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Someone is trying to delete the Memorable Titles thread
There is currently a vote to delete this very old thread. I am writing to register my strong protest against this and bring it to the attention of other users here on meta.
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Answers in comments are increasingly more common
Idea: If you see an answer offered in the comments and left there, copy it into a community wiki answer.
To answer Federico's comment: If there is an issue with licensing, rephrase the comment-answer …
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Can we please reopen the colorful language in mathematics question?
A long time ago, the question
What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?
was closed because someone posted a copy of Spencer Bloch's review of Milne's Étale Cohomolog …
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MathOverflow policymaking and transparency
I hope that the moderators will commit to transparency with regard to policymaking and host any such discussion here on meta or in a place where it can be monitored and commented upon by the community. … I have no reason to doubt that the moderators would indeed demand that such a discussion take place where the community can participate, but it would set my mind at ease if the moderators would agree to …
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Should graduate students be encouraged to participate in MO? If so, at what stage?
Yes. I think they should. Questions of grad students being recorded for everyone to see adds to communal knowledge for free. This is valuable in its own right. I encourage everyone I meet (at a cert …
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What do we mean by welcoming when we're a site aimed at researchers?
I was just browsing the main page this morning, and I decided to look at some of the posts by new people. One of the questions had garnered three votes to close and a comment from a regular user to t …
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Customize the modal window for the first-time askers
We used to have a page about how to ask a question on MO back on MO 1.0 that was quite good. The current one is kinda crap. I would suggest bringing back the old text explaining how to ask a questio …
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How can we attract more grad students?
Since I can't post images in a comment, here's what one of my grad student friends said this morning to me:
I think the format will appeal to some and not appeal to others, and that's fine.