Right now, the faq only contains the boilerplate explanations of the stackoverflow engine, reputation levels, etc.
This page serves as an index of other important support questions for the community.
Please post each faq as a separate answer, and as community wiki so we can collaboratively edit the faq. If you add a new proposed faq, add a link to it in the index.
Useful references:
The MathOverflow faq
FAQs about the stackoverflow system
#Index
Technical help on the user interface
- How do I type math in my question/answer/comment?
- What are all these dollar signs and weird symbols? It's hard to read the questions and answers with those there.
- Are uploaded images preserved in the SE system? Will the link "rot"?
- What do I do if I don't get an answer to my question after several days?
- I used to post a lot on some other math forum. Why does everything look so different?
Contents and tags
- What tags should I use for my question?
- What is the proper way to ask homework questions on math.stackexchange?
- What is the proper way to respond to homework questions on math.stackexchange?
- Why was my "What is [X]?" question downvoted or closed?
- How do I respond to 'What is X?' questions?
- Must I post in English?
- What are the "meta-tags" (soft-question), (homework), (reference-request), and (big-list)?
Votes and flags
- Why was my question closed?
- Why was my question voted down?
- Why was my "What is [X]?" question downvoted or closed?
- What are flags and what happens when I flag?
Other topics
