Timeline for Is it incorrect to make edits to math mistakes?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:21 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 29, 2016 at 8:22 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | See also: Editing Other's Answers Etiquette | |
| Jul 12, 2013 at 21:38 | vote | accept | rurouniwallace | ||
| Jun 25, 2013 at 0:27 | comment | added | Matt E | Dear Zetta, I think the point is that in the context of this particular question, it was not clear a priori whether the misplaced $3$ was a typo, or the result of a misconception. In fact, it seems (looking at the comments) that it was the result of a misconception. In this case, it is important that the OP understand why what they wrote was wrong, and simply editing in the correct statement reduces the possibility of that happening. In cases like this it is better to engage the OP and explain why what they wrote was mistaken, which is what eventually seems to have happened. Regards, | |
| Jun 23, 2013 at 18:07 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila Mod | @Ｊ.M.: <insert another discussion about kosher laws here>. | |
| Jun 23, 2013 at 17:24 | answer | added | Alexander GruberMod | timeline score: 26 | |
| Jun 23, 2013 at 17:22 | comment | added | J. M. ain't a mathematician | As this seems to be a beginning calculus student's question, I don't think it contributes to the OP's education to gloss his/her mistakes over. Another example of an edit I'd be uncomfortable with is adding $\mathrm dx$ to a question asking about $\int x^2$; it is best that students be already alerted at the outset that what they're doing is not kosher. | |
| Jun 23, 2013 at 17:16 | history | asked | rurouniwallace | CC BY-SA 3.0 |