Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Recent question considered off-topic?
I recently posted this question, which was flagged as off-topic:
How to approach the stigma of not having a math degree?
I'm not sure why it was flagged. MO asks for questions about research-level ...
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Can I customize TeX/MathJax in Chrome?
Probably this question belongs to some general SE meta but I don't even know where it is or whether I am eligible to post there, and mostly I am using MO anyway, so if there is another more ...
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Is the "Related" column available before posting a question?
When asking questions, I noticed that initially the list of related questions (down on the right) is not populated, and only appears after the question is already posted. Is it really so or I am just ...
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Hard to notice links in comments
This is a conscious duplicate :D
There are at least two more questions about it (The color of links in comments, On the current color scheme, and why it sucks - by the way, when trying to share them ...
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Geographic distribution of people on MathOverflow
Is there a way to answer questions like the following, either by means of the StackExchange
Date Explorer or by other means?:
How many of the regular MathOverflow users (say, e.g., those who ...
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I deleted my post, but now want to view its source
I asked a question, but it was noted in the comments that it was a bit too elementary for this site, and it was suggested that I delete and then post it to Math.SE. I deleted it, and still have the ...
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I don't succeed in hiding paragraphs using >!
I found here in the spoilers paragraph that putting >! would hide the following
things, which was a way for me to alleviate a question's heavy presentation by hiding
paragraphs that could be seen if ...
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The largest number of answers
I would like to know how to find the posts that contain the largest number of answers.
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Automatized features don't work when asking a question
When I try to ask new questions, the "autocomplete features" don't work (in Firefox ESR 31.3.0):
When I start typing a title, I don't get a list of existing titles.
I don't see a preview of my ...
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Favorites tab on user page is populated with StackOverflow users
I noticed that the favorite users tab on the main user page is filled with people from StackOverflow, rather than MathOverflow. It is also the same on the math.SE favorite users tab.
Is this the ...
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I can't find a comment to my answer
I have posted an answer to this question: Most dispersed set of points in a disk?, but do not see any indication that a comment has been left to that answer, if I however use the StackExchange App, ...
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If I've found an error in my answer
If I've found an error in my answer, should I delete the answer or just to post a comment saying about the error?
It seems that reading my answer may be helpful for finding a true answer.
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How to find out what activity activated a favorite?
I have several favorite questions and it is a great feature that every time something happens around them, they are flagged up for me. However, when I turn to them, in most cases I cannot figure out ...
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Testing my flair
The MO user's page has a button flair. I didn't know where and how to test it. Thus I have to decided to do it here, at least temporarily. I have copied the snipped mentioned in the explanation (if it ...
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Malfunctioning "Ask Question" Button?
When I tried to post a new question today, the effect of pressing the "Ask Question" button was, that my most recently submitted question was opened in editing mode.
Is that a bug or is it due to my ...
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Awarding bounty to multiple answers
Can a bounty be awarded to multiple answers?
I have a question that has a number of correct answers, but from slightly different perspectives, so I'd like to give each some of the bounty.
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Same email ID, multiple mathoverflow,net IDs
I had an ID on mathoverflow, stackexchange, which changed without my knowing. I used the anonymous way to answer/question, ie with just my email ID. So now I have two user IDs with the same email ...
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Are searches by tag broken?
I have tried a few variations, and they all take me to the Featured tab. This would be OK
if I wanted featured questions. Unfortunately, I want questions (more than 1) which are tagged
nt or co or ...
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How can I delete my Math Overflow account?
Is there any way that I could delete my Math Overflow account? I cannot find anything about leaving one of StackExchange communities neither in my Stack Exchange profile page, nor in Math Overflow ...
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Log in problem on MO
I am unable to log in, unfortunately. After I click log in on top there appears a bubble on top of the page saying "Welcome back Frode Bjørdal, You are logged in, You are being redirected", and then I ...
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Best way to post graphics to MO
What is the best way to include graphics in a question or an answer on MO?
I searched the help but could not find instructions about how to post graphics. I also looked at a couple of Joseph O'...
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MathJax configuration in MO ==> not displaying bottom left messages [closed]
I noticed that on MO website, MathJax is usually not displaying messages on the bottom left angle of the screen. While there are always those messages on my own website like for the page Math ...
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Reputation not moving up while having 27 upvotes
Do you have a clue why my reputation os not moving up while the last question I asked has 27 upvotes?
Thanks, Jean-Pierre.
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Merging accounts
I have long been away from these forums. If I recall correctly, I used to login from my Google account. Still, my Google account seems to be no more tied to my original MathOverflow account https://...
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Is a perhaps somewhat cervellotic but not HARD question, regarding mathematical logic, suitable for MO?
This is the question:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/917492/can-the-logical-equivalence-of-two-different-statements-to-the-same-proposition
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How do I link to a MO answer?
Sometimes you see in answers or questions a link to an earlier answer to a different question. The url often is a mysterious sequence of digits and letters. How is it obtained? Linking to a question ...
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Can I associate my account to two gmail addresses?
I just changed jobs and so I got a new email account. Both are through Gmail. I prefer to keep them separate rather than trying to merge them. When I log in to MathOverflow I always verify using ...
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I need merger and help with account access
I have the following accounts, I seem to have found out:
At math-overflow
https://mathoverflow.net/users/37385/frode-bj%C3%B8rdal
https://mathoverflow.net/users/30107/frode-bj%C3%B8rdal
(At tex-...
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Accepting One's own Answer
Is there a way to accept one's own answer?
I know, that question is a bit strange, but I can imagine situations, where that could make sense, e.g. to indicate that the author of the questions ...
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Why don't I see the reputation gain?
Today I answered https://mathoverflow.net/a/178155 for the first time a question, and afterwards received an email to complete my registration.
But upon completion I now only see the 101 points from ...
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Sorting users by tags
"Users" lists all users (ordered by weekly/monthly/../total reputation), each followed by a number of tags, related to his/her MO-activity. My question is:
Is it possible to view the list of all ...
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Edits by anonymous users - when are they the "Community" bot?
I ask because I just turned down a minor edit on something that seemed to be done and dusted back in 2010, and the edit came with a comment briefly justifying it. Now I see that the edit has been ...
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Can 10K+ users see deleted questions?
After a short discussion in comment with 10K+ user,
I noticed a fatal flaw in the question,
wrote "Thank you" and not before long
deleted the question.
Not sure the 10K+ user saw my final
comment.
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Can I migrate this question to Mathoverflow?
I asked the question
"Which sets occur as boundaries of other sets in topological spaces?"
on MathStackExchange on June 23, thinking that the answer is probably known, but there are no answers yet. ...
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list of tags in chronological order
Is there a way to see a list all tags in chronological order (date created). I know one can see 'new' created tags, but my question is about all tags.
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Curious, Inquisitive, Socratic badges
I've suddenly earned several Curious, Inquisitive, and Socratic badges.
I'm curious: Are these newly created badges?
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What happens when a question with a bounty is migrated?
I asked a question a few days ago which has received no responses (comments or answers) in spite of the fact that I put a 150 point bounty on it yesterday. It is quite possible that it just hasn't ...
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Problem replying to comments
Usually, I'm able to address a comment to someone by writing "@[whoever]" before the text; but in a comment to a recent question (Compact, densely ordered spaces) I wasn't able to do this: when I ...
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How can a new user review suggested edits?
I have just noticed at https://mathoverflow.net/review/suggested-edits/stats that a user
user4148 who registered only today has already reviewed one suggested edit. -- How is this possible?
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JavaScript loading problem
In my hotel in Shanghai, I get the error message
MathOverflow requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load.
Is there a work around for this? Posts load very ...
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Is there an option to know when somebody (especially author of the post) does something after my comment?
Yes I do realize that the comments are primarily meant to introduce improvements in the post being commented on. And also that if any subsequent commenters want my feedback, they will @ me explicitly. ...
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May I borrow the question/answer editing/preview gadgets?
That is, I really like the feel and responsiveness of these gadgets (much better than LyX, for instance) and would like to use them offline. Is this actually possible? Are there licensing issues?
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Order of the tags at MO
I have seen a post suggesting that in SE network a tags for the question should be shown ordered by the popularity (i.e., by the number of questions): Are the tags shown in a particular order?
But ...
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undoing an upvote versus reversing it
I recently upvoted an answer to one of my questions. The answer was wrong, but I thought it was helpful enough to earn an upvote.
A couple of hours later, the answer changed significantly and (in ...
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Where is the Community Wiki?
Apparently there is something called "community wiki" on MO but I don't know how to find the questions,etc that are part of (or belong to) this wiki.
(I have a question/post in mind which would be ...
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Why is reputation change more than total reputation?
Could not find info on this anywhere:
following a notification I went to a link where one sees:
$$
\begin{array}{ccc}
+1206& 1,008& 861\\
\textrm{change}&\textrm{total reputation}&\...
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What is wrong with my account?
When I refreshed a page on the main site I suddenly logged out and when I logged in again I found out that my reputation is disappeared and I lost my access to my questions and I cannot edit them. ...
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What has happened to this site?
The whole front page (of this site, meta) is old questions modified 3 hours ago by Community. What's going on here?
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Linkrot for arXiv trackbacks
When a question is deleted that contains an arXiv trackback, can we automatically delete the trackback on arXiv?
e.g. the second trackback at http://arxiv.org/tb/0903.1452 points to a deleted ...
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Flag remainings
this is my first question on this meta website, so sorry if I am off-topic.
I flag sometimes some questions, often because of spam (I hate this) but also sometimes for off-topic or duplicate. It is ...
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