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Altering the question in a way that makes an answer obsolete
I've seen that several times: an answer makes OP want to change the question in a way that would damage the answer. Obviously this should not be done. In fact I think it is better to delete the ...
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Why is this question counted as "off topic"
Why is this question counted as off topic?
Unreasonable application of mathematics to the other areas
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Is bounties period sufficient?
I edit the quesion according to the comment of professor Edgar
Is it reasonable to suggest to MO to extend the bountiess period from 7 days to 3 or 4 weeks? Can mo be an exception, according to ...
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Delete the tag paperjs [duplicate]
How can we delete a tag, for example the tag paperjs? I tried to go the page for paperjs, but I didn't see a suitable option.
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How can I tell if my question is appropriate to MathOverflow or if I should just put a bounty on it at Math.SE?
I have at least two questions which are about graduate level mathematics on Math.SE, but about which I have serious doubts regarding whether or not they are "research level". In other words, I don't ...
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Reappearance of (topology) tag
I have noticed that topology tag was created again. According to list of new tags it was created Jun 9 at 7:55. There are currently 3 questions having this tag.
I was not able to find a discussion on ...
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Do people want counterexamples in general topology that satisfy low separation axioms or high separation axioms?
When people ask general topology questions asking for a proof or a counterexample to a claim, people often do not mention whether they want a counterexample which satisfies higher separation axioms (...
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Recently Posted Question Limited Visibility
Earlier today, I posted following question. Shortly later, I noticed that it was no longer visible when one looks at the "Newest" list for the tags fourier-analysis and harmonic-analysis, both of ...
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Numbering and cross referencing of equations in questions and answers
A basic LaTeX feature which I sometimes miss when asking and answering questions in MO (specially when the question and the particularly the answer are longer) is the possibility of numbering ...
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Bug with Marshal badge
I don't know exactly what happened, but in the last 7 days I have received twice the Marshal badge (which I had already earned in Apr 13) without raising more than 1500 helpful flags.
Now in my ...
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Asking for explanation of a paper?
A few months ago I asked a question about asking very specific questions about a paper. Now, I would really like to ask for a general overview and explanation of the main ideas of an entire paper.
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A StackExchange website aimed at graduate students?
There has been a lot of discussion about questions that do not get answered on MSE, but are not considered 'research level' on MO and thus get closed. The problem seems to be that certain questions ...
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Proposal for a new rule for down-vote
As I see it, the most common causes for down-voting a question should be:
The question is completely incomprehensible, or makes no sense ("Are all prime numbers green?");
The question has a trivial ...
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How is it off-topic to ask whether the normalization of a local complete intersection is Gorenstein?
This question (which I did not ask) is whether the normalization of a local complete intersection domain is Gorenstein. Why was this closed as "off-topic"? Especially when this one, which asks ...
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New tags: Functional Data Analysis, Time Series, Functional Time Series
In my opinion there should be at least the following two tags, I couldn't find:
"Time Series",
"Functional Data Analysis".
Since functional data are used more and more and time series as a ...
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Would disallowing displayed equations ("double dollars") in titles be useful?
If a poster includes in the title some formula in enclosed between $$, like $$x^2+y^2=z^2$$
$$x^2+y^2=z^2$$
the title of the ...
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Troubles with math preview: preview of formulas dies on me when writing a question or an answer
In mathoverflow I avoid asking questions and giving answers because the preview of mathematical formulas does not work: in the preview the formulas are shown precisely as I type them, with dollars and ...
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Between math stack exchange and mathoverflow
Suppose that I posted a question on mathstack exchange and no one has answered it. In my opinion it is not enough reason to post it on mathoverflow but if I also awarded a bounty and still didn't get ...
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Slight downward trend in Q & A
I thought MO users might be interested in this graph constructed by
Neal Young in
a discussion at meta.cstheory
about the more pronounced downward trend in cstheory.
It shows MO Q&A activity ...
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Site statistics: Effectivity of the advice to edit a question which is closed as "unclear what you're asking"
When a question is closed as "unclear what you're asking", it gets
attached the following message:
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to
highlight exactly what you ...
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Tabs misaligned
The horizontal line on tabs on the profile page is misaligned:
This happens both on the main site, and on meta. The screenshots above are from Firefox 14 on Linux, however, I verified the problem ...
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Text on some buttons has become unrecognizable
Very recently (I think today) the buttons with "Post your answer", "Answer your question" and some others became black, with the text hardly readable.
With me it happens on Windows 10 with latest ...
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Should delete votes add a post to the low quality posts review queue?
Presently, unlike "Very Low Quality" flags, delete votes do not add
a post to the "Low Quality Posts" review queue. -- Should they?
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How to undo flagging? [duplicate]
I've erroneously flagged an answer as spam (some anonymous user tried to edit it by seemingly injecting some spam and this confused me), how do I cancel my action?
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Stack Overflow Reference in Out of topic flag
This question is motivated by this post, but not exclusively.
When we flag OP's as off topic, under the "this question belongs in another site of the stack community", the StackOverflow website is ...
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Probable Homework
This post asks for the solution of a problem subject to various artificial constraints of the sort that frequently arise in homework problems. When asked repeatedly why he wants to impose these ...
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How to properly ask for the (non)existence of hypothetical mathematical objects on MO?
A question from a rookie on MO.
During my research, I introduced in my physico-mathematical equations some "nasty", "problematic" mathematical objects (namely functional integrals) that are at least ...
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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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Recent suggested tag wiki edits
Today [Apr 21 '16] and yesterday there were a considerable number of suggested edits
to previously empty tag wikis and tag wiki excerpts (browse here;
viewing the full list requires >=10K points, I ...
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Is it normal to have to log in twice to 'see all inbox items'?
When I am logged into my account and then click on the inbox icon, I see a list of recent messages in a drop down window. After scrolling to the bottom, I have the option to 'see all inbox items'.
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Autosave of drafted questions or answers
So there I am, typing a new question (or an answer). As it appears $\LaTeX$'ed in the preview frame, I keep improving it... and then I realize that there is some detail I need to think more about ...
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What's happens to a user's questions, answers and comments after an account is deleted?
I apologize if the answer to this is obvious or well-known.
I'm curious to know what happens to a user's (1) questions, (2) answers, and (3) comments after a user's account has been deleted in the ...
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Change a question after counter example
This following question was motivated by this question, though many of similar nature can be found throughout MO.
The Problem: The question asks whether any bound exist on an expression, and ...
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Deleting others' work
Recently a question was posted on MathOverflow, which received (I think) more than an average number of upvotes. There was an answer to the question, by someone other than the OP. Next day, the ...
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Is there bias in the parity of MO reputation (or similar random parameter)?
Background:
Possibly wrong experiments with the bias of the parity of reputation
based on 2012-11 MO dumps show there might be some bias:
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What does percentage mean on a community wiki answer?
What does the percentage mean when a community wiki answer is marked "2 revs, 2 users 67%"?
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What happened to the dear user "quid" (9072), they appear deleted?
What happened to the dear user "quid" (9072), they appear deleted?
Noticed this by edits I remember were from them.
Google still remembers them and the user page of user number 9072 returns 404 (...
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Why are opinion based questions deprecated?
Some months ago I had posted a question in the line of "Which mathematical papers should be translated?" which soon after got voted to close because it was deemed to depend on opinion. I'm not trying ...
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Can I migrate this question about the divergence of an infinite product to Mathoverflow?
I thought this problem was just an homework-level but it turned out neither two of my professors in the area of analysis nor users active in mathstackexchange could give me a complete solution. The ...
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No time to check an answer before the end of the grace period
I get an answer for a question with a bounty:
Positivity of the alternating sum of indices for boolean interval of finite groups
The problem is that the answer came 2 hours before the ...
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Can I see who voted for what after I die?
I would like to know who has up- and (most importantly!) downvoted my questions. Will I find out after I die? What do different religions/beliefs say about this? I would happily convert to see the ...
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May I accept the answer?
I asked a question without registration and Prof. Bryant answered it but I can not accept the answer because it is not contained in my account.
I would be grateful if you guide me to accept the ...
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Button for cross posts to/from Math SE
People explained me that it is possible to ask same questions in Math SE and MO, and I did this from time to time. I think it's very important to have this possibility, because often you haven't ...
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Edit rejected by Community
I recently had an edit rejected by, among others, Community, with the rejection message "This edit did not correct critical issues with the post - view the revision history to see what should have ...
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To what extent is MO usable with console browser, not supporting javascript and images?
To what extent is MO usable with console browser, not supporting javascript and images? Say lynx/links/links2/elinks or something else?
I can live with javascript killed, but on some occasions when ...
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Some proposals for modifications of the process of closing/reopening questions
I wish to make a modest proposal on closing/reopening questions. Let me begin by noting that by far the most frequent reviews are Close votes -- almost 37,000, and looking quickly most of the close ...
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Recurrent posting about «Matrix polynomials» and so on
MO is currently being the focus of what I guess to be a single particular individual R.T.Man sporting multiple unregistered users identity (like Eskand or H.night). S/he's asking multiple very similar ...
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Appropriateness of intuition pump question
Before I begin, please note that I am not troubled by the votes to close of my question here, but I'm somewhat puzzled about them. The purpose of this meta thread is for someone to explain why the ...
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Why is my question on hold?
Why is this question fine, but mine is put on hold? They seem to be very similar questions? Or is there some distinction that I'm not getting?
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Tag warnings on MO
In the last few months, Stack exchange has introduced tag warnings, that is, a text that is displayed when a user creates a new question that contains a specific warning, such as this example.
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