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Celebrity usernames
This answer approaches the subject from more of a network level than a MathOverflow-specific stance.
The Stack Exchange Terms of Service deal with this issue as follows:
Under no circumstances ...
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Celebrity usernames
I brought this up with the moderation team in email; I haven't heard back explicitly from everyone, but have an idea where most of us stand.
For now no official action will be taken. Putting aside the ...
Todd TrimbleMod
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Celebrity usernames
After some further discussion amongst the moderators, I think we have decided that this username and account photo are inappropriate; they seem to only serve to provoke controversy.
I've changed both ...
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Is universal public visibility of up-votes/reputation/badges really beneficial?
What is the benefit to later readers in seeing the vote counts on answers A and B?
Questions on ME sites are supposed to be interesting for non-expert readers as well.
A layperson benefits from ...
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Using MathOverflow to help with referee work
I don't think there is anything inappropriate about using alternate accounts to ask questions. I have asked many questions using alternate accounts over the years (for all kinds of reasons, e.g. ...
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What's happens to a user's questions, answers and comments after an account is deleted?
When an account is deleted, posts made by that account on the main site with a negative score are deleted along with it. (Posts with a score ≥ 0 are preserved.) Previously all negatively scored ...
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Should MathOverflow require registration to ask a question?
I do not see how registration will decrease the number of poor quality questions.
From time to time I look at MathSE, and the number of poor quality questions there is larger than here, despite the ...
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Is it possible to know the list of removed users?
Let me first say that I'll try to answer your question generally, not to concentrate on the specific user you're looking for. So I understand the question as: "Is it possible to find user account ...
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Recognizing identifiable users changing user names
Let me summarize what was said in commments and in chat.
There are a few related feature requests on Meta Stack Exchange, but my impression is that they are unlikely to get implemented: Make the “past ...
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Strange username
The user has changed to another username Math is like Friday.
(Just answering to make the possibility of considering the issue as solved.)
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Why can't I post my question on MO anymore
The reason is explained in this help center article. As the article states, the best step you can take next is to edit your existing questions. Unfortunately, you have several deleted questions with ...
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Is universal public visibility of up-votes/reputation/badges really beneficial?
What is the benefit to have such a system at all? For each question, there are many perspectives on it. Various presentations can reach wider audiences, if they are on topic, well written, and show ...
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Can I be blocked for posting a lot of questions even if I delete them?
I won't describe the exact criteria the automatic question ban uses, but I will say we hope people will edit their poorly-recieved questions rather than delete them. We allow askers to delete their ...
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The number of MO users
SEDE contains some data about users - so one should be able to find out at least some information. I have tried to create at least some queries - I hope that somebody with better knowledge of SQL ...
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To moderators: is my account deleted?
The drop down to 1 reputation was due to the fact that you were suspended, independent of any discussion of deletion (suspended accounts automatically go down to 1 reputation; I think this was an old ...
Ben WebsterMod
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Who wrote the year of death in the profile page of the late William Thurston?
Please see this discussion, from the old forum 'tea' before it was superceded by MO meta: http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1429/loss-of-a-member/ The discussion indicates that it was Anton ...
Todd TrimbleMod
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Using MathOverflow to help with referee work
On my opinion, if you have a question on the paper that you referee, you may ask only the author. (You can hide your identity if you wish by
passing your question through the editor.) A referee is not ...
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Can you help me open my alter user?
The request to merge was granted (thanks to a StackExchange Community Manager), and the question raised in comments as to whether the MO user named 000 coincides with Erin Carmody has been settled ...
Todd TrimbleMod
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Keyword Search of the User's own (my own) questions or answers
You can find various search modifiers in the help center. Or simply by clicking on "Advanced Search Tips" after you search for something.
Specifically, to find posts by a specific user you can user <...
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To moderators: is my account deleted?
There are alternatives to deletion. In particular, I still have accounts on other stacks that I don't use anymore, but can return to if needed. You might consider editing your profile to indicate you ...
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Account not deleted
Mark, I've sent Community Management a message. I trust they can sort out what is going on with your account.
Todd TrimbleMod
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Should MathOverflow require registration to ask a question?
Let me rephrase the suggestion as I see it. The problem: too many undesired questions asked by new users; suggested tactic: require new users to register before asking a question; the post asks for ...
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Keyword Search of the User's own (my own) questions or answers
Here is how I do it.
I click on my own little user icon at the top of the page
and this puts my own userid into the search field
where I can then add keywords I want to search for.
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Missing all activity and questions I asked on this site
TL;DR: As Todd Trimble said in the comments to the OP, I was able to solve this problem by clicking on the "contact" link in gray at the bottom of the site
One thing to note here is that the "...
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