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Does review feature encourage closing and flagging errors?
The new review feature is interesting, and I have experimented with it. I have a number of concerns- I wonder whether my concerns are shared, and whether there is anything that can be done to address ...
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The tour page is now a generic stackexchange version
In the sandbox phase, the tour page (here: https://mathoverflow.net/about) was populated with MO-specific questions/answers. Now it has generic (and to my mind, overly silly) questions, and I would ...
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Broken math on some answers [duplicate]
Here is an example. Is there an automatic way for moderators to fix what I imagine are many answers that somehow now display funny, or should we do it manually, one by one?
If the latter, people ...
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On the current color scheme, and why it sucks
Being color blinded is not very easy. You end up wearing black shirts and blue jeans, because it's easier. When you look at a computer monitor sometimes the red and green mix together, all sort of ...
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Question about closing
The following question has 5 votes to close, but it is not closed : Preparing for Set Theory Research
What is going on here? I'm not trying to start a discussion of the merits of this question (...
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On StackExchange.com MO is still Uncategorized
Obviously MO is listed at All Sites/All, but instead of also being at All Sites/Science, like M.SE, it's in All Sites/Uncategorized.
(I noticed it back when the age was wrong, but it hasn't been ...
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A trivia question: reputation dip [duplicate]
Why did my reputation decrease by 300+ points right after the system up-grading?
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Minor GUI issues: the tag deletion button
I just posted a posted something, and I noticed that the little "x" on the tag names which suppose to delete the tag from the current tag list is not fully included in the tag box itself.
(This is ...
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Citation feature
Is it possible to re-enable the "cite" feature from MO (and later MSE)?
(I'd like to remind the users, in the case this is going to be enabled, that the feature now hides within the "share" button, ...
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Why is LaTeX not displaying correctly? [duplicate]
In this answer
On a proof of the existence of tubular neighborhoods.
and Neil Strickland's answer here
Is the counit of geometric realization a Serre fibration?
the laTex is not displaying correctly (...
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Moderation tools
The link to moderation tools seems to be missing for me. As Scott Morrison kindly explained in https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/20/12705, it is supposed to be here in the toolbar:
The tools as such ...
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Why are MO accounts not listed among other SE accounts?
When I go look at my accounts in SE network, mathoverflow is not listed there. (You can get to the list of accounts, for example, from your profile page. Other SE accounts are listed on profile page.) ...
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Age of Mathoverlow
As was pointed out here, Mathoverflow is listed as being 2012 years old here.
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Missing header at top of page?
In other SE 2.0 sites, I get a short header in between the StackExchange link on the left and the search box on the right. It includes account information and a link to meta (also review, chat, help)....
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What happens when a question is migrated to MSE?
When a question is closed as off topic and migrated, will it no longer appear in MO, or will it appear in MO with a note saying it has been migrated?
Similarly, in MSE, will it say "migrated from MO" ...
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Editing of the help center and about
Try to add some meat to the on topic page. Also, in the about page, you can edit the site target audience, the example question, and the bullet points that define what to ask about/what not to ask ...
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MathJax in suggested edits
Pages like
https://mathoverflow.net/review/suggested-edits/1435
display suggested edits for review. The original and edited versions are displayed in parallel columns with the differences highlighted....
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Typography on login page
It needs some love: line spacing is off, alignment is off and a title overlaps with the input boxes.
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Privileges on MathOverflow
The privileges should probably be set properly and "trusted user" should be put back on the $\geq10000$ accessible privileges.
I find it amusing that I can vote to delete answers, but can't vote to ...
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Questions and Answers missing
List of my questions and my answers have disappeared in the new updated version today, though the data about how long I have been member, my location etc are intact. The reputation points have come ...
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Why is the update so awesome?
I mean, we really don't deserve it. It's awesome. Good work everyone, high-fives all around. Cheers (for those of you from across the pond, so-to-speak).
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First closed question has default fields in explanation
See < https://mathoverflow.net/questions/134652/foundations-of-mathematics-and-set-theory>, where the reasons for closing are slightly too relevant/not relevant at all. How many of these fields are ...
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Questions containing my "favorite tags" are barely distinguishable
I liked the fact that in MO v1, any question which contained one of my list of favorite tags was noticably highlighted (a brown-orange color, if I remember correctly).
In the new version, such ...
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No MathJax on meta
Meta doesn't seem to have MathJax enabled ($x=y$). I think it's best enable it to be consistent with the main site.
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Page footers across all Stack Exchange sites list MathOverflow under multiple categories
It's listed under "Technology", "Life/Arts", "Culture/Recreation", "Science" as well as "Others"!
I think we should be under Science, after mathematics.SE.
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How long will it take for all my badges to turn up?
By current count I have 3 silver and 4 bronze badges. This is a lot less than I had before. Do they just turn up in dribs and drabs over 24-48 hours, or what?
Not that I'm driven by badges, but I'm ...
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Default question list
We had a discussion on the old meta about the default list of questions. It looked to me before I logged on that the default list of questions is identical to the old list (and not the weird new one)....
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The link on the main page banner to meta is broken
It points to meta.mathoverflow.com, rather than meta.mathoverflow.net.
(and the scripts won't let me post this with just the line above)
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