Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance with one of the site's features.
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After adding context to a closed question, my question was deleted. Would greatly appreciate additional details.
A few weeks ago, I had a question that was closed. I posted here asking why it was closed. I was told that it was closed because it was missing context.
I saw that the details for closing the ...
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My question has been voted to be closed. [closed]
Someone decided to vote to close my question (and that person even downvoted my question)
Proof Check -- MVUE of geometric distribution
The cited reason was "violation of community guidelines&...
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where to learn how to write questions for linear algebra [duplicate]
I'm trying ask questions regarding Linear Algebra involving matrices with sub and superscripts and bolded vectors, etc. I can see code written by others, but it often doesn't work for me when I try ...
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Contradictory application of the policy regarding edits by users with reputation less than 2000
The following is the stated policy regarding edits by some users:
The primary purpose of the Suggested edits queue is to review edits contributed by users who have less than 2,000 reputation and ...
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Arbitrary deletion of reviewed and accepted edit
A question was submitted by a new contributor. The question covered an advanced topic in matrix calculus and received a very good answer which provided detailed coverage of those topics. However the ...
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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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How should this be flagged if none of the options seem to apply?
This question Find $x^\circ$ in triangle below if if $AM = MC = BC$ came up in a Low Quality Post review today in a review queue and after reading the question, working it through I decided that the ...
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Does the "How to vote" pop-up on the election page disappear immediately for others too?
I have clicked over to the election page to vote, and I briefly see a browser modal dialog titled "How to vote" that disappears almost immediately before I have any interaction with the page....
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Has something changed on latex? [duplicate]
Has something changed on latex?
In my browser, I cannot see curly braces with "backslash" "opening curly brace" any more.
Example below: I don't see curly braces. But I DO SEE ...
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Are there some differences from the previous election?
It was recently announced that there is going to be moderator election soon: Upcoming Moderator Election.
In January 2024 one of the CMs made this post: What would you like to change about the ...
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Having trouble including a long link in the answer text
In the comments section, one of the users referenced:
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Download all questions and answers for individual users and save into TeX/pdf
I would like to download all my answers in MSE and save them into a LaTeX script or a pdf file.
This answer 1 provides a method to download all the answers in CSV file (not LaTeX script or pdf file).
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Difficulty Presenting Tables When Going From StackEdit To MathJax
stackedit.io is very convenient for polishing long answers before pasting them into a MathSE answer box. Among other things, this avoids MathSE sometimes being slow to render, during the editing. ...
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Error message regarding edit summary
As of this morning, I seem unable to put Edit summaries that I have used in the past. Specifically, I made two formatting edits, and attempted to write "Formatting" in the Edit summary box, ...
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Question not visible in the list of questions under a tag
My question isn't visible in the lists of questions of any of the three tags that were added. I searched using "No accepted answers" filter and went till Feb 11, 2022 (the date on which it ...
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How to change default mathjax renderer? [duplicate]
How to change the default renderer from HTML-CSS to Common-HTML? HTML-CSS displays a mess on my computer. Any method is fine, extensions, scripts, etc. Specifically, only setting up the math ...
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Matrices do not render in preview
Why does this example:
$$
\begin{matrix}
1 & x & x^2 \\
1 & y & y^2 \\
1 & z & z^2 \\
\end{matrix}
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no longer render correctly, at least ...
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very slow when I am trying to delete characters in editing my answer
This is about editing my answer prove that the intersection of these spheres is a circle and possible fixes.
Sometimes I put long outputs in answers. This is not popular, and does earn me ...
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HTML links are broken in : "https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4920685/how-to-calculate-the-curl-for-vec-nabla-times-hata-for-unit-vector-hat"
I have some long website links in my article:
"How to Calculate the Curl for $\vec{\nabla}\times\hat{a}$ for unit vector $\hat{a}$ in Cartesian, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates" that ...
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Online preview display of answers/questions works only in the first round of editing in MSE
It seems I am experiencing a bug when working in MSE for some weeks. When I edit my answers/questions for the second time, the online displayer does not work on any devices (i.e., I cannot see any ...
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Floor function for fractions [duplicate]
When using \rfloor and \lfloor function for fractions, we obtain the following unpleasant result
$$\lfloor \frac n2\rfloor$$
Is ...
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Since when does this site require registration to post answers?
I remember the discussion which led to allowing only registered users to ask questions: Let's require registration to ask a question. (It was marked status-completed in October 2016.)
IIRC, ...
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May I ask big-list questions like so?
My personal notes often have big lists of related, sometimes only suspected, results. What I have done throughout the years in MSE is to ask whether one specific result is true at a time (one post per ...
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How do I sort questions by views?
Suppose I am searching for a question, and there are many similarish questions to that which come on the search. How do I filter out for those questions which have the maximum views?
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Should I / How can I move a bountied question to math overflow?
I posted this question a week ago and have since bountied it. I still haven't figured out the answer to the problem. I'm starting to think that it might be a research level question and would be more ...
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Is there a tutorial on learning how to use formating on Stackexchange Maths? [duplicate]
I would like to post a question but need to express a number of symbols that are not on my keypad. I have a Chromebook.
I thought there may be a question on stackexchange or some resource I can use to ...
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How to categorize questions I follow
Apology if there's a really easy or widely known answer to this. But I've followed over 800 questions, and it's really a hassle to find the followed question I have in mind when I want to refresh my ...
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When Writing a New Question, Continuing with Ask Question from Previous Content, Math Formulas Do not Render, Even after Draft Preview. What to do?
Below is the Example with $x^2$ as it appears in the browser correctly after considerable time. More complicated question texts often do not render at all correctly.
Example:
$$
x^2
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The code for ...
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How can I write underscript within a line? [duplicate]
How can I write underscript within a line?
When if I use double $$, then this is normal,
$$H_1 = \bigcup_{\substack{j=1, \ j \neq 1}}^n ( H_1 \cap H_j )$$
But when ...
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How to find out one's all-time ranking, percentage-wise?
This may be a bit of a petty question (and I'm usually not too concerned about rankings) but I wonder how to find out what one's all-time ranking is, percentage-wise. Currently I can see what my ...
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Are questions regarding Geogebra allowed here, or should they be asked on SO?
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Are questions regarding Geogebra allowed here, or should they be asked on SO?
I have a problem currently with trying to plot a certain function $f(x,y)$ in Geogebra which contains both ...
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Can I delete a question permanently?
I want to delete a question permanently, also from the deleted questions section. Is it possible? Also, are my deleted question viewable by some users?
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Correct way to post a question
Grid Path Problem
Tell me the specific reason why my post was closed, so I can edit in then desired way.
The problem is from a Textbook, there is nothing wrong with the wording, I even edited it a few ...
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Is it possible to add a save draft option before publishing an answer?
I find myself writing many draft before saving an answer at one location; and that is fine as long as I remain at that location.
However if I go to a different place without a USB backup option and a ...
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Was this question closed by a human or a bot? what more details could be added?
This question was closed because This question needs details or clarity.
"can there be an infinite set S whose elements all contain S? [closed]"
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How to handle a "hidden" answer
I am confused by the message "This answer is hidden. This answer was deleted and converted to a comment" that I got when I tried to answer my own question.
After a year developing a better ...
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How do I respond to edits?
I have a question about my Mathematics Stack Exchange post: Minimum losses to eliminate you from top 2 in round robin
Someone asked a question about round robin. I answered. He then realized that he ...
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I see that the title has been edited, but I cannot approve the edit? How can the edit be saved?
I have this link in my inbox:
https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/posts/37304/revisions
But I cannot find anywhere the option to approve the edit. Where is the edit approval button or option found?
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If a question author receives an answer needing some editing, can the answer be edited by the question author so the answer author gets full credit?
I have this question that I want to up-vote an answer for it, namely Algebraically Simplify $n =\left( \frac{ \left(5\right)^{\log 5}} { \left(2 \right)^{\log 2}} \right) ^{ \frac{1} {\log 2-\log 5 } }...
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I am requesting the moderators to delete that post
As I lack sufficient reputation to comment, I am creating a meta post.
I am requesting the moderators to delete that post because they are cheating
Solving $(a+1)^{\log_a(x-2)} - a^{\log_{a+1}(x-1)} = ...
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Seeking Guidance Initially, but Successfully Proved Later
I posted a one question on Math Stack Exchange, completed most of the process, but got stuck. Later, I figured it out and proved the question. Should I delete my post, finish the solution or Should I ...
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Why is the user:me search function works (while I am logged in) but when I log out and search user:StephenElliott or user:Stephen Elliott dosen't work
I want to be able to share my Questions and Answers with friends and family, but I do not want to give them my account password, of course.
I can search for my questions and answers successfully while ...
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Why I seemingly cannot find my question when searching but then later when I get flagged for duplicate question I find the similar question
I try to avoid creating duplicates but I always fail.
Consider my recent question.
I was searching the finite subgroup criterion.
So I typed into the search function
"Finite subgroup criterion&...
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How can I destroy my profile? ("destroy", not "delete")
I read this post: 2023: a year in moderation. At the end of the array there is "Users destroyed".
I was curious to see in the settings but I only found "Delete profile", where is ...
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Why { } doesn't work any more in Latex?
Any idea why $\{$ or $\}$ doesn't work anymore in latex on Math Stack ? (it seems to work here on meta however) When I write ...
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How do I get my question deleted?
I cannot delete this question because "it has an answer", even when the "answer" does not even attempt to answer the question at all. It only repeats what I wrote in the question, ...
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Is posting informative content without a real question acceptable?
I’ve made an interesting (to me) discovery about something I’ve been working on, but I don’t know if I should post it on any of the math-related stack exchange forums since there isn’t much of a ...
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Question regarding deleted questions whilst under a post ban.
I wanted to ask if you could recycle deleted questions that the Bot has automatically deleted and repurpose them into new questions before voting to undelete whilst under a post ban in any Stack ...
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Why are not table headings rendering correctly with embedded math here on Mathematics Stack Exchange that Render Fine on Stack Exchange Electronics
I have table headings here:
How is it Possible to Optimize the Shichman-Hodges Slope Parameters from the Left and Right using Least Square Linear Regression Approaches
That I copied and pasted from my ...
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Why does an upvote to your question earn you 10 rep but a downvote only takes 2?
Whenever someone's question gets upvoted, they earn 10 reputation. But when their question gets DOWNVOTED, they only lose 2. Why is this imbalance in place? For example, if one of my questions gets ...
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