Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance with one of the site's features.
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How to ask a good question.
How to ask a good question.
This thread has advice on the following aspects of writing a good question on this site. Each item in this list links to an answer below about that specific aspect of ...
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MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference
(Deutsch: MathJax: LaTeX Basic Tutorial und Referenz)
To see how any formula was written in any question or answer, including this one, right-click on the expression and choose "Show Math As > ...
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Sandbox for drafts of long, complex posts
This sandbox is intended for saving drafts of long, complex posts, especially posts whose composition takes a long time. It serves to localize to one thread the front-page "bumps" caused by edits to ...
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"Contest problem" policy
What is our policy concerning contest questions on the Mathematics Stack Exchange?
Why do we have a policy?
What is a contest question?
How we deal with on-going contest questions?
I see a question ...
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Is there any way to see my deleted questions or answers?
Previously I deleted some of my questions, I wonder if there is a way to see (only) my deleted questions?
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How to search on this site?
When using this site, it is quite important to be able to find posts on this site which might be related to the question I am interested it - both to avoid duplication (i.e., not asking again ...
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How to draw a commutative diagram?
Is it possible to draw a (simple) commutative diagram using MathJax?
Amscd doesn't seem to work here on math.SE.
M(N)WE:
$$
\begin{CD}
K(X) @>{ch}>> H(X;\mathbb Q);\\
@VVV @VVV \\
K(Y) @>{...
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Guidelines for context edits and rewrites
Suppose you come across a question that has been closed for lack of context, has high quality answers, and on its way to being deleted. Can you save the post by editing it to include more context?
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Formatting Sandbox
Basically the same as Formatting Sandbox in Meta Stack Exchange, but since this and Statistical Analysis are the only two sites (I know) supporting $\TeX$ formatting, I believe we also need one here ...
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Cereal downvotes [duplicate]
It would appear I have a serial downvoter, probably based on my comments at Vector field on an odd sphere
Anything to be done?
How very odd. I put Cereal on purpose. I do not think it confuses the ...
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Do we have an equation editing HOWTO?
I see other posters writing beautiful integrals and quotients within quotients and matrices and sigma summations and and and... is there a guide for that?
Edit: Trying Rahul's answer...
$\mathfrak{G}...
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Reputation decrease citing "User was removed"
I look at my account reputation changes, and noticed several negative reputation changes, both citing 'User was removed'. Is this behavior documented/explained anywhere. I would appreciate some ...
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A way to "watch" questions?
I apologize if this has come up before on meta, because it almost certainly has, but I couldn't find it.
I frequently come across recently asked unanswered questions that I find interesting. However, ...
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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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Should I avoid minor edit of a question which was put on hold? [obsolete] [closed]
There was a recent (end of August 2021) change in the way Stack Exchange handles such edits. When editing a closed question, now there is a checkbox to say whether the edit is substantial - and only ...
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How do I change Math Renderer for MathJax?
In various posts on meta I have read that various math renderers can be used for MathJax, such as HTML-CSS, SVG, etc. See, for example, What is the difference between the 3 math renderers?
How can I ...
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Capture the Flag: FAQ on Flagging
What is flagging for moderator attention? How does the flagging process work? What are the different flags, and what are they useful for?
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Where reputation disappears
Is there any possibility to deduce why 25 of (my) reputation disappeared probably this night? It is not the problem of reputation, but the lack of information is rather strange. On tex.stackexchange....
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Are there some tools to follow deletions on this site?
Main question: Are there some (reasonably easy to use) tools to follow deletions on site?
In particular, are there some ways to find self-deleted questions? Are there some ways to see deleted content ...
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When are serial downvotes classified as anomalous? What to do about a sequence of downvotes?
I recently got downvoted on four posts within a span of three minutes.
I have read that such patterns are identified and reversed. Does my case qualify?
If the same downvotes were exercised over a ...
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Avoiding duplicates
I was wondering if I could ask a question on meta whether some question is on the site or not. I'm asking this since sometimes one might ask a duplicate question which he/she searched for and didn't ...
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Comments layout break if Math expression is too long
Checkout the comment section of the accepted answer in How to find the center of an ellipse?.
Notice that the second comment has a maths expression which is too long and it is not wrapped, making it ...
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Common acronyms used on main and meta
When I first joined this site, I had to figure out “OP” from context. Finding out what “CW” means was much easier, as it is often spelled out in full. CFV I had to be point-blank told about. It seems ...
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How to see questions time line?
How can I see question timeline? For example, when it is reviewed when it get an answer when it is vote up. And if I can't see it yet in which reputation I can? Because when I do it it doesn't work.
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How to *contact* a specific user? / Is there any sort of PM (private message) facility available?
As far as I know I can see a user profile and the activity in this site. But is it possible to leave some message for a particular user? Say I want to (please read I have to) tell J.M. something ...
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How do I accept an answer?
I feel like such a jerk, because I haven't accepted anyone's answers to my questions, and I can't figure out how! Could someone please tell me how?
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How to link to a comment?
I was wondering if it is possible to link to a comment? For example, the second comment after this reply Questions about geometric distribution
Thanks!
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Which are blacklisted tags and blacklisted phrases?
There are many tags which are blacklisted. And so are some strings/words/phrases in the title.
Is it possible to have a list of them publicly available somewhere?
As I was told by a moderator in ...
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How do I invite a user to chat?
Yesterday, discussion in my question's comment section was getting long so I transferred it to chat and had a long talk with another person. Now, if I want to talk to that user in chat what should I ...
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How to make a remark when reputation is under 50 ?
Imagine I look at a question and have a remark about someone's answer, or just want some clarification about it. I naturally want to leave a comment. But being under reputation 50, I can't.
Plus, ...
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Delete My Account
I would appreciate if my account could be deleted. From other meta posts it seems that a moderator needs to do it. Thanks. I really see no reason whatsoever for not being able to do this ourselves ...
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Feature request: user script or option to turn off instant MathJax rendering
In view of the nearly unbearable slowdowns I experience while composing answers (both in Safari 5 and Firefox 5 on OS X 10.6.7) since June 21/22 I would most welcome a possibility ...
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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 that one is suspended from reviewing, and what are the implications of this?
If I've been ...
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How to browse or search comments?
SE is already very good in keeping each individual user's record on their questions raised and their answers posted. I am wondering is it also possible to keep track of their comments made too? Then ...
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How am I supposed to use tags?
I seem to have severe difficulty finding the right tags to add to a post, which is infuriating when I can't post unless I have added some.
For a simple brackets expansion problem I had, I can't use *...
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Is cross-posted forbidden/discouraged on Stack Exchange sites? If so, why?
Math people:
I have never posted a question to Mathematics meta before and I hope this is the right thing to do. Yesterday I posted a question to Math Stack Exchange (is there a name for this ...
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Why was the "curious badge" badge not being awarded?
Recently, I visited my profile page, but got surprised by seeing this.
Actually, long days ago, I chose the Curious badge as my next target badge. The criteria for this badge says, Ask a well-...
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How to view LaTeX source of equations?
How do you view the source of a question, to see how the LaTeX was specified as markup?
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Numbers after paragraph breaks turn into 1's
Numbers after paragraph breaks all turn to 1.
Number 1 in the list.
paragraph break
2 in list.. or is it?
paragraph break
<- I swear I labelled this 3..
paragraph break
some characters
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Undo edits just suggested [duplicate]
Is there a way to undo an edit that one has suggested before it has been reviewed? I realized that my edit on this answer was wrong.
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Does reputation change if an answer gets deleted due to deletion of original post by vote(s)?
I recently found that the following post $\lim_{x\rightarrow +\infty}\sqrt{x}e^{-x}\left(\sum_{k＝1}^{\infty}\frac{x^{k}}{k!\sqrt{k}}\right)$ was deleted by vote(s) and as a result my answer also got ...
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Can you tell who created a tag
I recently created a tag, will anywhere show that it was created by me? Same with other tags, can I see who created them?
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Latex editor suggestion
It takes me lot of time to type problems and answers directly. It would be of great help if anyone can suggest me any good latex editor so as to type answer and problems faster.
Thanks in advance!!
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Can you change the name of a tag?
Can you change the name of a tag? I recently came across the tag sage, which I think should be renamed to sagemath to be more clear.
Is it possible to change the name of a tag? If so, how?
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invisible, unawarded upvote
For an answer on MSE I appear to have gotten 1 upvote, my reputation page shows an upvote at 22:51:04, but no points (just a blank where points usually show). I can find no reason why the points aren'...
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Depending on the tag is there a possibility to know on which days and hours are there more answers?
Is there a way to know on which days and/or hours a question tagged (x...y...z) is more likely to get answered?
This is motivated by my recent question. I would like to know whether I've post it on ...
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STOP! Look and Listen.
I was reviewing a bit and ran into a bad answer. Usually I open the question to see it within context (I know this is not the supposed course of action) and so I did.
The bad answer I was reviewing ...
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Writing answers works very slow
I don't know if this is a bug. Maybe it's just my operating system (ubuntu 10.10), computer, or browser(Mozilla 3).
As of yesterday, I can write answers very hard. I noticed that before, the latex ...
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Reviewing Suggested Edits
As part of the mod tools, there is a tool to review and approve suggested edits. The "review suggested edits" shows something like below which is not of much help to review and approve the edit.
It ...
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Using TikZ on math.stackexchange
The title pretty much says it all:
How can I use TikZ when writing my math questions on this site?
I have written out my question in LaTeX using the TikZ and it took me quite some time, now I ...
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