Linked Questions
304 questions linked to/from How to ask a good question.
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Close Votes: "Needs details or clarity" vs "Missing context or other details" [duplicate]
Since having the privilege to review Close votes, I'm facing a confusion.
In close votes' review, if we wish to close a question because it lacks details or clarity then we have one of the 2 choices ...
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Mathematical Challenges Question
Can people ask MSE for help in regards to refining or aiding them in solving and creating questions that could potentially be used in mathematical challenges or even Olympiads?
My last posted question ...
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Basis for unanswered questions
In math SE for what reasons do questions normally meet with nil responses, subject-wise?
Could it be so for being outside normal limits of some feature, in some manner...lack of clarity, topic too ...
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The Strange World of Question asking at the Mathematics Stack Exchange (MSE).
Please let me introduce myself.
My name is Mr. Sarn Ursell, and, recently, -I had actually posted a question here at the Mathematics Stack Exchange, and yet it got blocked.
And, -this seems strange to ...
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Getting past "What have you tried?" with "Try this!"
What are the most common first steps that a user can take to make progress on a question?
This question is of the spirit of this one but I would like it to focus on actionable suggestions for a ...
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Organizing The MathJax Tutorial
There is a wonderful post dedicated to MathJax code found here: MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference
The only problem I see with this post is that the additional contents below the original ...
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Why was this question on planar graphs closed like this?
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4425339/must-all-graphs-fulfilling-euler-s-formula-be-planar
I see no comments on it telling OP to improve something, nor do I see any issues with it except ...
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What does this mean?
Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of
being blocked from asking any more.
For help formulating a clear, useful question, see: How do I ask a good ...
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Must the question be explicitly stated in the body, or can the question be in the title only?
Recently posted was Find the sequence with following property.
My problem with this one is that the problem is never stated anywhere except the title. Should it be required that questions must also ...
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Formulas overlap text and sidebar
Found an annoying bug:
going here gets you this:
If you remove the end bit then it's ok.
Chrome version 43.0.2357.130 (64-bit)
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Is it possible to automate posting certain comments?
I find myself frequently posting
"Hi. Since this is your first post..."
comments in first-question posts where I link to the help pages. After a few different variations, I've settled on
"Hi. Since ...
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Why is this question off-topic
I have been following this question. It has recently been marked as off-topic. I have checked the requirements for being on/off-topic, but they don't seem to apply to this question. Can someone please ...
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Would tags for specific books be appropriate?
I'm wondering if tags for example Durret's Probability book would be allowed.
I think that when one is reading a book, it would be interesting what doubts other user had when reading the same book. ...
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Why not flag questions because they're homework?
During last days a lot of people have sent so many questions that are like homework, for example:
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and basically they don't make any effort to show what they have tried. ...
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Understand downvotes on my initially well-received questions
Good afternoon,
Since I started using this website I've always tried to make my question better to satisfy the generous members sharing their knowledge.
Usually, I don't ask big questions, but short ...
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