tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?) Sun, 04 Nov 2018 13:03:10 -0800 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.9 & Feed Publisher dr comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20529) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20529#Comment_20529 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20529#Comment_20529 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:03:57 -0800 dr quid comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20528) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20528#Comment_20528 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20528#Comment_20528 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:39:05 -0800 quid

Now what should the OP do in this case?

Call the police! Or, relax a bit. :-)

More seriously, while I consider it as not very likely that things will be 'stolen' in this way, this is perhaps besides the point. So, possibly, the following information is of some use to you:

These deletes on MO are "soft" deletes. The question and all that goes with it are not truly/fully deleted. "Deletion" on MO (at least the one we are talking about here) merely means that in some database the item is marked as "delted", which in turn means that it is displayed differently to those browsing the site (where "differently" means "not at all" for most users). But it can always be recreated if needed. So, if ever you should need to establish your priority on some idea via an MO question, you could, if this eventually arises, then ask for an undeletion. [In general I consider this first as a bit unlikely, and second MO not as the place to establish priority on your ideas. But, well, this is perhaps besides the point.]

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dr comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20527) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20527#Comment_20527 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20527#Comment_20527 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:39:13 -0800 dr Bill Johnson comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20525) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20525#Comment_20525 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20525#Comment_20525 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:39:33 -0800 Bill Johnson I agree, Mariano. I view deleting as a way to clean up the site.

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Mariano comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20524) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20524#Comment_20524 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20524#Comment_20524 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:31:29 -0800 Mariano There is a point in deleting questions that are not felt to be a good match for the site: they otherwise pollute search results.

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geraldedgar comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20513) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20513#Comment_20513 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20513#Comment_20513 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:18:40 -0800 geraldedgar This also seems sensible to me:
deleting a question should be reserved for spam, obvious homework, and few other special cases.

And certainly except in these cases we should wait much longer than the 4-day minimum to do it.

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quid comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20511) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20511#Comment_20511 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20511#Comment_20511 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:35:02 -0800 quid @Will Jagy: thank you for the information, this is very kind of you. There it is the one, the last one, I remembered.

I should perhaps add/explain that it was not my intent to suggest some 'conspiracy' against dr, yet only to point out that (likely) dr is/was not just talking about a single deleted question, as suggested by the first reply, but a sequence of such events (possibly all noted at once or in somewhat rapid succession).

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Will Jagy comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20510) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20510#Comment_20510 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20510#Comment_20510 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:06:22 -0800 Will Jagy
Nov. 6 page 2 http://mathoverflow.net/questions/111349/id-like-to-know-if-this-type-of-result-is-known-or-are-there-any-very-similar-re

Nov. 4 page 5 http://mathoverflow.net/questions/61797/a-class-of-functions/62614#62614

Nov. 4 page 6 http://mathoverflow.net/questions/61797/a-class-of-functions-closed

Nov. 3 page 7 http://mathoverflow.net/questions/110137/request-for-advice-on-picking-a-right-journal-to-publish-a-new-theorem-which-is-c ]]>
Alexander Chervov comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20509) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20509#Comment_20509 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20509#Comment_20509 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:44:59 -0800 Alexander Chervov I would think this is natural:

gilkalai 1 day ago

I agree with Tom that deleting a question should be reserved for spam, obvious homework, and few other special cases.

http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/1458/hurricanes-and-navierstokes-equation/#Item_37 ]]>
Will Jagy comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20507) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20507#Comment_20507 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20507#Comment_20507 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:33:58 -0800 Will Jagy quid comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20506) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20506#Comment_20506 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20506#Comment_20506 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:13:57 -0800 quid Sorry for coming back to this. I now noticed the plural in dr's post, and I think dr asked over time several questions and they seem all gone. The account Rajesh D has 67 rep with 0 questions 0 answers.

This is a bit unusual; in particular if ever (I cannot know) all were deleted at about the same time.

So to follow up on geraldedgar it seems to me the question of dr is why the account was essentially completely eliminated.

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geraldedgar comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20505) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20505#Comment_20505 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20505#Comment_20505 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:14:52 -0800 geraldedgar Asked November 3, closed November 3, deleted November 6. So I guess the claim is that deletion was too soon, so that the OP didn't have sufficient opportunity to read the comments.

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quid comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20504) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20504#Comment_20504 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20504#Comment_20504 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:37:44 -0800 quid To give some context. As far as I remember there was quite a bit of commenting (including me) on this question in some sense answering the question, which is a request of an amateur on how to proceed when being under the believe of having found a new result. The issue of dr does not seem to be the closure or lack of feedback at that point, but later deletion.

ADDED: In view of the dates geraldedgar provided later, I am now unsure whether I remember this right; there definitely was a question like this by I quite strongly believe dr; but there was also another more recent one by dr, I think, asking about the result specifically. (It seems also gone.) I might have mixed up the two.

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HJRW comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20503) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20503#Comment_20503 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20503#Comment_20503 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:31:50 -0800 HJRW It's unfortunate when something like this happens without proper feedback. In general, it's better if questions are closed with a comment explaining the reason. (This is a general principle. I haven't seen the question under discussion.)

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Andy Putman comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20502) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20502#Comment_20502 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20502#Comment_20502 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:45:56 -0800 Andy Putman
It was deleted because 3 high ranking users voted to delete it. This is often done when a question is judged to not be appropriate for this website. ]]>
dr comments on "Why are my questions deleted without even being informed?" (20501) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20501#Comment_20501 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1462/why-are-my-questions-deleted-without-even-being-informed/?Focus=20501#Comment_20501 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:22:16 -0800 dr
My username : Rajesh D

Someone please explain me. Today I was surprised on not seeing my questions on my home page. ]]>