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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 ...
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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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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 ...
Martin Sleziak's user avatar
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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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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 ...
Martin Sleziak's user avatar
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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 ...
Jon Ericson's user avatar
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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 ...
Martin Sleziak's user avatar
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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 ...
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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 Trimble's user avatar
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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 ...
Alexandre Eremenko's user avatar
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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 <...
Martin Sleziak's user avatar
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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 Trimble's user avatar
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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 ...
Gerhard Paseman's user avatar
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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 ...
Gerhard Paseman's user avatar
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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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Is it possible to close my account without deleting it ?

Of course. Deletion of your account does not mean your posts are deleted. A complete description of what it means is given here: What EXACTLY happens when I ask to delete my account?
Todd Trimble's user avatar
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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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Failure to update changed username on (edited, community wiki) answer

I believe the Meta post Old usernames stick to Community Wiki posts explains what is going on. In particular, this answer by Pops says Some time in mid or late 2011, a change was made that affected ...
John Omielan's user avatar
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Recognizing identifiable users changing user names

In addition to the wonderful work already done by Martin there is one other table in SEDE that holds past DisplayNames of users. The PostHistory table record contains for certain events a JSON blob ...
rene's user avatar
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How to logout from the site?

Right now (December 2018), the answer is: there is a striped "speech balloon" icon on the top right of the page, and clicking it will reveal a menu with a "log out" link. I imagine the answer to this ...
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