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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What is this font for the numbers?
I recently commented on a question and I used the proper MathJax formatting for the numbers and letters:
Some minutes later my net became a little laggy and I refreshed the page. Then I lost my ...
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What can we do to no-platform bot-users?
I hardly ever visit Meta so forgive me if this has been addressed already. I just wanted to flag an issue:
The user Statistics Tutorial is a bot. So far I have deleted, along with other community ...
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So many bad questions on this site getting rewarded--proposals on how to fix
This site is being overrun with bad questions. Questions that are banal with not a lot of effort put by the person asking. And why not. These questions are being rewarded on here. They are often being ...
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Responding to Questions on StackExchange: Addressing the OP's Intended Approach or Diversifying Solutions?
I strongly believe that Stack Exchange serves as a valuable platform for knowledge sharing. It is essential to promote the development of multiple high-quality solutions to each question, benefiting ...
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What kind of posts are the most upvoted?
I've noticed that on MSE I usually have an idea of how popular a question will be even before I post it. Other times I'm very surprised. For example, I remember having high expectation before posting ...
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Math Stackexchange vs CrossValidated
I know that the website for statistics and machine learing related questions is Cross Validated. And there is a separate website for Data Science.
However, questions in the past on statistics that I ...
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Stack exchange goes to different question than in URL
When I type in https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/47 into safari/chrome, checking its suggestions did not replace the URL, stack exchange goes instead to Can you recommend a decent online or ...
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Is it a bug that post score differ in user's page and post page?
I noticed this in a user's page (the top post has a 28 score):
But in the post page it has a score of 27.
Of course, before I up-voted it, the score was still 28 in the user's page.
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What types of mathematical writing questions are suitable for Mathematics Stack Exchange?
I find it quite strange that every time I discuss mathematical writing, some people suggest closing the topic.
For example:
Does 'hence' (thus, therefore) need a comma after it?
How to avoid ...
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Searching for a deleted answer to my question
A week ago I posted this question: anonym (https://math.stackexchange.com/users/1060773/anonym), How do I compute the Fourier Coefficients of a Riesz Product?, URL (version: 2023-09-06): How do I ...
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Should I delete a partial answer when someone else posts a complete answer?
Recently I edited and bumped this question; I thought it was interesting and it had garnered no attention in over two years. I wasn't able to solve it, but I mentioned I solved a problem with a ...
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What can I do about my question being deleted?
I have a question about my Mathematics Stack Exchange post: Riemann integrability of a function with infinite points of discontinuity
I am a new user on mathematics stack exchange and my experience ...
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Should this special case question (that has a proof) be marked as a duplicate of the general case question (that doesn't have a proof)?
I recently found this question: Proof of the Existence of All Phone Numbers in Pi
I understand why it can be seen as a duplicate of Does π contain all possible number combinations?, but the question ...
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Why are there so many Close votes in the Review queues in Math Stack Exchange?
Currently there are over 300 Close votes in the Review queues in Math Stack Exchange. Why so many?
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Question about 'Missing context or other details' as a reason for closure
I just got this as an audit in the close vote queue and voted it for closure because of 'Missing context or other details'. To me this looks like one of these common homework questions that lack ...
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Prompt OP to answer their own question?
Sometimes I find questions (e.g. this one) where after some back-and-forth in the comments OP answers their own question and appends their final answer to their question. In the interest of minimizing ...
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chatGPT and Delete - Have others noticed this trend?
I had a +200 bounty question set to expire in 2 hours when I got an answer to it. I suspected the answer of being written by ChatGPT based on the format, and material of the answer. The answer did not ...
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Should the tag "generalization" be blacklisted?
The generalization tag contains no real mathematical content and does not help to organize the site in any meaningful way. Despite that, the tag has been recreated and deleted multiple times. It has ...
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How can I resolve not posting new questions issue?
I saw
https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/a/31743/1048756
But still I didn't understand what should I do now. I usually ask questions on math stack exchange about those topics which confuses me or at ...
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Moderation Strike Resolution
As many of you likely already know, moderators across the SE network have been engaged in a work stoppage since early June, for a number of reasons, which are outlined in the main meta post Moderation ...
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Why was my question about complex exponentiation closed?
I asked a question about a generic form of complex exponentiation, and it got closed on the grounds that "I need more context". I'm happy to oblige, but I don't know exactly what I need to ...
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Why am I not getting the Inquisitive badge
Why am I not getting the Inquisitive badge$?$ I completed the criteria nearly one and a half weeks ago but still the badge isn't coming. Is it a glitch from M.SE's side or something else.
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Has Mathematics Stack Exchange changed its font size?
Has Mathematics SE made its font bigger? Everything seems so big now. Is it just for me or has Mathematics SE actually implemented it? Please confirm. I'm also attaching some pictures of it.
These ...
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I suspect an answer to my question was generated by AI. What should I do?
I asked a question, Random-like walk based on the parity of digits of a normal number: must it return to the origin?
I suspect that this answer may have been generated by artificial intelligence. It ...
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User spamming chatbot answers
The user Serg Z. is currently spamming answers copy-pasted from chatbot output (perhaps with slight modifications).
They have recently deleted two examples (users with 10K rep can see these) after I ...
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The tags (minkowski-sums) and (sumset) - two separate tags or a synonym
The Minkowski sum and the sumset have basically the same definition:
$$A+B=\{a+b; a\in A, b\in B\}.$$
As far as I can tell, the first name is more often used when we're dealing with vectors (i.e., in ...
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It is possible to add a banner indicating there is currently a moderation strike?
For "small" or "new" users we are now finding ourselfs as we are not receiving interactions in the website don't knowing why, I would like to proposed adding a Banner indicating ...
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What should I do if my question is too hard for me and probably beyond my knowledge?
My question is this What is the least upper bound ordinal of my linear n-symbol partition ordinal?
I am self-learning person. I create the ordinal sequence that I can't prove it mathematically.
I know ...
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Will the closure of Gfycat affect MSE?
Gfycat is a hosting service for (animated) GIF files, which will close on September 1st, 2023. Since some MSE users might have included GIF files hosted on Gfycat in their posts, does the service's ...
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Moderation strike update, and flags
For the last four weeks, there has been a moderator strike involving many moderators across the network. (See also the previous MathSE meta post). Although not all math mods signed the strike letter, ...
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Q retracted! (How to deal with my answer after the asker noticed that his/her question had another intention and edited text?)
I've to retract this question!
I've undergone the same process already in 2019 when the question originated.
I've missed to find my own history of activity here, and can only beg for pardon (a severe ...
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Is flag handling backlogged? [duplicate]
I currently have 7 unhandled comment flags, including two I raised back in May. I also have one unhandled post flag from June 13.
Is there a technical issue here that is causing flags to get lost? Or ...
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How to avoid draft formatting issues that are only solvable with a save of the question (before the question is finished for publication) [duplicate]
The solution for Firefox now is to install the SiteMacro Extension for (Ubuntu) Firefox, and to have the macro map to the edit button. Each time now that the site reloads, it automatically goes into ...
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I am having trouble formatting the formula for a quoted vector magnetic potential inside and outside a shell of radius R with charge density sigma
I am having trouble formatting the following formula as a reference to MSU's result for the magnetic field inside a spherical shell and the vector magnetic potential outside the magnetic shell.
The ...
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Is there some other unstated issue with my question or answer? [duplicate]
I have a question about my Mathematics Stack Exchange post: Taxi distance count to all lattice points at specified distance from the lattice origin and of a specified dimensionality?
I was challenged ...
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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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When is it appropriate to bounty a "contested question"?
In recent times, I bountied a question when it was reopened prior to a previous closing. Unfortunately, the bounty started on a time with four close votes. The bounty was apparently manually removed ...
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Our Community vs The System
This site means a lot to many people, myself included. It has been my number one source of sharing interesting problems, learning mathematics, and seeing what others have to share. This being the case,...
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What's the deal with closing "What are some conjectures of your own"?
A few days ago I posted the following question,
What are some conjectures of your own? [closed]
Which you may have seen on the Hot Network Questions. Clearly, people enjoyed it. It's fun, and ...
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General Moderation Strike: Mathematics StackExchange moderators are participating
As some of you may be aware, there is a general moderation strike in place as of Monday, June 5th, 2023.
Seven members of the Mathematics moderation team have signed the demand letter and are striking....
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Moderator Strike [duplicate]
With seven of MSE's mods participating, wouldn't it be appropriate to draft a meta post with links to what is going on (the meta-meta post starting this, the statement of the participants, maybe a ...
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Why is the question about topic modelling book for math student off-topic?
The question Is there any book about topic modelling in machine learning for math student? is closed with the reason that it's not about mathematics.
Reading What topics can I ask about here? - Help ...
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Would questions asking how a concept is modellized/formularized be on-topic?
From the comments of this meta question, Would questions about the importance of a theorem in math on-topic?, it seems to be a consensus that importance is a ...
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Bug: Can't write matrices and newlines $\LaTeX$ in Tag Editor.
Problem: I can't write matrices and newlines with MathJax in $\LaTeX$ in the Tag Editor.
I've noticed on several SE pages that I can't write line breaks in MathJax. On some pages, an ...
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It’s become difficult to see visually if I’ve upvoted a post
I suppose this isn’t such a big deal, but it seems to have become difficult to see visually if I’ve upvoted a post on math.stackexchange:
Compare this with the clear coloring on stackoverflow:
Has ...
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Can I re-ask a closed question? [duplicate]
I am talking about this question. This seems to be OP's first question, and OP didn't show any of their work. This is why the question got closed. However, I find the question itself very interesting ...
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Is it a duplicate if the same question exists in another site?
I often see some questions which are the same or similar to other questions on another site (Like AOPS, Math Overflow, etc.)
Is it a duplicate if other questions in OTHER SITES can answer the question?...
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What should be the attitude and response to the following phenomenon?
Suppose, there is a question (a math problem). It is answered by User A. The answer is, basically, that there is no solution. The answer is upvoted. Then (after, say, a year) comes User B and posts an ...
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Did the avatars change recently?
The question is in title.
My wife notice that my avatar changed from the last time she saw it. Being blind, I did not pay attention to this.
Now, it is very pale yellow. Is there a way to restore it ...
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How should I rewrite the beginning of the linked post?
How should I rewrite the beginning of this post?
It seems people aren’t commenting since it’s difficult to understand.
Any suggestions are welcomed.
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