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For questions related to closed questions (and on-hold question) and also process of closing in general.

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Questions which are research level but where the OP is unlikely to have the background to fo...

I agree that it is good to help people who have research-level questions on their hands but lack the language to work well with the current literature. This situation appears often when people doing …
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The reason for putting on hold a question

I do not think there is much evidence to support your assertion that your question is specific. You ask whether there is research on "in which mathematical universes does Grothendieck's approach succ …
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Loophole to avoid closure: deletion + bounty?

If you see a question that seems off-topic or inappropriate for MathOverflow, but protected from close votes by a bounty, please flag for moderator attention. We can remove the bounty, and in obvious …
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close/reopen wars on Mathoverflow

At various times in the past 9 years or so, we have tried several different social conventions to resolve the dissatisfaction that arises with the existing opening and closing rules. This may not be …
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