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Is it possible to find out why a comment was deleted?

I deleted that comment in response to a 'no longer needed' flag, as it did not contain much concrete information (in contrast to Carlo Beenakker's response). Thus, to answer your question -- the comme …
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Requests for reopen and undelete votes for closed and deleted questions

[REOPENED] The closure of this question seems rather rude to me, in particular in view of the strong gender bias on this site. -- Also I think neither its vote score nor that of its five upvoted answ …
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Effects of the Stack Exchange 'update to Terms of Service' on MathOverflow

Do the recent changes to Stack Exchange Terms of Service affect MathOverflow in any way -- and if yes, what are the concrete effects?
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Meaning of the "votes to close" history?

The close votes review history records only reviews, i.e. close votes which are cast directly and not from review are not listed. This means that a question can get closed without any trace of it in t …
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Requests for reopen and undelete votes for closed and deleted questions

[REOPENED] The question Identify one group of linear transformations was closed as "unclear what you're asking". Afterwards it has been edited and clarified. I don't see what is still "unclear" in th …
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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 contrib …
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Best way to post graphics to MO

Put a line of the form ![Text to be shown if the picture is unavailable][1] at the place in your post where the graphics should appear, put the graphics online on a website you have write access to …
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Is a perhaps somewhat cervellotic but not HARD question, regarding mathematical logic, suita...

In general, questions / "puzzles" where you already know the answer are not suitable for MO. Also, it is usually not welcomed to immediately cross-post questions from other sites here -- thus even if …
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Can 10K+ users see deleted questions?

Yes, they can. -- See https://mathoverflow.net/help/privileges/moderator-tools.
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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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Where is the Community Wiki?

Being "community wiki" is a property of an individual post. Answers can be made community wiki by the person posting them, but since the move to MO 2.0, questions can be made community wiki only by th …
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When do votes to close/reopen expire?

Yes, close- / reopen votes do expire after some time. -- To cite the help center: Close votes age away harmlessly after 4 days if the threshold is not reached. Each new close vote resets the tim …
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Should I flag this question as spam?

Spam (i.e. commercial advertisements) should be flagged as such. -- Six spam flags delete a post.
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Can a bounty be awarded to an answer in a comment?

Recently I have placed a bounty on this question. The question has no answer in technical terms, but it has been answered in a comment within the bounty period. Now the banner below the question says …
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