment | added | user9072 | @FrançoisG.Dorais I think we should think twice before changing names away from arXiv names.// Also I think this one shoudl definitely be kept, except we change the top-level structure completely. | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:07 | comment | added | François G. Dorais Mod | Would it be more aptly renamed gm.general-interest? (Topics not covered elsewhere doesn't make sense here.) | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:04 | comment | added | François G. Dorais Mod | arxiv.org/archive/math : Mathematical material of general interest, topics not covered elsewhere | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:01 | comment | added | Ricardo Andrade | Dear @Stefan: I too have little idea what the tag 'gm.general-mathematics' stands for. It feels a bit like a dumping ground for random questions. On the other hand, perhaps that just means we should collectively agree on a meaning... | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 20:00 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | Presently, gm.general-mathematics has no tag wiki, and at least to me it is not clear how to understand "general mathematics" -- maybe in the arXiv sense? | |
| S Aug 26, 2013 at 20:00 | history | answered | Stefan KohlMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S Aug 26, 2013 at 20:00 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Stefan KohlMod |