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Bug in mobile version

Main question I recently answered this question. I subsequently engaged on a huge comment thread which was eventually moved to chat by Daniel Fischer, since it spanned 43 comments. I tried to chat, ...
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Can one delete own comment in chatroom? Can owner of chat-room delete chat-room?

2 question about chat-room: Can one delete own comment in chatroom? Can owner of chat-room delete chat-room? Thank you
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Since when does joking in chat result in suspension?

In chat I made a joke after someone said "sorry". I replied with the classic "you better be sorry" and was suspended for 30 minutes. How is this just, when I was merely making a joke. What rules in ...
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Creating chat rooms automatically associates them with another SE site

When I try to create a chat room in math, it is automatically created in Tex.SE. Is this because that is where I have the highest rep? Is there any way for me to create a room in the SE I am in ...
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How to take an exchange of comments on math.stackexchange.com to a chat exchange?

I am baffled by the stack exchange user interface as regards chat. What do I do to take an exchange of comments on math.stackexchange.com to a chat exchange?
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Unable to chat. Kinda Suspension? [duplicate]

I am temporarily suspended at Chem.SE, Now even though I have 99%(kinda) positive record on Math.SE, I am unable to chat in Math groups too!
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Should we have "messages for moderators" chatroom?

When, for some reason, I want contact a moderator I have several possibilities: I can flag some post. I can bring up the particular issue on meta. I can ping one of the mods by leaving a comment on ...
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I think I'm the target of a rude joke in chat

Today, in our In praise of Math.SE site and its users chatroom I saw the following message: in Mathematics, 2 hours ago, by Behaviour Just stopping by to say this user is awesome. Great ...
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Mathematics Meta chat room

I recently found that this site (meta) has a chat room permanently attached to it: Welcome to chat for: Mathematics Meta This is a general discussion room Nobody posted there for 829 days, but ...
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Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat.

I know that StackExchange encourages moving extended discussions to chat. I have also seen moderators actively moving extended discussions to chat. The question is, what's the point of this? ...
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Why is there no support for MathJax in chat?

The question Should chat have TeX support was first asked 3Ā½ years ago, and it has been asked at intervals since then. I am not asking that question. I know that chat should have TeX support and ...
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Why can't a user talk in a math.SE chatroom if he/she is banned (suspended) on another SE site?

Basically I wanted to ask for an arithmetic book of my interest in The Root of Math chatrooom. I was not allowed to talk, and when I did the following appeared: I am suspended on another SE site, ...
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Would awarding a bounty in order for the other user to get some particular privilege be considered a misuse of bounty system?

I suppose the title says it, but to give a more detailed explanation: Suppose that some user does not have certain privilege and for some reason I want that user to have this privilege. If the user ...
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Is it possible to reduce the need of 20 rep for chat? I need it for making a chat for my classmates.

I'm trying to create a chat room with LaTeX for my classmates, It is here. Is it possible to reduce the need for 20rep for them? They speak only portuguese and won't be able to make a question. But I ...
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How can I unfreeze a room in chat room for a new similar use?

How can I unfreeze a room in chat room for a new similar use? I created a chat-room about a problem in Mathematics chat rooms long ago. It had frozen. Now I want to unfreeze it for a new problem ...
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Invite someone to chat. [duplicate]

Is there a way on this site to invite a user to chat? I know that if there is a long discussion in the comment section of a post then the move to chat feature is available. But can you go into chat ...
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How can I move from comment to chat?

When I need to discussion to some one about the problem in a detailed way, It seems better to do it in a chat-room instead of comments. But what is the usual way to do this.(I do this once some weeks ...
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why I am not allowed to participate in chat

I have enough reputation to add comments to protected questions and participate in chat. But I can't seem to do that . I see error messages like these everywhere. What can I do about it. This ...
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Why can't I use Chat?

I have more than 2000 reputation but it tells me that I'm not allowed to use Chat. What to do ? It gives me , this: Welcome to The Stack Exchange Network chat! You'll need 20 reputation to talk ...
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Capitalisation of the l in the move to chat message

Is it possible to capitalise the l in the "let us continue this discussion in chat" message that appears in the comments when a specific chat room is created to avoid lengthy discussion in the ...
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No TeX support in chat [duplicate]

Today the StackExchange system advised me to move one of the comment exchanges to chat. I wanted to do that, but then saw that TeX is not supported and it was almost impossible to follow the train of ...
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Dealing with offensive users on chat [closed]

If someone uses swear words in chat then they might get flagged by other chat users and subsequently (and automatically) banned. If someone personally offends a user without using any swear words to ...
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Avoiding extended discussion in comments section with low rep user?

I know it's bad practice to have extended discussions in the comments section, and I understand why. But there is no way to move the discussion to chat with a low-reputation user, and in my experience ...
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Conversations tab in Mathematics chatroom is not displaying

I have noticed this yesterday for the first time, I don't know whether this problem exists for longer time. When I go to the information page about the chatroom called Mathematics and click on the ...
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"You must have 20 reputation on The Stack Exchange Network to talk here."

Whenever I try to enter chat it tells me, "You must have 20 reputation on The Stack Exchange Network to talk here". The same thing happens if I go into chat from some other Stack Exchange site. I ...
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Why can't I chat in Mathematics chat room?

I am not able to write anything on mathematics chat room, what could be the problem. I need help. thanks. I have tried many times but been unsuccessful. Is it possible that someone blocked me or ...
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What was that? Chat with an "expert"

Today half an hour ago I visited MSE and I was proposed to chat with an "expert". I tried to discuss some questions about von Neumann algebras that botherd me, but this was not an expert I needed. ...
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Why aren't flags in chat anonymous?

How is this user finding out information about flagging? http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8039304#8039304 what is breaking the anonymity of the flag system?
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flags in chat yesterday

There was some sort of excitement yesterday or last night which I found mysterious. It turns out that in Chat, and there is just the one main chat which has been going forever, one may either star a ...
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Problems with chat.

A few hours ago the MSE chat told me I didn't have sufficient reputation while I did. In an old question about the chat I asked balpha if he could fix this and he did and it was fine. However, I am ...
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How can I display LaTex with iPad in Chat?

This is the solution in Desktop here, but I want to do it in iPad. How can I display LaTex in iPad's chat?
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iPad versions of Chat broken

The bugs do not cover main -site, only chat. I use the Apple Wireless Bluetooth -keyboard. iPad Google Chrome (mobile version and desktop version have bugs) page fluctuates up-down-up-...-down and ...
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21 Reputationā€”not able to chat

I have 21 reputation, yet going to the Mathematics chat shows me the message that I must have at least 20 reputation. Update: There is a contradiction! A notification reads that I have the privilege ...
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Self-programmed things such as annoucements to chat -room?

Unix.SE and Math.SE has totally different chats, Unix.SE gets a stream of questions. How can you add this kind of features/bugs to chat rooms?
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Could chatrooms serve as noticeboards?

If there is some information related to this site, which you consider important enough to share with other users, the best way is probably to use meta. But I can imagine some situations when meta ...
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Politeness in Chat

Recently I have noticed that have been some issues/arguments going on in the mathematics chat room between certain users. Sometimes the arguments get overboard and become personal, some of the things ...
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Main Chatroom Guidelines

Welcome. Hello friends. My online handle is anon, and I will be your guide. Associated with the Mathematics StackExchange is the main chatroom. I am chatroom co-owner alongside current moderator ...
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Problem with reputation.

I'm currently having a problem with my reputation. The chat says it is 2484, but SE shows 2267 which seems to be wrong given the last uptades on the Q&As I've made. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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LaTeX rendering deferred poorly

The bookmarklet that is used to display MathJax in chat uses the Ajax "complete" event to know when to render the page contents. Recently, it has been noted that new $\LaTeX$ does not get rendered ...
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chat profiles no longer show time details

This may apply to more chat rooms, but it applies at least to the Mathematics chat room. In the past when hovering over the "last seen" and "last message" times on someone's chat profile, the precise ...
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Question related to the chat

I just read the thread Should chat have TeX support? and I would like to ask: what is the purpose of the chat? Is it fully off-topic, off-topic but math related, or can you even ask small questions ...
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Add MathJax support to chat [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Should chat have TeX support? Adding MathJax support to chat would be really helpful sometimes. Don't know what a performance impact that might mean though...
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RFC: Chat Seminars

Myself, J.M. and tb came to a wonderful enlightenment on the chat recently. A few days ago, the chat went into a deep measure theoretic discussion and a separate room was spawned to keep the main ...
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What happens when the "move comments discussion to chat" link is used?

When clicking on the "move comments discussion to chat?" link (under an answer), what actions are triggered : (a) if the click is by the poster of the answer (b) if the click is by a commenter in ...
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Why am I the owner of the chatroom?

So I talk a lot... Is this enough reason to give me ownership on the chatroom? Is this ownership going to last until manual removal or something else?
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How to close the room which you own

I eventually opened a chat room in the wrong way and now I would like to close it. I've tried to find a procedure to do it but I wasn't successful. Could you help me? The room is here: http://chat....
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Chatrooms about mathematics?

How is http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/482/a-room-with-a-view-on-music-bird-names happens to be on the "list of rooms about mathematics" on the chat.SE page? Is there a way to remove it from ...
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Should chat have TeX support?

OK, so chat is now available... but; it has been suggested that for Mathematics we should have TeX support. The current TeX processing has some non-trivial client impact. Before I even attempt trying ...
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Mathematics chat now available

Just a heads-up; Mathematics now has access to a third place, to chat in more real-time way via chat.stackexchange. Please feel free to drop by. The "chat" link should appear at the top of all ...
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Math.StackExchange chat Room

I created a chat room for us here. There are plans for each Stack Exchange site to eventually have its own chat site, but a single chat room should be fine for now.
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