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Dealing with answers in comments.
I actually wanted to post the same question since this issue has been bothering me for a long time, but I found this post (and lots of duplicates), so let me just add my 2 cents here.
I think we have ...
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Tag management 2023
Proposal: Make a synonym linear-fractional-transformation $\to$ mobius-transformation.
Both tags are about the same topic, namely functions of the form $f(z)=\frac{az+b}{cz+d}$ with $a, b, c, d \in \...
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Several posts on the same topic in a short amount of time - check for suspicious activity
I don't believe there is any "rule" against this. I don't think we need any special rules for this case. I recommend that you downvote (and optionally, also vote to close, if it doesn't ...
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Why are fundamental questions dismissed on MSE?
I think you are drawing faulty conclusions. The bottom line is that many of your questions have not been well-received, and as a result, the site automatically limits how many future questions you ...
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Requests for Reopen & Undeletion Votes (volume 01/2022 - today)
Undeleted by users then deleted by bot.
Please undelete and reopen this:
https://math.stackexchange.com/q/4618260/104041
The question is mine.
I put an awful lot of effort into it. The downvotes ...
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Why are fundamental questions dismissed on MSE?
Firstly : The first question is not a fundamental question but rather one that shows less research. Rather none of the questions you stated are "fundamental". An example of fundamental would ...
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I asked A question On MSE, Which I now think can receive more attention from MathOverflow
The answer from Alex Ravsky completely answers your question, so there is no need to post on MathOverflow. Your question would not be appropriate for MO anyway, because your question is not about ...
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What happened to the Protect/Unprotect button?
Since you're not giving an example, I can only assume that the following information is relevant:
Which questions can be protected?
Any question at least a day old can be protected and unprotected by ...
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Why do I get a down vote when asking for clarification about notations and explanations about proofs?
I don't know why you were downvoted, and I doubt anyone can answer that -- you received only one downvote, and only the person who cast that single downvote knows why they did so.
But I can offer some ...
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What's the deal with Lambert W function questions?
The most common way to solve equations of one variable in closed form is to guess particular solutions or to apply the inverse operations that can be read from the equation.
The latter method is ...
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Posting a solution from elsewhere and asking whether it's correct
TLDR: just ignore them if they don't interest you but are otherwise high quality.
If theres too many then maybe we should curtail these but in general when I see a "check my work" question ...
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Addressing Questions with Zero Effort and Detachment from Mathematics: Community Guidelines
Before downvoting or voting to close we probably should write out something like: "hey you your question is bad because of X you need to do Y to fix it. this is being downvoted/closed until Y ...
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Someone's answer is completely copied and pasted from my answer, and their answer got accepted.
As mentioned in the comments, you must raise a flag in these situations, and the moderator team will handle it.
PedroMod
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Requests for Reopen & Undeletion Votes (volume 01/2022 - today)
Reopened 18 Nov 23; closed again 25 Nov 23
Please reopen
Prove that there are $a,b,c\in G$ with $ab = c$
It has context. The OP was overthinking the answer.
Note: I answered it.
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List of Generalisations of Common Questions
Continued Fractions continued-fractions
Pell Equations:
algebra direct connect pell eqn soln $(p_{nk},q_{nk})$ with $(p_n + q_n\sqrt{D})^k$
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Clarification on Including Solution Attempts in Questions
I have a question regarding the guidelines for providing context in questions. Specifically, I'd like clarification on whether mentioning solution attempts (no complete step by step solution) falls ...
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What question (or answer) of your own are you most proud of on MathSE?
This answer about continued fractions is the best work that I've ever done. To the best of my knowledge, I provided a direct proof of an already proven theorem, where the previous proof was indirect (...
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Addressing Questions with Zero Effort and Detachment from Mathematics: Community Guidelines
I'm not a major member of this community but it seems that people here love downvoting without even considering the post. This site was made to help people, so why are we so quick to shut them down? ...
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What question (or answer) of your own are you most proud of on MathSE?
My question with high upvotes is Evaluation of a continued fraction
My answers with high upvotes are
Prove that every convex function is continuous
and
In classical logic, why is $(p\Rightarrow q)$ ...
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Addressing Questions with Zero Effort and Detachment from Mathematics: Community Guidelines
I'd recommend closing without downvoting.
Downvoting should be reserved to only those who repeat bad behavior's after repeated attempts at recourse.
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Clarification on Including Solution Attempts in Questions
Kudos to you for asking, and for wanting to understand the norms and values among this community! I appreciate and admire that. If you are asking and thinking about this, I think you are on a great ...
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Clarification on Including Solution Attempts in Questions
I have noted in the past that I, personally, do not believe that "an attempt" to solve a problem is a very good form of context. It is the minimal level of context which the community has ...
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Addressing Questions with Zero Effort and Detachment from Mathematics: Community Guidelines
I would vote to close. "I've been away from mathematics" may provide some context, but the obvious follow-up question is "then why do you need to solve this problem now? In what context ...
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Enforcement of Quality Standards
Instances such as this one illustrate a thorny problem with judging what is a "low quality" question. Answers provided to that question were criticized as duplications, and the question ...
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