Questions tagged [comment]
Comments are small addendums to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting.
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How to put a math formula into a comment to a question on StackExchange
Is there a way to write math formulae in a comment to a question on StackExchange (Mathematics Meta). I'm sure this must have been asked before but my search didn't come up with anything (a reference ...
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A comment not showing up in my inbox
I can see the comment from 13 hours ago in the Responses tab but not in the Inbox tab, and I don't see the red notification icon on the main page. This is probably related to the fact that the answer ...
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Why was this comment deleted?
I've had a comment to this recent question removed without, well, comment and I'm curious why. The deleted comment was: "(Incidentally, I disagree with the downvote and have upvoted to compensate....
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Find comment or answer about notation
If I remember correctly I asked a question during spring 2020 about group theory or algebra and somebody wrote that they had an informal symbol for a generalized operation (I think it looked similar ...
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Comments no longer shown in All Actions
Up to quite recently (today perhaps!), when I clicked on my profile and then on "All actions" and "Comments", I used to see both the title of the question and the contents of the ...
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Inconsistency between markdown in comments and posts
There is an inconsistency between the Markdown for codeblocks in comments and the Markdown in Questions and Answers: it seems to me impossible to type \ (as in, ...
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How to appropriately link to a resource that answers OP's question?
So I recently came across this question, where the OP asks for a proof of the uniform convergence of a certain sequence, and I happen to have a link to some lecture notes which contain a detailed ...
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Deleted comments to post "Aproximating differential equation in maple"
Yesterday I asked a question in the post named Aproximating differential equation in maple. I received beneficial feedback and help but the help comments are not there anymore. Were they deleted or ...
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How can I provide useful links which may answer a question.
I am currently looking at providing this user with a resource which may answer their question, however I cannot add this as a comment as I do not have enough reputation. I am not sure if I should post ...
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How come some of my questions get only some comments but not any answer?
Certain times, I post questions that get some valuable comments but never an answer.
For example the question for comparison on real numbers and caveats.
I am not sure why this happening. Is my post ...
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May I ask a question that might have no answer? If so, would it be discourteous to those who suggest that it has no answer?
A while ago I asked the question "Is there a group-theoretic proof that multiplicative groups of integers modulo a prime are cyclic?". Instead of an answer I got a few comments from ...
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Can a user whose account is suspended due to voting irregularities comment on his answer to my question?
I asked a few questions long time ago and couldn't see the answer to them due to being critically ill. Now on some answers the answerer's reputation is changed to 1 and it is written on his account ...
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Community bot can send messages now?
Today I saw this this comment by the community bot profile.. has MSE community bot achieved artificial intelligence?
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What is the most upvoted comment?
You can see that the most upvoted question in the main Math Stack Exchange site also has many upvoted comments with one even having over 200 comment upvotes. So then what is the most upvoted comment ...
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Flagging comments in mobile version of the site
When I was using the mobile version of the site, I did not find an option to flag comments.
Why flagging comments in the mobile version is not possible? Any particular reasons?
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Full solution in comments after question was closed.
Recently, there has been some users who post a significant amount of things in the comments to questions of low-quality questions. To me what they put in the comments is really a full solution of the ...
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Duplicating standard reasoning in a question about an open problem in number theory
Recently, a math professor, with a very impressive set of mathematical papers. made a comment that took me by surprise. I am very open to the feedback. I wanted to open it up here to see what others ...
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Am I, as a comment flagger, a waster of the moderators' time?
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I am a novice SE user, a toddler. In this post I want to criticize some moderator actions, which seems risky and futile, regarding unwritten policies on the meta; however, just for the record,...
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What privileges can get after reaching 25k reputation?
I am interested especially in whether one can get the right to delete the others' comments.
Unfortunately, from what I read there are no more privileges after 25k reputation. Is this right?
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Should I thank people when they post comments?
When I ask questions on MSE, a lot of people often leave very helpful tips and suggestions in the comment section under my question. I feel that it's only right to thank each and every one of them for ...
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Advise new users to stay engaged with their question
A number of times recently I've seen a new user drop a simple question (some bad, but some OK questions), and it's got some misunderstanding of what they're working on or a confusing explanation, ...
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Deletion of flagged comments
Suppose I flag a comment, and the user subsequently deletes the comment before the flag is resolved. Do the moderators still see my flag?
(I tried searching previously asked meta questions, but could ...
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Mathematics or rules : prioritizing content of first replies on improvable posts
I have found myself bewildered by a meldrum-conundrum, and I suggest a way of getting out of it.
So let's say we have a new user, a person who is getting used to the site and thus should be afforded a ...
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Improving MathJax experience for beginners
I don't know if this has already been discussed here on the meta, but since most of these 'MathJax Tutorial' have been meant for beginners, wouldn't it make sense if they could comment asking their ...
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Why have these "unfriendly or unkind" comment flags been declined?
I recently flagges three comments on an answer to be "unfriendly or unkind" - The reason was that the comments said "you are so boring" (direct quote, addressing the OP of the ...
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Comments should contain at least $15$ characters
When we want to write a comment we see this message: "enter at least $15$ characters"
However it is not an accurate way of measuring the characters used in comments when we are in discussion ...
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Issues happen when users change their username on the site
Sometimes I change my username on the MSE site. and it cause a problem. for example for my older comments on posts when I discuss with other users in comment section we normally tag usernames in the ...
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What happens if exceed character limit in comments?
I am aware that for comments we have maximum of 600 characters to type and by curiosity I just happened to type some random words in a comment box. I expected that when comment exceeded 600 characters ...
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Flagging WHYT on deleted posts
Background info
The comment "what have you tried" has been banned on the SE network, and it's removable by a single flag.
Motivation
The Marshal badge is awarded to users who have raised 500 ...
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Pinging the author of a deleted comment
In the comments under the question Prove $\sqrt{\frac{a}{a+b}}+\sqrt{\frac{b}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c}{c+a}}\gt1$, I found the notorious four-word question that I flagged. It's automatically removed as ...
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Should jokes on the comments be flagged?
I see a lot of people making jokes at the comments with some getting a lot of upvotes. Shouldn't this types of comments be flagged? My feeling is that this belongs to "It's no longer needed" ...
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Mobile phone Latex/MathJax not showing in..
Is there a way to see full symbols in Titles and Comments using equations and expressions? Thanks.
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Has the notification system for comments changed?
I noticed in the past days, that I do not get a notification when someone writes a comment under an answer, where I commented too, unless I am referred to with the usual @username.
I have the feeling ...
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Regarding - posting a negative comment to a question and answering the same.
We post comments to posts which lack effort, suggesting them to include their efforts(I agree with that) or informing them that the answer is trivial when they use a particular formula or method.
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Is my workaround for the minimum character limit okay?
I tried to edit this answer, simply by adding 2 pairs of parentheses which fell short of the 6 character minimum limit.
So I cancelled the edit and suggested the change via a comment, then the OP did ...
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Should I comment an old question or create a new one?
I have some questions about a Probability problem, which has already been asked and has a quite comprehensive answer. I am not arriving at the same result and I can not find out where my reasoning ...
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Comment deleted and reputation loss
I made a comment in a post several minutes ago.
Very soon, before I had the time to edit, it got deleted and I also noticed that I lost about 40~50 reputation, without any notification. Nothing is ...
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Is it rude to tag someone in the comments of an old post and politely ask them to check out your new question related to another post?
I was wondering whether is it rude to tag someone (who was extremely helpful in the past) in the comments of an old post and politely ask them to check out your new question related to another post ...
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Do newly added answers wipe out comments in progress?
I've recently had a few comments I was in the process of typing out wiped out when a new answer was posted to the question. I don't remember this happening before, but I don't recall if the ...
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Answer to a short question that was already answered in comments
The question Find $\nabla f(x,y)$, where $f(x,y)=10x^3-5x^2+5xy+5y^2+8$ is pretty much of a kind "please, check if I did this correctly". I have clarified a couple of confusions in comments, ...
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Why did my comment(s) get deleted?
I recently gave this answer to a question. Initially, I gave a sloppy answer—the kernel was there, but I didn't set it up properly. Someone pointed this out, and after some time, I was able to ...
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Searching in comments for a specific OP of a question and a word used in comments
I would like to search for my username user122424 and a specific word used in comments that I remember from reading that comment to get back to it. How can I do that?
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Is it no longer considered OK to post a comment of more than 600 characters as an answer?
On more than one occasion, always with an explicit disclaimer, I
have posted a comment of more than 600 characters as an "answer".
I have done this because I have quite often seen other ...
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Finding previously upvoted comments
I upvoted a comment that I found intriguing. However, it crossed my mind again and I couldn't remember on which post it was. Is there any way I can find it? Or should I browse through my browser ...
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Why was a comment deleted as obsolete when part of it is still relevant? [closed]
I noticed that my comment to this answer has disappeared. Why did it happen? If the comment was flagged as outdated and then removed, I believe this is wrong. The first part of the comment was about ...
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Can users not call another anonymous user a "nut-case" due to said anon-user's upvote or a downvote?
Can users not call another anonymous user a "nut-case" (or any other name-call) due to said anon-user's upvote or a downvote?
This happened today. I flagged the comment.
So I am asking askers, ...
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Flagged duplicate "Does this answer your question?" text is misleading
Here's at least the second instance in which I have flagged a question as a duplicate, and the canned comment text "Does this answer your question?" elicits from the author of the duplicate question a ...
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Marking a comment as resolved?
The problem
Sometimes someone comments on a question suggesting that some aspect of the question be clarified or otherwise changed. Then the OP changes the question accordingly, sometimes including ...
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negative comments on trivial answers
I often see questions completely answered in comments. Sometimes these are elaborate comments or even sequences of comments; in that case I suggest to the commenter that they should post their comment ...
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Answering in the comments [duplicate]
I have this question its mine (my question) Its not the first time that people answer in the comments, I know that the unanswered questions impact the site statistics, and if I answer it using the ...
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