Questions tagged [closed-questions]
For questions related to closed questions (and on-hold question) and also process of closing in general.
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Has the switch to SE 2.0 increased the rate of low-level / inappropriate questions?
I would be curious to know whether, now that links to MO appear in the footer of every SE 2.0 site, and in the "hot questions" list of the Stack Exchange button, the rate of inappropriate questions ...
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My question was closed on MO because it is not research level. Where should I ask instead?
If a question is closed (put on hold) on MathOverflow as off-topic for not being research level-question, but it is still a question about mathematics. What might be a suitable place for such question?...
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Questions which are research level but where the OP is unlikely to have the background to follow the research
There is a type of question which gets closed a lot which I find frustrating. An example is How to compute the volume of a region transformed by a matrix? , which I recently took the liberty of ...
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Should "The probability for a streak when tossing a coin" be reopened?
The question "The probability for a streak when tossing a coin" is on hold. [Edit: It has been reopened.] I disagree with closing the question and voted to reopen.
This problem may sound like it is ...
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Allow questions to be closed as duplicates of questions on math.stackexchange.com
We frequently have questions that are crossposted, e.g. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/137414/systems-of-parameters-for-algebra-a#question.
The only options for now are to close as off-topic, ...
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Why can't we close questions that have a bounty?
I just cast the 5th vote to close the question
Was Cauchy so obstinate?, but the system said that it's impossible to close a question with an open bounty.
It seems to me that this question is ...
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Flagging old questions for closure
Someone has recently been flagging lots of very old questions for closure as "primarily opinion-based" or "off topic". In my opinion, there is no good reason to close very old questions, especially ...
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Should we reopen "The resolution of which conjecture/problem would-advance mathematics the most?"
The question is whether we should reopen it (link here).
My point of view is that we should because
a) It is asked by an intelligent and highly respected user.
b) It hasn't generated a single ...
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How do I recognize an AI-generated question?
Apart from "being nonsense", how do I recognize an AI-generated question? Are there telltale signs? Could you post some examples, maybe as links to deleted questions?
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Primarily opinion-based questions/answers
One closing option is primarily opinion-based: Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on ...
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Loophole to avoid closure: deletion + bounty?
Recently a question was asked in a manner which seems somewhat inappropriate to me (independent of the value of the question). Specifically, it seems that:
The OP asked the question and then ...
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What should you do if you find old duplicates?
Sometimes I discover that "old" MO questions are duplicates of even older MO questions.
Two examples:
Embarrassingly, I found out that my own question: Formula for number of permutations ...
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Probability question migrated to stats.stackexchange
What has happened to the following question?: https://mathoverflow.net/posts/202242/revisions
Firstly, it looks like a reasonable question to me (although the notation could be improved). Why was it ...
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Questions on Mathematical Writing
Where should I ask about how to approach Mathematical paper writing? For example, the question [How to write an abstract for a math paper? ] was put on hold? Which stack exchange site should I have ...
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Flagging Low Quality Questions
For questions of extremely low quality that are sure to get closed anyway, do the moderators still want flags? Or is that just cluttering up their mailboxes to no purpose?
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List of close reasons has changed?
I just wanted to vote to close a question, and it looks like the list of options has changed
The options are now:
Duplicate of...
Off-topic because...
Needs details or clarify
Needs more focus
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What to do with useful answers to questions closed as duplicates (or by some other reasons)?
Before the question Intuitive explanation of concentration of the measure for spheres has been marked as duplicate (correctly I believe), it has got an answer which might provide additional useful ...
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Dialog for closure misleading when question has been closed and re-opened
I noticed, when clicking "close" on this question: Breakthroughs in mathematics in 2023, that when a question has been closed and re-opened, and you voted to close it previously, the dialog ...
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Repeated re-open/close votes (Tate conjecture)
The question Tate conjecture (Proved?) was asked yesterday, and quite quickly closed; it was then re-opened, and then closed (by, I think, a different set of 5). Questions about proofs of correctness ...
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Apparent session of mass-close-voting: how to confirm or refute?
I have a feeling this question may be a duplicate of an existing one, in which case I am happy for this one to be closed.
It seems we've had a bit of a drive-by of close-voting, but in the review ...
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I have a question which is a near fit for MathOverflow. What are some other resources I might consult?
What are some other resources which might be useful for somebody considering asking a MathOverflow question, especially if their question is not quite a perfect fit here?
In asking this, I have ...
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Automatic comments by Community
There seem to be automatically generated comments by "Community".
As an example, this question by a new user has
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to ...
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Blocked migration to MathSE
The following MO question Why is $O(n;k)$ not connected, and has four connected components? (revisions/timeline)
had the following history
had a detailed answer
(a) has been closed as off-topic (by ...
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Why was "Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts" closed (two years ago)?
Most likely veterans became bored with Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts but for newcomers it is such a delight!
My actual question is: what happens with closed questions? Do they become ...
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Why this question is not welcomed but others are welcomed in MO?
May I wonder why this question is not welcomed:
accidental-unplanned-breakthroughs-in-mathematics
see the votes-down. And unfriendly responses.
but many others are even more broad or more opinion-...
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Why was my question closed?
I had a question that was on hold with a -1 vote. The vote increased to 0, presumably due to my edit. However, I see that it has been closed. I'm unclear as to why. The question is here:
Torsion and ...
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Why was my question closed while it looks like similar questions are still open?
Recently, my question regarding a good introductory book on mathematical risk theory was closed because it was deemed off-topic and not research-level mathematics.
However, I think that multiple ...
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Questions seemingly/apparently/ostensibly too elementary for overlfow
Well I don't really get notifications of flag responses sooo...
Nov 6 at 14:01 helpful - I suggest you take this up in meta; there is not enough space to answer here. But there are a number of ...
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Reopening a question
Is it a good idea to reopen this question? I really can not get a complete answer from some comments on (the final version) of the question.
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What I can do if my questions limit had been reached in MO from long time?
Really, I'm interested in posting new questions in MathOverflow such that I have some unanswered questions in S.E which I want to post them in MO, but my questions limit had been reached for some ...
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Accepting an answer to a closed question
To my surprise I discovered that I can accept an answer to my question that has been closed.
I am not sure whether it is "good" or "bad", my question is whether it is an intended feature and if yes, ...
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Why has my question on Aristotelian Spaces been closed for being 'insufficiently focused'?
My question on Aristotelian spaces begins with a motivating preamble and ends with a specific and focused request as to a property which I say would help characterise these spaces.
I've bolded this ...
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Why is my question is closed and do I get views?
I have a question about my MathOverflow post: the minimum amount of x, x(x(125x + 300) + 240) + 64 is zero, what is 5 times of x?
Why is my question is closed and do I get views?
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Need details or clarity
I need some help to understand what is unclear with my question A reform of logic to secure naive set theory? and also what details are missing, from other persons perspective.
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A questions about "on hold" status of a question and about "closed" status
I have a question that´s been put "on hold". And I have some questions.
Who can see that this question is "on hold"? Can that see all users of the site or even some people who ...
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Should a closed question award "famous" badge?
I'm looking at this question, which got closed as a non-question, and yet did award its author in the "famous question" badge.
Technically it passes the 10k views, but I think this is either a plain ...
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close/reopen wars on Mathoverflow
Sometimes one sees a situation like with this question:
Cargo Cult Science in mathematics?
which goes on hold and back again a number of times.
Should there be a limit to the number of such rounds?
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Restriction on editing closed questions
Guidelines to prove that $2^{\sqrt{2}}$ is a transcendental number? question bumped into https://mathoverflow.net/ after making an edit.
I am not sure if that adds anything to the question.
Should ...
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Should we delete or reopen these old posts?
The purpose of this question is to link to various old (say $\succeq 1$ year old) closed posts, mostly by no longer active users, most of which are reasonable candidates for deletion, and a few for ...
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The reason for putting on hold a question
Why was this question put on hold? It seems to be fairly specific and it is about mathematics. You could argue that it is slightly meta-mathematical; would it then be appropriate on meta MO?
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Close votes of different types
Sometimes when a question is closed, different people have a different reason for closing it. You can see this while voting: there is a count in the margin saying how many votes of a given type have ...
