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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Is a math quiz worth overlooking the rules?
Here’s the original post. My question is simple. The post checks all possible boxes for Quality Standards:
Formatting with MathJax
Context
OP’s own try
Specific roadblock where OP seeks help
Easy to ...
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About putting a -passed away- notice on some user’s profiles, but having prior approval from the close relatives
When a person passes away, usually a notice indicating this, is added on their profiles, or names (papers, etc).
For such users on the site, can the notice be implemented too? but having the prior ...
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Why were all comments removed from 4532159 [duplicate]
All comments made prior to about half an hour ago were removed from Upper bound for $S(m)=1+\frac{2^{m-1}}{2}+\frac{3^{m-1}}{2^2}+\frac{4^{m-1}}{2^3}+\dots$.
Why is this?
The tone and utility of some ...
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Should I Delete My Answer Even Though It's Correct?
I have answered a question concerning the derivation of a physics problem here: Trying to derive Newton's Shell Theorem, How do I integrate this?
For some clumsy reason, I wasn't considering the ...
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Are edits removing tags frowned upon?
I tried to remove the tag "set-theory" tag from this question because I thought it was blatantly wrong but my edit was rejected by two reviewers. Does that mean that those reviewers are ...
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Commands \mapsto and \longmapsto from Right to Left
Concerning this answer: How do I make \mapsto and \longmapsto point from right to left?
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Left pointing vector accent
I'd like to typeset $\vec{\square}$ but with the arrow pointing left, where $\square$ stands for an arbitrary letter from the Latin alphabet. I've tried to implement the solution described here, ...
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Vector accent with emphasized origin
A vector accent can be applied to a letter, or a string of letters, via the \vec command, which is built into MathJax, as follows: ...
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Can I ask about teaching maths to young children?
I am interested in opinions, and if possible, references for published research, about the pros and cons of teaching abstract maths concepts to young children. My younger brother (five years old) ...
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List of chatrooms
This is a place where we could collect list of chat rooms associated with this site. There are several rooms which have potential to be useful if more users were aware of them or more users visited ...
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No record of change of 2 rep
I'm just curious and not particularly concerned to know that when my rep changed from 2005 to 2003, I went to check the rep tab, and there I could see no reason for that happening which is the first-...
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Is it okay to be under-educated compared to the average StackExchange user? [duplicate]
I am a high school student. I am advanced in math for my standards. I am a junior in Calc 1. Compared to the average Math Stack Exchange user, I am years behind. Is it okay to post my questions? It ...
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Question asked for how to carry out a computation and all the respondents tried to answer as "how to prove"
Hi I dont think this is a particularly high quality question: How to expand $\frac{x^n-1}{x-1}$? but the asker very clearly had trouble with how to perform a computation/carry out an algorithm/know ...
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Too many interesting questions are closed
In my opinion you close far too many interesting questions as being off-topic and requiring additional context. If someone is asking a question, he or she must consider it relevant. If it is about ...
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Why was I notified inbox without being tagged?
combinatorics duplicates question
In the above post when OP tagged trueblueanil, I got notified too why?
Proof:
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How do we handle a chain of "duplicate" questions that are linked to a "missing context or other details" question?
The following chain questions are currently all closed:
Proving that $\langle x, y \rangle$ is a not principal ideal of $\mathbb{Q}[x, y]$
Non-principal ideal in $K[x,y]$?
The ideal $I= \langle x,y \...
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The ever rising barrier to entry of Mathematics SE
Recently, I have been going over the accounts of a few users (using since 2 years or more) here and sorting questions by newest. I found that, usually, most people's oldest questions or answers weren'...
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Does the moderator violate the EoQS?
This recent question on the main site: If whenever $|x-a|<\delta$, $|y-a|<\delta$ then $|f(x)-f(y)|<\epsilon$, is this equiv. to $f$ cont. at $c$ then $f$ cont. on some interval around $c$?
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Why red instead of grey in review queue?
This is the first time I'm seeing a red colour beside a queue. What's its significance?
I did around 5 "First Questions" review and that I've done before with a grey symbol too. (1 was a ...
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Confusing rolling back of edits by the moderator
This recent question: Show that the $l_p$ norm of $x$ as $p\to 0$ is the support of $x$ was nominated to be reopened in meta after edits. It was then reopened by several other users.
Here is version 4 ...
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RSS feed for unanswered questions
Is there a way to RSS feed the unanswered questions? Because I would find it easier to have an influx of questions about certain tags I like. Is that even possible?
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The thin line between answers and comments
What qualifies as an answer?
I reproduce my (deleted) answer here:
Use SFFT to factor $xy-8x-4y = 0$.
The answer received $2$ upvotes and was also accepted by the OP. A while later, however, a ...
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Why was this question automatically deleted by the Community Bot on 08/13/2022?
Why was this question automatically deleted by the Community Bot on 08/13/2022?
(And for no apparent good reason, that is!)
I tried voting to undelete, but it says I can no longer vote to undelete, ...
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When should posts be closed as duplicates?
One could answer " when they are the same" but what if a question is answered by combination of more than one old post?
So, let's say a question ask how to show a statement C from a ...
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Why was my post was removed from the HNQ list? [duplicate]
Question:
Why was my recent post: Side of the largest possible cube inside a cone? was removed from the HNQ list?
Context:
I do realize related general discussions (see below) but I don't feel right ...
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Bounty Message despite Accepted Answer
Why am I getting this message? (Note in this case I'm getting it after accepting an answer.)
In this case, I had this message for long as I had neither accepted nor received any answer. But then, ...
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I want to respond to a comment on my answer which I want to Delete?
Let us say, I answer a Question.
One user comes along to Point out that my answer is wrong.
I want to Delete that wrong answer. All okay till now.
Still, I want to respond to that user who left a ...
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LaTeX symbols for "therefore" and "suchthat"
I was wondering about the use of latex symbols \implies ($\implies$) and \therefore ($\therefore$). From the naming, I think \therefore and \implies are redundant, but I can't find a symbol for \...
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Mod removing questions out of HNQ
It has been observation as of late that moderator Asaf Karagila has been removing quite a bit of questions from HNQ. What is the basis for removal? and, under what circumstances is a moderator ...
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Mistake in this "First Question" Review marked spam?
In several review tests I had given, this is the first one that I failed.
Also, this the first "spam" alert I saw. I looked at some meta posts and checked some google results too (for the ...
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Separate an extremely long second solution into another answer or leave it in the original one?
I answered this question yesterday. In my answer, I discuss 2 different evaluation techniques, one of which is long and partially incomplete. However, after thinking about it for a while, I have ...
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Feedback on downvoted question
Yesterday, I asked the following question on conjectured values of certain factorial rational zeta series. It was downvoted twice, and upvoted once.
I'm wondering where the downvotes have come from. ...
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What additional context can I add to make my question eligible for the site?
EDIT: the question got reopened thanks to the suggestions.
I got my question closed with the following reason:
Please provide additional context, which ideally explains why the question is relevant ...
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People on this site have the exact oposite attitude to what they should have about answering questions
This post will likely be downvoted to oblivion, however this is my point. I love maths almost as much as I love chess but these two communities have the same issue; As both are difficult and appeal to ...
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Why this my upvoted answer has been deleted by moderator with no explanation?
This my answer seems to be absolutely relevant to the question:
https://math.stackexchange.com/a/4436362/2513
This looks like some personal attack.
The answer is below. If it is undeleted I would like ...
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Why are MSE policies that were agreed on not enforced?
I have been a member of Mathematics.SE for ten years. Yet I still don't understand why it is that when certain policies are introduced, they are not enforced or enforced selectively.
For example: ...
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Please don't pile on downvotes excessively
This post is inspired by something that recently transpired. Looking through the question edits, this is what I thought of the question:
Content-wise, I agree with T.. and Matt E that it is a ...
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Enforcement of Quality Standards
Math SE has a long-standing policy regarding what constitutes a Good Question. The policy is intended to ensure that the collection of questions and answers here is of high quality, is searchable, ...
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Which question received 10 upvotes with the lowest number of views?
It seems to me that receiving say $10$ upvotes ("Nice Question" badge) with $50$ views is more impressive, in terms of indicating a high quality question, than receiving $10$ upvotes with $...
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"Bookmarks" option below "Home" link or among top-right options
Often times I find myself visiting the bookmarked post of "meta". So:
Open meta in new tab.
Click on the profile.
Click on "Bookmarks".
And now I select the one required.
This, ...
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"Post Answer" option for those mid-way writing despite "Closed" post
When the post is closed, no longer answers are accepted as:
the answer box gets removed.
if you were writing something, the post answer option is no longer available.
In the latter case, I am ...
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List of edits waiting for approval
I want to see the list of all my edits that are still waiting for an approval. Does such a list exist?
If yes, where/how can I see/get such a list?
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How to respond to nagging followup questions after answering a question
I've had the experience about five times recently when after I answer a question, the asker ends up nagging me with more questions in the comments. The most recently was just now: Exercise $14$, ...
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Are users obligated to read (or at least skim) existing answers before posting a new answer?
Are users obligated to read (or at least skim) existing answers before posting a new answer?
I can see one reason for "yes": it would reduce redundant answers. But How to write a good answer ...
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How to ask a question which has to use terminology from a foreign language that doesn't have an accurate translation in English?
The question I want to ask is about a concept for which there is a specific term in a foreign language. The problem is that this term doesn't have an accurate translation in english and since it ...
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Can I post a 'homework' question without any MathJax/Latex.
Beginner here to mathstackexchange. I have a 'homework' question from a university course that I'm getting quite stuck on. Important Note: This is homework from a past course I've already completed ...
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Would quality picture answers be on topic?
I recently came across this free website, and I've been using it to present ideas and explain things.
I recently asked a question which got a great answer by user Mateo. Using the website, I then ...
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OP engages with only 1 user among many who posted answer
This is in reference to this post.
I gave my best efforts in trying to answer the OP's question. Since I have answered I was very excited to check whether there are more interesting answers which ...
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Limits on self-promotion?
What, if any, are the limits on using ones participation in math.se for self promotion?
I ask because a user (who had already been noticed for 'iffy' answering habits) has now changed their display ...
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How can I get my answer's deletion reviewed and possibly overturned [duplicate]
Before posting here, I read these three posts:
How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion? which says:
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