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Eugene comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19208)

Eugene — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:25:55 -0700

How about

You shouldn't crosspost on any other website within a few days of asking your question.
When you crosspost a link should be provided to your question on both sites.

François G. Dorais comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19189)

François G. Dorais — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:50:45 -0700

There have been prior discussions about this:

http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/1181/is-the-anticrossposting-position-a-relic/

http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/943/rfc-policy-about-crossposting-and-reposting-from-mse/

Everybody agrees that such an addition would be useful, the hangup always is to find the right wording. Suresh's suggestion in the second thread is the closest I've seen to a usable statement.

Scott Morrison comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19187)

Scott Morrison — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:17:59 -0700

I think Anton is the only person with the keys to the FAQ, and may be busy right now!

Perhaps in this thread we can agree on the exact piece of text to add, so he only has to copy and paste something when he has the time?

Eugene comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19170)

Eugene — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:58:12 -0700

Seems like there have been discussions similar to this in the past but they never went anywhere.

Gerry Myerson comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19147)

Gerry Myerson — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:35:58 -0700

@Tom, it's not that we expect the crossposters to read the faq; it's that we'll have a place to point them after the fact, so we don't have to write the same stuff in the comments over and over.

Bill Johnson comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19143)

Bill Johnson — Sun, 27 May 2012 09:30:28 -0700

Good idea. It is unfortunate that such basic etiquette needs to be highlighted.

IMO the comments to people who cross post with no reference are not sufficiently brusque. The lack of courtesy of some posters who are asking for assistance is beyond belief to people of my generation. Another of my pet peeves is that some posters do not follow up on their post for several days. If you don't have time to check and respond to replies, DON'T ASK A QUESTION!

Tom Church comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19142)

Tom Church — Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:57 -0700

Since the response to silently-crossposted questions can often be quite brusque, I think this would be helpful. (Only insofar as anyone reads the FAQ, but for purposes of this discussion I think we've already restricted to that prior assumption.)

Eugene comments on "Crossposting on FAQ?" (19139)

Eugene — Sat, 26 May 2012 21:15:14 -0700

Is it worth it to mention etiquette for crossposting on MSE and MO on the FAQs?