Questions tagged [discussion]
This tag is used for questions that ask users to discuss an idea, concept, or problem in an abstract way. A discussion question may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and is often subjective. On Meta, you do not need to use community-wiki mode for subjective topics unless you are asking a "poll" question.
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When are too many questions in a single post too many questions?
Working through the close votes review queue, I just failed an audit for the question Lie group cohomology: a jungle of conditions, which I voted to close as In need of Focus whereas apparently the ...
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Can someone please create the tags "hypergeometric-distribution" and "random-number-generation"
I think these are good categories to use, and see a number of posts that should use them instead of more ambiguous (like "probability-distribution) or incorrect (like hypergeometric-function) ...
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Why is Math Se not for beginners? [closed]
I feel that math SE is not for beginners.
I mean whatever questions I tend to ask, I want to know the answer from experts .Something I felt curious about ( even if it's wrong , I want to know why it's ...
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I answered a more general version of my own question. How should I proceed?
A week or two ago I asked this question, When does $n! = a\cdot 2^a$. In which, I proposed a question, added where the question came from and where the question could go, and then answered it and ...
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Requests for Reopen & Undeletion Votes (volume 01/2022 - today)
The purpose of this thread is to focus the attention of the community on posts that may require reopen and undeletion votes. A request should be posted as an answer below (one request per answer).
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Is the deletion of that post a sign of better enforcement of quality standards?
Here is the post in question.
If the answer to my title is yes, I'd be glad to hear that, and I'll be the last one
being against better quality standards.
What infuriates me is that none of the ...
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A frustrating closure of a valuable question [duplicate]
This question by a new user was closed with no comments from close voters, after an answer had already been posted, with a close reason that makes no sense. Most of the close voters have no ...
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In what generality should a question be asked?
Let's say I'm working on a problem $P$. I ultimately want to solve $P$ myself, but of course I am open to help from others. Let's say I know (or suspect) that an affirmative answer to a much simpler ...
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Place bounty on another user's old question or re-ask?
I have the same question as Separable polynomial mod $\mathfrak{p}$, which was asked in 2013 and is unanswered. Should I reask it myself (and link them, of course), or place a bounty on the existing ...
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Was this question closed for being about an ambiguity rather than being ambiguous?
This question was just asked and quickly closed and downvoted, with 'lack of clarity' given as the reason. However I think the question is about as clear as it can be when it's asking about maths from ...
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2024 Community Moderator Election
The 2024 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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Downvotes, No answers and Bot deletion mechanism on Meta
There are 3 interrelated things I want to list here and then ask a question:
It seems like (and there may be an official document that I am not aware of, to be transparent) downvote in meta is not ...
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People who do not accept answers; suggestion for dealing with this.
Suppose someone has asked twenty questions, but has accepted no answer on any of them. Is there not a strong case for preventing this person from asking any more questions? Of course, it may be ...
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Is MSE ok with how younger users may type?
I was just wondering if this website is tolerant towards the way younger people on this website may type (such as the use of slang) (assuming they are following the guidelines of course).
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My question highlighted a typo in my reference book, what should I do? [duplicate]
My question here
A tricky integral inequality in analytical mechanics proof
has just been replied.
The answer revealed that the reason why I could not find a solution myself (sufficient but not ...
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I finished writing a question, and then realized it is a duplicate. Should I post?
I finished writing a question, and then realized it is a duplicate. Should I post?
I swear this happens all the time to me.
Reason not to post: it is a duplicate, and will waste peoples' time with ...
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2024 Election Results: Congratulations to our new moderator!
The 2024 elections are over. By analyzing the OpaSTV file with the voting data, I'd like to welcome to the moderators' team the winner of the 2024 moderator elections, who is:
Shaun
In the name of all ...
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Upcoming Moderator Election
As a few people have noticed, we are down a moderator: quid has been inactive for a while, hence their moderator status has been suspended in accordance with the process outlined on the main Meta ...
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The gold badge was not awarded to me for what reason?
Currently, this question has over $10,000$ views. It is a famous question. I think Gold badge should appear on my profile page.
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Can I use math formulas from this community in open source non-CC projects?
I am planning on using some math formulas I get from this community in open source projects with a basically completely free use no attribution needed license subject to how close to that license ...
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Why does this question with detailed background have 4 downvotes and 4 close votes?
I saw that this question by another user has 4 downvotes and 4 close votes (3 "missing context or other details" and 1 "needs detail or clarity").
Why all this negative attention?
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Who is going around deleting comments at random? [duplicate]
Martin R posted an answer to this question, which was deficient. I posted a comment to the effect that the answer neglected negative values of $x$.
Returning a few hours later, I saw that Martin R had ...
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User profile appears to be an ad for Australian disability insurance
User Care Assure's profile description appears to be an ad for an Australian company involved in their National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The profile was created within the last day; the only ...
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An almost 8 years old question was closed just after I added a new answer to it
This old question recently got closed. Just some days ago, I added a new answer to it.
Perhaps my action caused the closure of the question (e.g. draw close-voters' attention).
I am interested in many ...
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Stats on successful leave open
From looking at some FAQ, it seems like 5 close votes are needed within the aging window to close a question unless enough (again seems like 3) number of leave open votes are cast (to remove it from ...
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Tag management 2023-present
New year, new tag management thread.
Rules of the game are basically the same:
Post your suggestion as an answer here if you see
A particularly bad tag (a rule of thumb: “if I can't imagine a person ...
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Close vs Open war on a question
I recently posted this question. It was closed, reopened and now closed again.
I don't understand what the problem with the question is. Other than silently closing, no one wishes to give criticism of ...
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Why was this question closed (too niche?) [duplicate]
I asked this question of general topology a day or two ago. Admittedly it is a "niche" topic, which will attract people interested in general topology and maybe not many people outside of ...
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How to improve/phrase my specific question
Here is my question link
I realized that I didn't provide sufficient information when I first posted my question and started editing it a few minutes after posting since I got the first downvote. I ...
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2024 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Mathematics Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election next week, ...
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Congratulations: the big thread!
Also known as the happiest place on the website! Use this thread to congratulate MSE users that you feel have reached a significant milestone on the website, or to congratulate the website itself, if ...
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What is the issue with my question?
A question of mine recently got closed for "needs details or clarity". I don't see what I could change to make it clearer and the person(s) who closed didn't provide any insight.
What can be ...
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My experience with closed questions
As a high schooler, I understand that the vast majority of users on MSE have attained a higher level of math education than me.
I have seen a few high level questions that have been very short, with ...
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About a possible change of instructions to ask a question, for beginners.
It's a well known problem that a new user often doesn't ask a question properly, e.g. asks a PSQ.
Perhaps the user can be suggested to check just this
table, (to begin with), instead of the current 2 ...
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I wonder if only advanced mathematical topic discussions are welcomed in math.stackexchange.
I am new to pure mathematics, and I am enthusiastic about it. I posted some questions and answers on math.stackexchange, but received some negative responses.
Sometimes when I was doing my homework or ...
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Proposal: Discourage questions that are nothing besides a problem statement
This is a very clear followup to Qiaochu's question: http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/9180/proposal-ban-verbatim-homework-questions
The reason that I create a new post is because I want ...
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List of comment templates
Inspired by this question on meta.cstheory.SE. The post at meta.Tex.SE is quite impressive.
We often leave generic comments to OP and answer posters such as "if this is a homework, please add a tag," ...
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Examples of poor review audits
Since threads about review audits seem to be turning up fairly frequently now, it seemed like a good idea to open a thread to collect examples of those audits where people failed but feel like they ...
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Should the direction of this close as duplicate be in the other direction, or is this perhaps a good candidate for merging?
The well-written, well-contexted and well-received recent question Formula for bump function (+20) with nine unique answers (+19, +9, +8, +8, +6, +3, +2, +1, +1) that span a wide range of solutions ...
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Whatever happened to helping people?
I'll try to keep this brief. Time and time again, I've seen a poorly formed or off-topic question which was inevitably closed; however, I read between the lines and found a way to give the questioner ...
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How to make question even clearer?
How can I make this question even clearer?
Is there any two-coordinate system where e.g., (10,36) is the same
point as (36,10)?
You see we here at the Rescue Centre are at our wits' end. Half our
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Are big square roots allowed on the title?
This question appears on my page like this :
I thought the problem was because the length of the equations under the \sqrt, I got sick of it so decided to edited to ...
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Why are we required to write "why this question is relevant to us"?
When I ask questions, it's always for the same reason: because I'm curious about the answer. It's not like my life depends on it, it's just a random question I asked myself while thinking about a ...
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Why do the numbers on Math SE show in an ugly way when not using MathJax?
I understand the need to use MathJax which I always do but I think it is very inconvenient to keep using it when having small numbers alone in different parts of the text, If I don't use it they look ...
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Are there any alternatives to Mathematics Stackexchange?
I have been low-key using the platform for a while. I often read meta-posts and notice that there appears to be increasing discontent with the way Stack Exchange manages the sites; both with regard to ...
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Where did [gradient] go?
At the moment, Mathematics SE has tags hessian-matrix and jacobian. However, tag gradient is a synonym for tag vector-analysis. Why?
Motivation
Since tag gradient does not exist, tags gradient-...
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Question/suggestion about a tag (Kleinian groups)
I am a bit unsure if this should be posted here or in Mathematics, but I try it here.
I was surprised to see that there was no "Kleinian groups"-tag at Mathematics and Mathoverflow. I would ...
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Is downvoting without comment a common and/or recommended practise?
I am a new user on Math.StackExchange. So far, I've asked 3 questions, and submitted one answer. Of the questions I asked, two were down-voted, and one was subsequently deleted. All these actions were ...
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"Close as duplicate" boilerplate text changed
When the first vote to close-as-duplicate is cast, the Math SE software also posts a comment that says
This question is similar to: …. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it ...
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What exactly does 'using artificial intelligence.. not allowed ' or something like that on the math website rules mean?
It is a bit unclear as to what is meant in the math section by using artificial intelligence ... is not allowed. For example does that include using symbolic math tools such as Maple, Maxima and many ...
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