Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance with one of the site's features.
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Can somebody create T-Student distribution tag?
Today, I have written a question linked to T-Student distribution.
When I come to fill TAGS field, I'm surprise to not find ...
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I always get capital letters when writing- how can I turn it off $\delta$ becomes $\Delta$ for ex.? [on hold]
I have a german Keyboard but as you already can see from the word Keyboard the k gets automatically autocorrected to K. Thats because in german the nouns are always wirtten with a capital letter in ...
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MathJax for integer summation proof
I have this
\begin{array}{r}
sum &= 1 + 2 + \ldots + (n - 1) + n \\[1ex]
+ \; sum &= n + (n-1) + \ldots + 2 + 1 \\
\hline
2\,sum &= (n +1) + (n+1) + \ldots + (n+1) + (n+1)
\end{...
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Is Mathjax accessible for people using screen readers?
I tried writing a formula on Why are some equations and formulas written in a way that suggests the smaller number divides the bigger number, instead of the other way around?, but I cannot find the ...
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What are the guidelines for reviewing?
What are the guidelines for reviewing?
What should one avoid doing when reviewing?
How can it happen to be banned and what are the implications of this?
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Problems with Latex rendering
The Latex-text will not be represented as formulas.
The Latex-text will not be rendered.
Why?
My text begins with 2 Dollar signs and ends with 2 Dollarsigns.
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Will I get my reputation back if I cancel my down vote?
Will I get my reputation back if I cancel a down vote? Same for the person I vote down.
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How can I print out an answer?
Is it possible to print out an answer somehow? What is the best way to do it if I don't have a Latex-Editor. And also assume I would have one, I could always just click at one Formula click on Right ...
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Is there a way find edits that you've reviewed?
I've now just reached the point where I'm able to review suggested edits, and have reviewed a handful. I've also just rejected an edit for the first time. (The edit inserted extra information which ...
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Is there a limit on number of questions a user can ask in a given time frame?
Is there a limit on number of questions a user can ask in a given time frame?
Here is a similar question which was posted 5 years ago? It says the limit is 50 questions per 30 days. Has the limit ...
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Why I am failing to complete “about me” section?
I am trying to update my profile section to get the 'Autobiographer' badge. I uploaded photo (less than 2 mb) and completed the about me section too. But when I click 'save profile' option, the ...
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How to see the questions posted in a particular month in a particular year in a specific tag
I want to see the questions posted in a particular month in a particular year in a specific tag. For example, I want to see all questions posted in sequences-and-series in September month of 2016. ...
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“We noted issues with the quality of your reviews. Please be more careful and critical in reviewing”
I got this message today.
Who is assessing the quality of my reviews, and how?
What am I supposed to be "more careful and critical" about? I haven't failed any audit recently, at least not one ...
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Where can I see my deleted questions [duplicate]
Sometimes I ask Questions which are regarded useless or off-topic and then they got deleted, however I have usually added many Details in the Body of the Question which help me to understand something ...
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Inserting braces in a brace [closed]
I don’t know how can I ensert the right braces using latex...
Any help is appreciated...
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Should a new answer bring the problem to the top?
A question I have answered some half an hour ago (Proving that all numbers are rational) stays deep below the fold and doesn't pop up to the top of the question list. Is there any explanation to this? ...
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Is there a way to edit without bumping the question?
I'm a kind of person who like to see no flaw in the answers I posted here (I'm sure many of us mathematicians here share the same value as me to a certain extent). For that reason, I usually double ...
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Odd inline mode MathJax rendering problem in the MathJax basic tutorial
I'm seeing something odd with the inline MathJax rendering on the MathJax basic tutorial.
There are 15 items in a numbered list in the tutorial. For items 1 to 5 (and also the first part of item 6) ...
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What can I do to get a quick answer?
Usually if I write a Question it will be answered within one hour or not at all, that' why I want to start a Bounty - it would help me to draw Attention to my Question and would also be an incentive ...
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How can I send a message to all users who have marked a question as their favorite?
How can I send a message to all users who have marked a specific question as their favorite?
Apparently they are not automatically informed when finally, after years of waiting, the question has been ...
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How to type Sigma and other symbols in MathJax [duplicate]
Can someone please illustrate how to use the sigma symbol using mathjax and other such symbols please help?
By the way the moderators of this site are extremely helpful so thank you.
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Can I rewrite somebody's old question?
Before I ask question, I search it in history of the site. But sometimes I found a question which is an unreasonable rewriting of the content of the task, very often without own contribution. Such ...
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Previewing a question before posting [duplicate]
Is there a way to preview the question before posting it, so I can make corrections where needed. It would be useful to check LateX scripts.
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Anyone else having a problem deleting comments?
I am running Safari on a Mac. The last few days I have made some comments on questions or answers which I would normally simply have deleted, because they were dealt with. But every time I now go to ...
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How does one see chatroom comments with a particular tag?
This appears to be a new question.
I found out recently that one can use tags in chat. They're given by the code [tag:tag-name].
How does one see chatroom ...
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Solved. Dark theme flair not being updated while the others are.
I noticed that the dark flair theme is the only one that has not been updated, as shown in this picture from my profile:
It must be emphasized that this dark theme flair is the one I display on my ...
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Can I remove my question from the HNQ list?
My question seems to be on the HNQ.
Now I have seen many HNQs and I guess it may be due to the title. However, I do not want it on the HNQ list as it attracts traffic from other sites and they may ...
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The error message “Unable to load popup -please try again” when I start a bounty
Recently, I tried to start a bounty for two of my questions. But the error message "Unable to load popup -please try again" appears every time I start the bounty.
I don't know whether it is a error ...
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What happens if I change my mind on a vote to close/reopen?
In reviewing questions in regard to closure or reopening, I voted to reopen a question (which had been closed for reasons other than duplication), because it seemed a reasonable question. Later, I ...
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Lost points explanation [duplicate]
(It's been suggested that this might be a duplicate of this question. It's not: I didn't want to see the upvote/downvote tally (although this would have resolved my confusion!), I wanted an ...
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How to cancel the mobile view in the mathstack page
I accidentally switch on mobile view on the mathstack page in my laptop (Windows 8)and it is really bad.
How can I return back to normal?
Thanks in advance.
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How do I preview my post before posting?
How do I preview my post before posting? I do not find any preview button.
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Can closed and on-hold questions still be commented on after being put on hold?
If a question is on hold, can comments (not answers) still be posted? For example to help the questioner know what changes their question needs?
I'm a bit hazy about this and it's not answered in the ...
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Does cancelling an account also delete irs posts? [duplicate]
I'm considering leaving the site, having tried it out for a while. But I feel I shouldn't delete my slide rule question as it has proved so popular. Also a couple of my answers seem to have helped ...
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I had a question, but instead of answers I kept getting downvotes without any comments [closed]
so I asked this Question in the main SE:
[I would appreciate If someone could translate the following for me. I want to know if it is coherent, thanks in advance. Or, instead of translating you can ...
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Tableau as an answer
I was not sure whether to ask this question here or the main Math SE. Regardless, please do move it as you see fit. I wanted to answer a question; however, I could not because I don't know how to ...
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\mathit only works with preview mode?
Earlier I added an example to MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference, but it seems that \mathit only works in preview. Is there any suitable alternative?
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How to skip directly to page x of n in a long list of search results?
It would be very helpful if one could go directly to a specific page number when the number of pages returned for a search is very large, but I am unable to figure out if it possible and nothing pops ...
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email notifications of activity on questions I am interested in
I cannot tell if there is a way to get email alerts when there is activity on questions I want to monitor. Is this possible, and if so how?
Thanks, Nick
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MathJax rendering in preview but not in actual post?
So I just passed the 2,000 rep threshold this morning and, eager to try out my newfound powers of automatic editing, I went ahead and looked for the first post I could find that could use some ...
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How can I search questions asked a specific period of time?
As stated in the title, I do not know how to do that... I see only things arrange questions like "newest, votes, active"...Thanks in advance.
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Grayed-out answers.
Could someone please explain why this answer on the main site appears grayed-out, but when I put my mouse over it, it springs into life like a regular answer. There are two other answers to that ...
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Answer Listing by Most Upvotes
IIRC, in the past, every page would sort solutions based on acceptance and then based on the number of upvotes.
Has that changed in the new schema?
Items seemed to be ranked using some unknown ...
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Can't login with google on ios app
I've been using the IOS StackExchange app for a couple of years now, without a problem. Today I got a new iPhone Xs, downloaded the app, and tried to log in using Google, the way I always do. Each ...
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I have been banned from asking question from mathematics stack exchange from two month what should I do now?
When I was banned, my reputation was less than 50, and now it is greater than 100.
It means I have improved. Also I am a beginner in abstract mathematics, so I should be given at least one more ...
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Please help me find a home for this question about GAP.
I'm looking to install GAP on my Android phone. I thought MSE would be a good place to ask for help with this since I suspect that others there would want to install it too.
Here is my question on ...
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Can I put formula numbers in a question or an answer?
Suppose I'm writing a question like
blah blah blah $$a=0$$ blah blah blah
I want to put (1) at the very right of the line that has $a=0$. Can I do that?
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Deleted *answers* which are improved
If a question is low quality then high rep. users have the option to close it, and then later the option to delete it. This has a built-in safeguard, in the sense that if the question is closed but ...
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Delete my old (and wrong) accepted answer [duplicate]
How do I delete this old answer of mine? Not only it's wrong but there's also a way better (and correct) answer below.
Note: That answer is now moderator deleted. The OP of the Question involved ...
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How does MSE do live previews of MathJax?
How does MSE do live previews of MathJax? I need this for my own site.
I am not a JavaScript developer but I can copy / paste some code into the right place. I'm using Bubble to create a learning ...
