Timeline for How should we handle tags: [terminology] [notation] [definition]?
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| Sep 21, 2010 at 3:58 | comment | added | T.. | Moderators should recuse themselves from patrolling comments about the moderation of the site. Nor should moderators attempt to take "revenge" for criticism by suspending the users who post criticism. In this case, a user with a clear understanding of the MO/mathematics/academic culture that is much more relevant to the future of math.SE, than (some) moderators' prior experience with Stackoverflow. Meta: meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/832/… | |
| Sep 18, 2010 at 20:16 | history | edited | Larry WangMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 18, 2010 at 18:13 | comment | added | Matt E | Dear 97832123, In many papers one has a "Notation and conventions" or "Notation and terminology" section which explains the notation and terminology to be used. So notation, terminology, and conventions are closely related, if not identical. I don't particularly care whether the tags are merged or not, I just want to say that it's not preposterous to suggest that they be merged, just as it's not preposterous to suggest that they remain distinct. I don't see that there's a need to be antagonistic to the moderators; simply upvote or downvote the suggestions you agree or disagree with. | |
| Sep 18, 2010 at 17:15 | comment | added | Bill Dubuque | It would be best if the moderators were selected so to represent the diversity of the community here - some mathematicians in academia, not in academia, in other fields (e.g. computer science, physics, etc), some bright students, etc. Of course that will never occur, so that the best we can hope for is that the moderators will strive to fairly represent the diversity of the community. | |
| Sep 18, 2010 at 13:33 | comment | added | J. M. ain't a mathematician | ...much as I agree with your sentiment, I still think it's unfair to riff on the mods for not being mathematicians; I'm not a (professional) mathematician either, but I at least appreciate why those tags should be kept apart. My point is, your discrimination seems to be uncalled-for here. | |
| Sep 18, 2010 at 13:11 | history | answered | 97832123 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |