Questions tagged [help-center]
For issues regarding the help center of Mathematics Stack Exchange.
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Help-centre content for the banner regarding AI tools
At the moment there is majority support for having a banner on-site that reminds users that AI-generated content is not welcome on math.stackexchange. As part of getting that banner put in place, we ...
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There should be a "How to Ask" page tailored to math se.
The "how to ask" page for this site includes very generic advice, it is be applicable to
almost all stack exchange sites.
But, for example, stackoverflow has their own "how to ask" ...
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Update the Help Center article on searching to mention the in:saves operator in place of the inbookmarks:mine operator
The Help Center article titled "How do I search?" needs to be updated to mention the in:saves operator in place of the deprecated ...
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The links on the "How can I format mathematics here" page are broken
On the page https://math.stackexchange.com/help/notation, there are two links:
https://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/tex-latex-mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference
https://meta.math....
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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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Steps to avoid cheating in an International mathematics olympiad. [duplicate]
First of all, I am sorry if the title doesn't make sense as I am posting after quite some time now. Feel free to change it if you can make it more informative.
I am part of the organising team of an ...
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Recommendation: enhance the mathSE HTML/Markdown help article re images
Turns out, based on the responses, that the topic is much more complex than I first envisioned. One alternative is for someone to edit the corresponding Help article (referenced below), with a link ...
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Can the Intro to new mathSE users be refined to improve the quality of new-user-mathSE queries?
After I specified this meta mathSE query's title, I noticed (in the drop down box) the meta mathSE query: Can the site design be improved to be more welcoming. That query is actually coming from the ...
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Privilege page on reduced ads doesn't show on this site, even though there are now advertisements
This site has had advertisements enabled for some time now, as the team has been expanding those to non-technology-related sites, of which this site happens to be the largest. On such sites, users ...
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Add quantum computing stackexchange to "What to ask here" page
In the help center on the page What topics can I ask about here there is a list of sister sites that might be better suited for some questions that are still on-topic here. I propose to add quantum ...
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Who is responsible for maintaining the help pages?
Who are the authors and maintainers of pages such as this one? How does one contact them to suggest particular emendations?
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Should we add external searches in some help pages about search?
I think that it might be useful to add somewhere advice about other possibilities how to search. (I am not sure what would be right place, but it would be nice to have it somewhere where new users who ...
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Site guidelines
I am new to this site as well very naive in terms of Mathematical knowledge. I would like to know what are some things I am allowed to do, and what are some things I am not allowed to do here. For ...
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Possible improvements of the "How to answer" page
I was looking over the How to answer help page, and upon reading it, I and a few others agreed that it was not as helpful as it could be. And so we came up with a list of things that might improve ...
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How long to wait for a reply from the SE staff?
After having contacted the SE staff and not having received an answer, how long should I wait before contacting them again with the same request?
In May and June I have received the baptism of serial ...
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Adding share your thoughts about the problem and any attempts to solve it to the "How do I ask a good question"-page for self-study questions
My proposal is simple. Should we add "share your thoughts on the problem and any attempts you have made to solve it" to the How do I ask a good question-page for all self-study related questions (e.g ...
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Make "question ban" help page specific to Maths.SE
The page in the Help Center concerning question bans (here) was specifically written for StackOverflow.
Since then, Maths.SE has grown fast enough for this feature to be enabled here (as of August ...
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Found broken link in help centre. Who should I notify?
In this section of the FAQ the link "Writing the perfect question by Jon Skeet" is broken. I am unsure as to who handles these things, and even if I should be posting this here. I'm not that familiar ...
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Add give references to "how do I ask good questions page"
On the page https://math.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask I would suggest to change
Be specific
If you ask a vague question, you’ll get a vague answer. But if you give us details and context,...
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Slightly clarify on the "on topic"-ness of questions about CAS
It is pretty clearly established that questions about MATLAB, Macsyma, and other computer algebra systems are on topic. And indeed this page includes "software that mathematicians use" as an on topic ...
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Flagging confusion
There was an answer to this question, which I flagged as low-quality, since I thought it was beyond repair and full of nonsense. It was not the case that it contained an error or so, it was as if it ...
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Subjects that, while still being on-topic here, you can get better response on our sister sites:
The On-Topic page says:
There are certain subjects that, while still being on-topic here, you can get better response on our sister sites: [...]
I suggest adding to this list:
teaching ...
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Search functionality not working at the Help Center
I've noticed the search functionality at the Help Center does not seem to be working, and it seems to be a Stack Exchange - wide issue. Is it just my imagination? I tried searching for terms like "...
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Bounty reputation documentation [duplicate]
The help centre says "Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of your own hard-earned reputation, and attach it to any question as a bounty." But when I was looking at starting a bounty for my own ...
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"step by step" solution to upload a png image from my desktop named "snap"
I want to upload an image from my desktop, but I can't. I read
https://math.stackexchange.com/editing-help#images
but can't operate. I need a "step by step" solution to upload a png image from my ...
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The help page on privileges doesn't mention accepting answers.
I've just checked the help page for privileges and it doesn't mention accepting answers. There was a discussion on meta about how to encourage newer users to accept answers when appropriate but the ...
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Add "teaching math" to the on-topic list
The following transpired in the comments to the (currently closed) Stopping the "Will I need this for the test" question (emphasis added). robjohn notes that "teaching math" is not listed in ...
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Error in the Bounty FAQ
In the bounty FAQ it says
If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with at least 2 upvotes will be awarded ...
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Proposal for a new Help Center section: Tagging
It is glad to have a new section called Help Center nowadays, as it can only be edited by diamond (♦) moderators, we can set up credible rules or regulations in here.
But the Help Center still lack ...
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Eeek: The "help" link on meta redirects to "math.stackexchange.com/help"
Previously, we had a nice separate "faq" for meta.math.SE.
However, with the advent of the so-called "help center", if I now click the "help" button on the top, next to my username, I'm being ...
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Proposal for a new Help Center section: Notation
With the new Help Center (and even before, if I am not mistaken) it appears possible to insert (with community manager assistance) new sections that are site-specific (and moderator editable). I ...
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What happened to our FAQ?
Until recently (I'm not sure exactly when), at the top of every page was an "faq" button, and the page it led to had a list of basic help topics. Some of them were generic to SE, but some were ...
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Broken link in Help Center: "bounties" should be "bounty"
The "What is reputation?" page has a broken link.
You gain reputation when: . . .
one of your answers is awarded a bounty automatically: +1/2 of the bounty amount (see more details about ...
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