# My question was put on-hold for NO reason… [closed]

I recently posted a question about number theory on math.stackexchange. Here's the question:

Prove that, if $2^{2^j} a + 1$ divides $c^{2^j}+1$ for fixed integers $a,c$ and all nonnegative integers $j$, then $a=1$ and $c=2^l$ for some odd positive integer $l$.

After a while, it was put on-hold by some mods for absolutely no reason. Before being put on hold, one of the mods asked me whether it was a homework problem. Of course not! I'm in high school, I don't get number theory homework!

What should I do to improve my question? I've posted many questions like this before, and they weren't put on hold, so just by observing this pattern, I believe the only reason that it was put on hold is because they thought it was homework, without proof.

What kind of management is this? It sucks.

ARK

• It was put on hold by $5$ regular users, not by a mod, and the reason is given in the box that says it has been put on hold. – Tobias Kildetoft Feb 19 '14 at 10:59
• "off-topic" is just the only category where the site can have custom reasons. – Tobias Kildetoft Feb 19 '14 at 11:16
• @Arkan: The SE framework allows site-specific close reasons — and the close reason attached to your question is site-specific — only for the "off topic" category. Instead of ranting against the "management", I invite you to read this to help you improve your question. Once edits are made, it will be placed in a re-open queue, where users with sufficient privileges will determine if it has been sufficiently improved. – user642796 Feb 19 '14 at 11:20
• @Arkan: For example, provide details of work you have already done on the problem, and where this problem came from (idle thoughts? some text?). – user642796 Feb 19 '14 at 11:45
• @Arkan: Just FYI: if you want to reply to a particular user in comments you can ping them using @displayname (an @-reply). (Though unnecessary since you own this post, I've been including them at the start of my comments directed to you.) – user642796 Feb 19 '14 at 11:54