Questions tagged [faq]
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What is Math SE's policy on posts in languages other than English?
What is Math SE's policy on questions, answers, and comments which are posted in languages other than English? What should I do if I see something written in another language?
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Requests for Reopen & Undeletion Votes (volume 01/2022 - today)
The purpose of this thread is to focus the attention of the community on posts that may require reopen and undeletion votes. A request should be posted as an answer below (one request per answer).
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Why image cannot be used for explaining my maths problem?
I joined few days ago and have recently asked many questions. In most of these questions, I use images to make everyone understand it better. I prefer to use both MathJax and images. But most of the ...
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What is a "PSQ"?
The term "PSQ" is frequently used on Mathematics Stack Exchange, both on the main site and meta. For the benefit of users unfamiliar with this term, I thought that it would be a good idea to ...
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How to make or suggest good edits
What should I do when editing a post, or suggesting an edit?
Math SE is a collaborative platform where almost anyone can contribute. One way in which you can improve the site is by editing posts (...
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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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How does the voting in the election work?
How does the voting in the elections work?
I know that we elect two moderators and I see that I can rank all the candidates.
How does this work exactly? What are the implications of ranking more than ...
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Can we ask about code in math.stackexchange?
I was wondering if it's OK to ask about the implementation of a mathematical function in code?
Really do not know if I should ask in StackOverflow or math.stackexchange.
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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 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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Is it discouraged to write 'thanks' at the end of one's post?
I recently had my post edited by an MSE member. The editor removed the 'Thanks' I had put at the end of my post. This happened sometime earlier too.
Is it discouraged to write 'Thanks' in our posts? ...
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How to answer proof-verification questions?
Sometimes, proof-verification questions ask for verification of a valid and overall solid proof (some examples: What is the $\dim L(X,Y)$?, Prove $(\overline{A \cap B}) \subseteq \overline{A} \cap \...
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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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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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Guidelines for good use of MathJax in question titles
Motivation:
Every once in a while, I find myself making edits like this one, where OP (likely due to inexperience in asking questions) has used display math mode ($$...
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