Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature on the site, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Writing answer on behalf of someone else
Assume a post on MSE is answered by someone in comment section and alternative approaches to solve the problem are not provided . There are two senarios:
First:
Nobody will convert that comment to an ...
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Proposal: Require first time question askers to pass a short quiz on how to ask a good question, before posting their first question
Given the large number of first time question askers who evidently do not really read the advice on how to ask a good question, I propose:
The site should require first time question askers to take a ...
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Mathoverflow links
Sometimes, I would like to reference a link from MO and it would be helpful if it got immediately turned into the title without having to type it and then include the hyperlink i.e.
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Double column when editing a post
I'm still not clear on the use of this part of Stack Exchange but since there is the "feature-request" tag I think this is the right place to ask this question (which is actually not a ...
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How to draw Venn Diagrams in Math Stack Exchange?
How to draw Venn Diagrams in MSE using MathJax? Please help me out.
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No community promotion ads any longer?
It seems there is no community promotion ads from 2021, so our community won't have that any longer? Different from some irrelevant commercial ads from the SE network, I in fact would like to see some ...
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Proposal for an informal "side room" for the StackExchange Mathematics forum
I would like to propose an informal side room the mathematics forum maybe called "Mathematics_SideRoom" or "Mathematics_Informal" or "Mathematics_Opinion" or "...
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\{, \}, \| and \\ need an extra backslash to be rendered correctly in math when composing a new question in MSE.
When composing a new question iver in math.stackexchange, some symbols need an extra \ (backslash) to be rendered correctly:
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Editing a post does not show the edited title [duplicate]
When I edit a question, a preview of the edited content is shown, which makes it easy to know if I'm doing this right.
But: when editing the title of a question (e.g. replacing "Z" by "$...
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Please enable syntax highlighting on Mathematics SE
Would it be possible to enable syntax highlighting (colour) for code blocks on Mathematics SE?
For example, on Stack Overflow:
My motivation for asking this question is that I was disappointed to see ...
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Can I retract a flag on a deleted post?
I flagged a GPT answer for moderator attention on June 21st; I don't think I knew about the moderation strike at the time. This answer has since been deleted, but the flag still registers as pending. ...
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How to copy mixture of text and latex formulas in a comment?
Okay, I might sound lazy. When trying to copy mixture of text and latex formulas in an answer, it is always easy. I can simply click "edit" and copy the source. But when trying to do the same in a ...
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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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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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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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Make bounty messages editable [duplicate]
Would it please be possible to add the ability to edit a bounty message?
I recently posted a bounty, but forgot to include some details by mistake and made some formatting errors, as I was unable to ...
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Editing reputation anomaly can generate unbounded reputation?
Background:
I was editing an answer given to my question. Edits included some Latex notations. Edit was approved and I got a reputation of $(+2)$. Later, there were some incompleteness in the answer ...
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Is it possible to make the help center easier to find for new users?
As a regular user, I have had trouble finding our help center and guidelines when I am trying to assist new users. I am sure that most of them don't even look or know that these exist on the site, ...
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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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Newest unanswered questions with my tags
Is there a way (or can I suggest making this possible) to show questions with "my tags" sorted in order of newest to oldest... instead of most votes to least votes?
The reason I ask is that it seems ...
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Do we really need time limit on editing comments [duplicate]
I find time limit on editing comments annoying and doubt that it is needed at all. My problem is typos that I can't fix if I noticed them too late. If my comment is not answered I post the corrected ...
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Hierarchical spoilers
When giving hints to a problem, sometimes it's beneficial to use the spoiler markers >!, however if the reasoning is longer and split into more than one hint, ...
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A hide/show feature
There is a question here on math.meta.stackexchange requesting hide/show features for posts. The person was then asked to ask the same question on the meta.stackexchange, where their request was ...
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Self-closing oddity
I recently asked a question, and in a comment Eric Wofsey observed that it was substantially similar to an earlier question I had not seen.
I agreed, and voted to close my own question. I expected ...
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Friends lists -- keeping track of users
Is there a better way of keeping track of users you want to follow than just visiting their page manually every time? I've found I enjoy looking at various users' posts and the list of usernames/...
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Why can't Math StackExchange questions be flagged as belonging in a site other than math meta, stats, or physics? [duplicate]
I have noticed a few questions that don't belong on math StackExchange, math meta, stats StackExchange, or physics StackExchange. I cannot flag them as belonging in another site, so I just post a ...
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Suggestion: Add https://hsm.stackexchange.com/ as a migration option [duplicate]
Occasionally we get questions that are focused on the history of mathematics, for which there is the lovely https://hsm.stackexchange.com/ . Can we get that added to the "belongs on another ...
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Embedded Desmos Graphs
As of late I have been using Desmos for a variety of demonstrations. Some of these demonstrations are humbly interactive. It seems to me it could be a nice feature to be able to embed the graph at the ...
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How to quickly find recent questions with lots of upvotes?
Sometimes I want to find recent questions with lots of upvotes. My current way to do so is to go to Questions -> Newest, then do a lot of down-scrolling while visually scanning the numbers of votes....
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This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network
When trying to close a question, occasionally the reason for closure is that the question belongs on another site on the SE network. However, the closing reason "This question belongs on another site ...
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Should we be able to downvote comments?
Let's imagine a situation:
Mr. X posted a question in Math SE. He's a beginner, and the question may seem naive for many of us. Let's suppose his question still meets the rules of MSE.
Now, Mr. Y ...
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Close Votes: "Needs details or clarity" vs "Missing context or other details" [duplicate]
Since having the privilege to review Close votes, I'm facing a confusion.
In close votes' review, if we wish to close a question because it lacks details or clarity then we have one of the 2 choices ...
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How can I get the *.svg version of the logo of math.SE?
I want to put the logo of math.SE to my website linking to my profile, and the template I'm using uses svg versions of the logos; at least if I have the svg version of a logo, I know how to use it in ...
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Answer downvotes: should the downvoters be warned when the answer is corrected?
I wrote an answer to a question on MSE. At first, I messed up and went to the wrong direction. Noticing this, I urgely edited my post, changed my development, added a new picture and my answer is now ...
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Accepted/Unaccepted filter for Answers/Questions in our Profile Menu
For Questions and Answers in our Profile Menu we have the option to filter them on the basis of Score/Activity/Newest/Views but more than often feel the need for a Accepted/Unaccepted filter for both ...
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Add a list of FAQs [duplicate]
I think that there should be a list of frequently asked math questions. Let a question be called a sub-duplicate of another question if it is that other question or it is closed as a duplicate of a ...
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Organizing favorite posts in folders\categories
Is there a way of organizing favorite posts into folders?
This is a feature I was thinking about for quite some time now. It happened to me more than once where I was looking for a certain post I ...
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Should questions from "newbie" users be put "On-Hold" by default?
An ongoing discussion asks "What can we do about the tension on this site?. As I see it, some of the tension exists because there are (at least) three groups of users here that all want very ...
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Could Mathematics Stack Exchange's front page be more independent and check things more slowly and carefully? [closed]
I got an email saying how I was editing my answer to Why do we use Complex numbers and not other systems? a lot and bumping it to the front page. When we work together, we find that naturally, all the ...
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Give Math.SE its own domain & name
To: Stack Exchange Inc. (the company)
As Math.SE has grown into being the second biggest site in the Stack Exchange network, second only to the flagship Stack Overflow, I think it has proven its ...
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Filtering by tag
I have seen on a similar site where you can filter by your favorite tags. It's one thing to have questions with your favorite tags highlighted, and it's another, and much better, to only see ...
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Can we have a favorite star for answers?
It is just a thought. As we have a star to mark favorite a good question, can we similarly have a star to each answer so that a good answer can be marked as favorites by users. That way one can know ...
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Part 2- Let us introduce non mandatory tests for new users
Some approximately 100 days before I posted a similar question explaining a mandatory test for new user to get more familiar with site working however it was highly disagreed in form of downvotes. Let ...
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Can I offer cash for an answer to my question?
I want my question answered, and I'm willing to pay. Is there an established way for me to credibly promise payment in a way that will induce an answer?
Has this been done before? Thank you.
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Question closed as duplicate, but the linked question was deleted
This is related to Question closed as a duplicate, link points to question closed as a duplicate, but it is more problematic.
The question (Q) Prove that quotient topology $\mathbb{R}/\sim$ is the ...
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How to copy page content including all TeX commands
I posted an answer to this question, and a commenter suggested an alternative. The commenter answer was simpler, more elegant than mine, and I would have upvoted it ... except he had posted it in the ...
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Feature request:- Make the search bar support latex
For instance consider $\int_0^1 e^{x^2-x}dx$. before asking for help with a certain aspect of this question, I attempted to search for it on MSE. However, this is what I got.
The worst part is how the ...
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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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Can we limit downvotes without justification to -2
I can understand why folks downvote and I respect the reasons for doing this.
It seems to me that when a question is at -2 and someone downvotes it further, that this down vote is crossing a line. ...
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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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