Questions tagged [comment]
Comments are small addendums to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting.
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In activity log, no link to election comments
If you made or make a comment on the nomination page of the election it shows up in your activity log. However, unlike comments to questions, there is no link shown to the actual comment.
Is this a ...
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Where can I view my comment scores?
I was recently looking through my comments, and noted that I can't actually view them in ordering of their score (number of comment upvotes). This seems unfortunate to me, because I'd like to know ...
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MathJax in comment looks like nonsense, what's going on?
In this question, I have added a comment:
$(a-p)^2+(4-a-q)^2 = a^2-2ap+p^2+(4-a)^2-2(4-a)q+q^2= a^2-2ap+(4-a)^2-2(4-a)q+1= ...$, does this help?
But is looks like this:
For your information: I'm ...
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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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Pundit awarded by mistake?
I just obtained the Pundit badge, so out of curiosity I wanted to have a look at the comments that were responsible for that. I used this query, and it turned out that only 6 comments have the ...
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I can't fix a comment with broken formatting
I can't fix the formatting in this comment (or even delete it and try again):
How to formalize $\text{span}(S)=\{c_1v_1+\cdots+c_kv_k\mid v_1,~\cdots,~v_k\in S,~c_1,~\cdots,~c_k\in F\}$ rigorously in ...
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Deleted comment tab and notification
After a few months on this website, I have had a few of my comments deleted. As it happens, I agree with the deletions in all of those cases. However, there was no notification that they were deleted, ...
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Comment flag for "+1" was declined
When we leave comments, we see this message:
Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like "+1" or "thanks".
Also, Help Center says:
When ...
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Voting comments not working
In this post I tried to vote up one of the comments, but it did not show the normal triangle and flag icons when I moused over it. Is this a bug, or am I missing something?
Edit: It seems as if it is ...
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Using @'s in a comment triggers the "One additional @user" box after editing, even though the users don't exist.
In this comment, I addressed a question that has two @'s in there, without the intention to ping someone.
It was no problem to write the comment having two @'s, but after an edit it showed:
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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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Anyone else having a problem deleting comments?
I am running Safari on a Mac. The last few days I have made some comments on questions or answers which I would normally simply have deleted, because they were dealt with. But every time I now go to ...
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Finding what I asked about getting a comment
I beg your pardon that I'm vague. I think I remember posting a question several years ago and that it was here on math. I think that the question was about probability and/or some paradox but I don't ...
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Removed comment?
I just answered a comment of Sean Roberson on this question, and everything has disappeared. All in all:
Comment of SR, that a product formulat may help, giving a link to this site.
I reply that it's ...
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Looking for template which says something like "the way of saying thank you is upvoting or accepting an answer"
I saw a question here on Meta with several templates but not the one I need. I remember seeing sometime ago a template that read more or less like: "the way of saying thank you here is upvoting or ...
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not getting notifications of comments
The last notifications I received (via email) were on 9/12. There were several comments posted on 9/13 that never came through, and I found out about just by accident. I would like to attend to ...
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mathjax doesn't work for me in comments
I'm getting good results using MathJax in answers, but it doesn't seem to work for me in comments. I am in firefox 22.0 and OS is Ubuntu. Am I doing something wrong?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why do links in question and answer work differently then links in comments?
Currently when linking to other question, one might use just the [link](http://example.com). This works great in questions, answers and comments. So far so good. ...
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Keyboard shortcuts in comments
I personally like to use shortcuts such as CTRL+I or CTRL+B to toggle italics or bold when writing answers. It turns out that when writing down a comment, they don't work and bring out something else ...
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Vanished/truncated discussion. What happened?
On question 2249994, there was a lively discussion about whether use of the construct either/or meant (1.) inclusive-or or (2.) exclusive-or. Today I revisited it and found that the bulk of the ...
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Avoiding obsolete comments
One particular problem is that when you point out a mistake in someone's answer, you have to check several times until he fixed it so you can delete your initial comment.
Otherwise your comment will ...
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Two Notifications Suggestion
Sometimes I find some interesting questions That I like to read their answers. But I lost the question and forget the title of it. So I can't access it anymore...
I Suggest that M.S.E notify users (...
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Why are comments sometimes removed?
Moving this discussion about comment moderation from an unrelated question to here:
@all: the two comments I posted earlier this evening have been removed, but not by me. I have asked the ...
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