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Iktomi the Heyoka comments on "Deleting your own stuff" (7606)

Iktomi the Heyoka — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:41:24 -0700

Thanks Anton.

Anton Geraschenko comments on "Deleting your own stuff" (7605)

Anton Geraschenko — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:31:32 -0700

Sorry, it seems like the main technical misunderstanding is that locked posts cannot be flagged for moderator attention. In general, if you're having any technical difficulties on the site, you should flag the post for moderator attention, or send an email to me or to moderators@mathoverflow.net.

I've deleted the question for you.

Iktomi the Heyoka comments on "Deleting your own stuff" (7604)

Iktomi the Heyoka — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:25:05 -0700

There should be a joke-function that takes as its domain a number of questions asked on MO and returns a curve that gets asymptotically closer to finding the site useful.

@ScottMorrison Hi Scott.

@WilleWong Yes, I am and I always have. It was simply a curiosity question. When it encountered such resistance, I realized that I had been too broad, and tried to delete it. When I could not delete it, due to the 2 day limit, I tried to salvage it by changing it completely. When it was reverted, I was aghast. When I was aghast, I posted here. The end.

WillieWong comments on "Deleting your own stuff" (7601)

WillieWong — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:25:44 -0700

The OP seems to be referring to this question. A note for Scott and other moderators: as a third party I don't see an option to flag the post at all. I am not sure if the OP does either after the post is locked.

@Iktomi the Heyoka: are you requesting the question be deleted?

WillieWong comments on "Deleting your own stuff" (7600)

WillieWong — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:22:08 -0700

His first name is Scott by the way.

Iktomi the Heyoka comments on "Deleting your own stuff" (7599)

Iktomi the Heyoka — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:08:35 -0700

This is primarily directed at Steve Morrison. I'm the one who asked the question about sensate pastimes, then changed it to a question about Euler. I actually did try to delete the question, but there's a 2 day limit on deleting your own stuff.