Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance with one of the site's features.
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I would like to delete this question of mine, community deletion.
I would like to delete this embarassing older question of mine:
$\lim_{x\to -\infty} f(x)=L$, definition
But I can not delete it, since it has an answer and I do not have 10.000 reputation (I guess)....
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I don't believe my question is a duplicate
I asked a question here which was closed for being a duplicate, and though I have edited the question to clarify why it was not it has not been reopened. To restate: the question I am asking is a ...
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Why don't I get reputation points for edits anymore?
It has now been 3 days. Although I edit questions, I do not get reputation points anymore. The edits have not been rejected. Any hints, please?
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Could a moderator allow me to access a deleted post?
I posted a question on the math stack exchange a while back which has now become my only source of a set of notes I'd like to access. The only problem is, it seems I may have deleted it! Is there any ...
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In the StackExchange iPhone app, how do I get MathJax to work in comments in the Math StackExchange section?
I’m not sure this is the right place to ask but it seemed like it is.
I don’t get this problem for other sections of StackExchange. Just the “Mathematics” section.
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What makes a contributor new?
I notice that this user is currently flagged as a new contributor on the main site (see here for example) despite the fact that he has been a member of MSE for quite a while and has plenty of rep ...
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Unable to add “span” tag to (linear algebra) question
I thought that "span" would be a good tag to add to this question on Mathematics Stack Exchange, but when I click on "Edit Tags", type "span", click on "span", and click on "Save Tag Edits", I don't ...
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Use of citation helper
New edit. I edited again the question following Martin Sleziak's comment below. As he correctly guessed, the question is not about the elementary use of the citation helper, so I found necessary to ...
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Why when I did click on one link, 26 cookies were set up?
There was a link in the comments section of a question (don't click the link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox was supposed to redirect you to Wikipedia. It indeed happened ...
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How do I put those yellow boxes in my question?
Whenever I post a question, $5$ minutes later someone edits a yellow box around the part of the question that couldn’t fit in the title. I wish to save those nice souls their time and learn to do it ...
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Is it OK to ask approximately one question a day from old application exams?
If I ask approximately one question a day (from old application exams) will it be considered flooding/spamming or is this perfectly legal?
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Was this soft question appropriate?
I asked this question a week ago, and it quickly drew critical comments which were upvoted. I felt that the concern expressed in those comments had been addressed in the body of the question, and ...
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points for answers
I recently answered a question and the answer was awarded $35$ points. A few days later $15$ points were deducted. What sort of mechanism determines the number of points in the first place and where ...
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How to subscribe to a tag?
Since some time, I have been unable to subscribe to a tag I'm interested in, so that I get emailed new questions in such a tag.
I have found some posts about subscribing, the ones with the most ...
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Threads containing different ways to calculate $e$
I'm reading about constant $e$ in textbook Analysis I by Amann/Escher.
I have searched through MSE to found a question containing different ways to calculate $e$. I use such keywords as "constant $e$"...
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What does % mean in MathJax?
I have noticed that, if I type \$100%\times x\$, I get $100%\times x$ and not $100\%\times x$.
Does % mean to ignore the following text or something like that?
I didn't find an explanation for the ...
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Toxicity in Maths SE
I have observed and experienced unfriendly as well as demoralising behaviour in many SEs
For instance thisquestion was marked as off topic without informing the person what amendments he/she should ...
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Is there a way to make a section of a post “collapsible”?
You know how some webpages will have a section that looks like > 'heading'; and when you click on it, it expands into a wall of text?
Is there a way to include one of those in post?
There are times ...
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How to type the $\dashint$ symbol on this site? [duplicate]
How to type the symbol $\dashint$ on this site?
It looks like the following:
Thank you!
Edit:
As @Jack hinted in the comment, we may use
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How to request easy solutions
I'm a 10th grader so my maths is nowhere near as complex as some of you reading right now. So how do I ask for easy solutions when that is subjective (dependent on the person). Should i explain my ...
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MathJax bombs on consecutive macro definitions (but not if first macro used before defining second macro) [closed]
I'm running mathjax locally in a browser, from the following minimalist file:
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Why was this answer marked as “spam or offensive”?
I was clearing the "low quality posts" queue, and I marked an answer as "Looks OK". The system then told me that this was just an audit and I failed the test. I believe I was right to accept it, and ...
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Relating to create a new tag
I have created a tag named "significance" and gave the full details (all of them are approved by others after some time) and also I fit there 8 questions (different authors posted in different ...
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Why have I been banned from asking questions?
I've been banned from asking questions. But, when I checked all my past questions and answers, I've got a total of 6 downvotes. Is this enough to get a question ban? Or have I been banned due to ...
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No longer accepting questions? Then back and forth?
Upon some amount of time I've been allowed to ask a question again after being barred from asking. Upon asking a question I have received no negative reviews. But yet I have been barred again. May I ...
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What to do when I don't understand an answer and author don't reply?
What to do when I don't understand an answer and author don't reply?
Solve for x $ \sin 30° \sin x \sin 10° = \sin 20° \sin ({80°-x}) \sin 40° $
So someone answered my ...
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Marked as duplicate while it is not [duplicate]
I have asked a question here. And my question is marked as a duplicate of this one. Where both the questions are completely different than each other but the title is same. My question is related to ...
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Print to PDF too narrow
I am using Chrome (74.0.3729.169 (Official Build) (64-bit)) and trying to print a question (specifically this one Assistance with proof of $(AB)^T=B^T A^T$) to "Save as PDF".
The content is printed ...
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reputation points - how are they determined and by whom?
How and by whom are reputation points given? On May 30 I answered a post and it was rated +30. On May 31 it was rated +25 (I don't know if that was a replacement or an addition). On June 2 I ...
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Weird stuff with reputation [duplicate]
Something strange has just happened to my reputation. It suddenly fell from 3067 to 3032, but no reputation changes were indicated in my reputation tab. Does anybody know, what has happened? Is this ...
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Mathjax symbols do not read in titles when using Android
On a mobile I do not get math symbolic notation in title or comments. ( Main text ok ) Is there a fix applicable to Androids ?
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This does not provide an answer to the question
Prove $0.9999^{\!101}<0.99<0.9999^{\!100}$
......but it does, just a bad one, is it a system bug that posts a comment like that?
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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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The Unsung Hero badge
The criterion for this badge isn't making sense to me. Please correct me if you think I am going about this wrong.
The criterion given is this:
"More than 10 accepted answers with score 0 and 25% ...
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dash over a letter [duplicate]
How do I write a letter like : A ,with a bar over it ( stands for the closure of A in topology) . I looked it up but \={A} didn't work , see : $\={A}$ .Help
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What happened on April 2017?
I used the query in this answer to see the number of edits per month and I was fairly surprised as April 2017 had $86,444$ edits.
The graph of edits per day is even more surprising as one day had $55,...
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Edit of headline caused URL to break?
After posting this question I sent the corresponding URL via email to somebody.
In the meantime a user has edited the headline of my question which rendered my old link invalid. I used the URL in my ...
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Is it possible to know the questions and answers by a no longer user?
When a user decides to delete their own account or when for some reason the account is deleted, then you can't see any information about the user, you can't click on the name of the user.
Is it ...
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How much have I written?
Is there a way to get "global" statistics on one's own MSE posts?
I'm particularly interested (if for no good reason) in total length - e.g. what's the average length of an answer I post? - but more ...
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Fixing an AMScd diagram
I want to fix this diagram and also extend it to the diagram below.
Can you help me out?
$\require{AMScd}$
$\begin{CD}
S^{n-1}@>\subseteq >> D^n \\
@VhVV @VVV\\
S^{n-1}\\
@V\subseteq VV @...
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Can you use a smaller font?
I am about to ask a question on math.stackexchange, which requires me to talk a little bit about my representation.
For example I include an AMScd picture, which does not look exactly how it is ...
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Failed an audit, but I have my doubts about it.
I failed this audit. However, I am not exactly sure why the answer to a book-suggestion question with a book suggestion is wrong. Can anyone explain what is the standard procedure for such answers?
I ...
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Why I can only post every 3 minutes?
I wanted to answer to 2 questions and it looks that my answer to the second question is not accepted because I answered the first one less than 3 minutes ago... why is there such a restriction? What ...
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Problem exporting an answer to pdf
MSE offers a huge variety of possibilities when it comes to writing an answer/question which might not be found elsewhere (at least all together).
I've recently read on this post, that answers can ...
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Will this question about understanding what this geometry question mean be on topic here?
https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13147/will-this-question-be-on-topic-here
So I asked this question on English stack exchange and they said "probably not". So will this question be ...
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How can an answer that is not downvoted receive a delete-vote?
My answer of this question :
Partition with identical parts
was upvoted , but received also a delete vote.
How can an answer that is not downvoted, receive a delete-vote ?
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What to do when the site doesn't accept my question?
I am trying to ask a question on the main site, the solution of which I cannot find after innumerable tries. I've provided my working and used proper grammar, but the system keeps saying, "This ...
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I flagged a comment- it was removed yet my flag appears to be declined
I flagged a comment an hour ago as it was rude. I just checked it now and my flag appears to be removed, yet the comment deleted.
Is there any reason why this happened? Is this due to a bug?
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How can I update community ad for Operations Research site?
We have a community ad promoting a proposed SE site for Operations Research. The name of the proposed site recently changed, so I would like to change the image in the ad, and the URL it points to. ...
