tea.mathoverflow.net - Category Feed (How do I) 2018-11-04T12:55:13-08:00 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Suggested additions to the Tips and Tricks page http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/22/suggested-additions-to-the-tips-and-tricks-page/ 2009-10-30T18:25:51-07:00 2013-12-07T09:59:10-08:00 Anton Geraschenko http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/2/ There's a Tips and Tricks page where I've been putting tricks that I think advanced users would find useful, but I don't really want to put in the FAQ because it would feel like clutter. If you have ... There's a Tips and Tricks page where I've been putting tricks that I think advanced users would find useful, but I don't really want to put in the FAQ because it would feel like clutter. If you have a suggestion for something to add to the list, or if you have questions about any of the tricks, please post here.

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merge two user ID's http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/605/merge-two-user-ids/ 2010-08-13T12:17:59-07:00 2013-06-25T08:22:41-07:00 Will Jagy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/208/ Please merge two versions of Powerpuff, id numbers 8078 and 8063The earlier of these, unregistered, has 91 points owing to an answer ...
The earlier of these, unregistered, has 91 points owing to an answer to:

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/23943/can-a-positive-binary-quadratic-form-represent-14-consecutive-numbers

The later of these, registered, gives a comment on August 2 underneath that answer, in reply to questions I put in comments. Text in this comment confirms, at least to me, that these are the same person.

I think something along these lines might be a good candidate for one of the "sticky" Meta discussions, as it is a common request that shows up at irregular intervals that is often not controversial.]]>
Introducing diagrams in my question. http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/871/introducing-diagrams-in-my-question/ 2010-12-30T08:29:58-08:00 2013-06-20T17:21:40-07:00 Doctor Gibarian http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/479/ That is. How could I introduce diagrams in my question (written originally in lyx/latex)?Thx.
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Syntax for link in comment? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/464/syntax-for-link-in-comment/ 2010-06-23T12:58:14-07:00 2013-05-28T09:47:18-07:00 Joseph O'Rourke http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/240/ I've been hunting around for a description of the syntax for including an http://etc link in a comment, unsuccessfully. I tried to type the comment as if it were to be a question, and then pasted ... How to get recently closed questions? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1580/how-to-get-recently-closed-questions/ 2013-04-24T13:51:41-07:00 2013-04-25T07:55:13-07:00 Bill Johnson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/133/ Using http://mathoverflow.net/tools?tab=close&daterange=last7days you may get some, but often those closed 2-7 days are pushed off the page by more recently closed questions. How do you ... Using

http://mathoverflow.net/tools?tab=close&daterange=last7days

you may get some, but often those closed 2-7 days are pushed off the page by more recently closed questions. How do you pull them up?

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Which badges did I get since my last log-in? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1571/which-badges-did-i-get-since-my-last-login/ 2013-04-03T18:48:25-07:00 2013-04-03T19:31:01-07:00 Michael Hardy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/291/ QUOTE You've earned "Nice Answer" and 2 other badges. See your profile. END OF QUOTEIs there really some way to tell which badges I earned since my last log-in (never mind how I ...
Is there really some way to tell which badges I earned since my last log-in (never mind how I earned them) by looking at my profile?]]>
Can I follow someone's answers on MO? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1569/can-i-follow-someones-answers-on-mo/ 2013-04-03T09:11:45-07:00 2013-04-03T10:37:18-07:00 leyenson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/915/ I like NN's questions and answers. Is there a way to start following him [on the MO web site, without using external RSS reader?]Thank you.
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how delete http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1559/how-delete/ 2013-03-22T02:20:03-07:00 2013-03-22T17:05:34-07:00 Xsi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/907/ как вообще удалить всё нахрен из-за непонимания юругими how do I delete my own answer (or question)? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1520/how-do-i-delete-my-own-answer-or-question/ 2013-01-22T11:06:13-08:00 2013-01-22T12:06:53-08:00 Aaron Meyerowitz http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/436/ Does voting to delete ones own answer automatically delete it? If not, how does one do this? Also, how does one delete ones own question assuming no answers yet? Later: Having searched more I see ... Does voting to delete ones own answer automatically delete it? If not, how does one do this? Also, how does one delete ones own question assuming no answers yet?

Later: Having searched more I see mention of "the delete button which shows up when I mouse over my answer" At least in Chrome I don't get that.

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User activity feed http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1516/user-activity-feed/ 2013-01-16T11:43:49-08:00 2013-01-16T11:43:50-08:00 J. H. S. http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/219/ I wonder if there is a quick way to get the complete activity feed of a user. As you all know, there is already a link to one's "recent activity feed" somewhere in our profile page. ... How do I upload graphics http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1484/how-do-i-upload-graphics/ 2012-12-12T09:54:00-08:00 2012-12-12T15:30:23-08:00 Michael Hardy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/291/ I typed most of a question, and then found that I didn't know how to upload a file comprising a graph. How do I do this? Close my MathOverflow account? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/61/close-my-mathoverflow-account/ 2009-11-24T12:49:10-08:00 2012-12-06T03:35:24-08:00 Magicandi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/58/ Hi,How do I go about closing my MathOverflow account? Thanks, MagicAndi.
How do I go about closing my MathOverflow account?

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How do I change a mistaken downvote? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1064/how-do-i-change-a-mistaken-downvote/ 2011-06-10T10:14:52-07:00 2012-12-04T12:49:01-08:00 danramras http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/215/ Apparently I downvoted an answer last night when I intended to upvote it. The only thing I can think is that I may have followed a link, then backed up to the page and voted (or attempted to vote) ... How is the Organizer badge awarded? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1386/how-is-the-organizer-badge-awarded/ 2012-06-14T09:15:06-07:00 2012-06-23T07:36:14-07:00 Michael Albanese http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/764/ The Organizer badge is awarded for the first retag, but you need 500 reputation points before you can retag questions. Having said that, when I click on the Organizer badge, there are lots of people ... Moderator help request http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1377/moderator-help-request/ 2012-05-31T07:00:13-07:00 2012-06-01T00:02:42-07:00 Bill Johnson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/133/ A comment I posted on http://mathoverflow.net/questions/98410/does-every-operator-from-a-hilbert-space-to-l0-factor-through-a-canonical-one went wild. I cannot delete it because the delete button ... A comment I posted on

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/98410/does-every-operator-from-a-hilbert-space-to-l0-factor-through-a-canonical-one

went wild. I cannot delete it because the delete button does not show. Will a moderator please delete the comment?

TIA

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Notify feature http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1355/notify-feature/ 2012-05-10T12:18:52-07:00 2012-05-10T17:12:29-07:00 barry31415926 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/744/ How do I activate my request to be notified when there are new answers to one of my questions? I see a check box for this option under my question, but not what I am used to seeing next in this ...
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Mods - How to get rid of a duplicate answer? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1344/mods-how-to-get-rid-of-a-duplicate-answer/ 2012-04-16T08:02:10-07:00 2012-04-18T10:37:56-07:00 Sam Nead http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/41/ I double posted my answer to http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94194/finding-hyperbolic-metrics-by-approximation in a fit of excitement. How do I get rid of/stop seeing the dummy post? Currently it ... How do I dissociate an OpenID from my account? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1190/how-do-i-dissociate-an-openid-from-my-account/ 2011-10-30T04:53:11-07:00 2012-04-10T13:23:42-07:00 Dmitri Pavlov http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/90/ Currently my MathOverflow account has two OpenIDs associated to it.Is there any way to get rid of the secondary OpenID? Is there any way to get rid of the secondary OpenID?]]> meta.mathoverflow.net istoo hard ? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1333/metamathoverflownet-istoo-hard-/ 2012-03-26T00:36:46-07:00 2012-03-26T08:58:16-07:00 cjsh716 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/725/ Please tell me some simple BBS,the level the high school students!thank you very much! I can't see my toes http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1318/i-cant-see-my-toes/ 2012-03-04T16:35:01-08:00 2012-03-07T16:11:54-08:00 Will Jagy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/208/ Or, as the awed biologist exclaimed, "Mitosis Invisible!"I would like to have a list of numbers of self-deleted questions, back at least as far as post number 50,000. I am trying to ...
I would like to have a list of numbers of self-deleted questions, back at least as far as post number 50,000. I am trying to collect jpegs of questions likely to be by the bad guy(s) of http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/1187/extending-from-a-plane-in-r3-again-and-again-and-again

I have no idea if this is possible or a reasonable request. I am also not sure yet what i will do with the jpegs. For several months i have just been collecting the jpegs in a directory on my home computer. About a dozen seem right. Now that I am in the MOfia, I can look at deleted items and try to make a guess whether it is the same topic.

I tried today going through number by number consecutively, actually I was just looking for the post where David Roberts posted a picture of a house sort of drilled through the middle, after a new OP posted a question in the imperative manner and I said "No. Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent."]]>
How to recover my mathoverflow account? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1292/how-to-recover-my-mathoverflow-account/ 2012-01-25T16:01:57-08:00 2012-01-26T13:11:32-08:00 kdr http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/702/ Here's my story: some time ago I signed in to mathoverflow using myopenid account (which I had created at that time for mathoverflow purposes and which I don't use very often). Today I wanted to sign ...
So is it possible to somehow convince mathoverflow admins about my identity and to recover my account (mathoverflow does not recognize any of my emails I could have provided; perhaps I did not provide any email for my mathoverflow account at all)? Who should I contact?]]>
How to contact an MO user http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1291/how-to-contact-an-mo-user/ 2012-01-25T06:41:35-08:00 2012-01-25T17:03:29-08:00 Gordon-royle http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/701/ Wish to find quid's real name in order to acknowledge help given with an answer that helped complete a paper. Or at least ask if he or she wants to be acknowledged.Is there any way to do this, other ...
Is there any way to do this, other than via comments to his/her answer.. (have done this but no reply yet)]]>
Displayed question incomplete http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1287/displayed-question-incomplete/ 2012-01-21T18:25:03-08:00 2012-01-24T21:21:30-08:00 Vassilis Parassidis http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/644/ I just noticed that the most important argument in my questionhttp://mathoverflow.net/questions/86323/presentations-of-sums-of-primes-within-the-quantity-10n-closedis not displayed. I wanted to edit ... http://mathoverflow.net/questions/86323/presentations-of-sums-of-primes-within-the-quantity-10n-closed
is not displayed. I wanted to edit the question and found that it is complete on the edit page and in the preview. How do I get the entire question to appear on the question page? Maybe I would not be receiving negative votes if the question was complete. Your urgent action would be greatly appreciated.]]>
Can you change a to close vote if you selected the wrong category? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1288/can-you-change-a-to-close-vote-if-you-selected-the-wrong-category/ 2012-01-23T12:43:26-08:00 2012-01-24T09:46:47-08:00 bsteinberg http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/675/ Sometimes I do a vote to close on my IPhone and accidentally hit the wrong category because the menu is too small. For example, yesterday I voted to close as an exact duplicate but then accidentally ... merge two users http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1283/merge-two-users/ 2012-01-20T15:55:32-08:00 2012-01-20T16:32:31-08:00 Marty Isaacs http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/698/ I seem to have two accounts under the same name: Marty Isaacs. Can they be merged? get a deleted question from here to be shown to MSE admins? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1279/get-a-deleted-question-from-here-to-be-shown-to-mse-admins/ 2012-01-14T19:03:01-08:00 2012-01-16T05:49:06-08:00 Ricky Demer http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/485/ So, a few months ago I manged to lose access to my account at http://math.stackexchange.com/users/5114/ricky-demer, because I changed computers, losing the MSE cookie (but not my MO cookie), and then ...
I tried to recover the OpenID password, but the automated method does not work and I did not get any response
to emailing the contact address. I tried the MSE account recovery, but that only points me to the OpenID page.

I haven't yet tried contacting any MSE admin because I want some evidence before I do that, and I believe the best evidence I could show would be the MO question that was essentially a copy of http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/59795/proof-of-1-0-by-mathematical-induction, where I indicated that I would answer if the OP asked on math.stackexchange.com .

> Is there any way other than me searching the mathoverflow dumps for me to find that MO question to show to an MSE admin?]]>
Conveying something on MO http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1263/conveying-something-on-mo/ 2011-12-24T08:17:10-08:00 2011-12-24T08:17:10-08:00 trustgod http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/604/ This thread I am going to post is just to inform all members a Merry happy Christmas. All those who have been helping me and going to help me thanks a lot one more time, Wishing all once again Merry ... This thread I am going to post is just to inform all members a Merry happy Christmas. All those who have been helping me and going to help me thanks a lot one more time, Wishing all once again Merry Happy Christmas.

I know its not good on my part to convey these things here, but I find this is the most feasible way of doing it, as I don't have an email Id of every person, and also I have been prevented from MO from posting questions any further, so I could at least use this MO meta as a last resort to do this thing.

I don't know about the reaction I get , let us see. But its sure that I wont post anything like this any further, I think MO community should keep at-least some tag on its home page saying Merry christmas, even though I am not a christian, I want a religious harmony should exist atleast one day , which is of important occasion.

What do you say ?

P.S: Interestingly waiting, how does this thread turns out to be.

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Editing questions without bumping them to the front page http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/110/editing-questions-without-bumping-them-to-the-front-page/ 2009-12-23T20:13:48-08:00 2011-12-12T04:39:53-08:00 Kevin Lin http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/25/ I just retagged a bunch of old stuff, but I just realized that in doing so, I bumped all these questions up to the front page, filling the front page with a bunch of old, stale, already-answered ... I just retagged a bunch of old stuff, but I just realized that in doing so, I bumped all these questions up to the front page, filling the front page with a bunch of old, stale, already-answered questions. Sorry; I didn't mean to do this.

Is there a way to edit a question/answer without having it get bumped to the front page?

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How can I view my deleted questions? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1240/how-can-i-view-my-deleted-questions/ 2011-12-08T23:24:31-08:00 2011-12-09T10:45:36-08:00 Kevin Lin http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/25/ I deleted a question of mine a little while ago, and now I'd actually like to access it again. I know that if I still had the URL I'd still be able to access it, but I don't have the URL anymore. Is ... I deleted a question of mine a little while ago, and now I'd actually like to access it again. I know that if I still had the URL I'd still be able to access it, but I don't have the URL anymore. Is there some way to look up my deleted questions?

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Stop answered questions from returning to front page http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1235/stop-answered-questions-from-returning-to-front-page/ 2011-12-03T07:35:18-08:00 2011-12-03T12:56:21-08:00 Bill Johnson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/133/ How can you stop answered questions from returning to the front page? I vote to close on the basis the the question is "no longer relevant", but that does no good unless others follow ... How can you stop answered questions from returning to the front page? I vote to close on the basis the the question is "no longer relevant", but that does no good unless others follow suit.

Here is a recent example (one of several):

comlemented subspaces

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make 'historical basis rieman surfaces' acceptable for re-posting? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1139/make-historical-basis-rieman-surfaces-acceptable-for-reposting/ 2011-09-16T02:47:42-07:00 2011-09-17T07:12:31-07:00 Sadiq Ahmed http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/624/ In reference to Historical basis and mathematical significance of Riemann surfaces [closed] and the associated meta: http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/1137/historical-basis-rieman-surfaces, I'd ... In reference to Historical basis and mathematical significance of Riemann surfaces [closed] and the associated meta: http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/1137/historical-basis-rieman-surfaces, I'd like to request assistance from the community to reformulate and repost my question:

The question has received various responses; in particular (from KConrad):

"If you consider traditional calculus to mean calculus in one variable, then that leads to complex analysis in one variable. At first it was done on C, but for more flexibility (particularly in relation to speaking about analytic continuation without awkward branch cuts) Riemann introduced the idea of doing complex analysis on a one-dimensional complex manifold, and those are essentially the same thing as Riemann surfaces"

and my subsequent response:

"[following up from you (sic) response-] Was that the primary motivation for Riemann surfaces? ... I'm trying to understand if - (and in what way if applicable) - the Riemann surface concept brought coherence to the ideas in analysis{star}, geometry, and algebra (specifically, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra (as this theorem, as far I'm aware, required introduction of complex analysis / complex analytic ideas to prove [at least as one of its earlier / earliest proofs])). [{star} to refer to the above statement here: "[theory of Riemann surfaces] is [the] culmination of much of traditional calculus"]".

I'm not searching for textbooks or technical material [except books on the historical genesis and motivating reason(s) for Riemann surfaces]. ... More specifically, [as above], the relation between the birth of Riemann surface theory in light of developments within the three primary branches: geometry, analysis, and algebra.

(Within geometry: the emergence of non-Euclidean geometries: (especially as most of non-Euclidean geometries use the notion of 'manifold' - which, if I'm not mistaken - came from the context of studying Riemann surfaces);

Within analysis: -- KConrad's statement above -- ;

and

Within algebra: the fact that a good number of proofs of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra require the use of ideas from complex analysis (and, indirectly, relate to Riemann surfaces).)

I want to get an expert's take on the thread's outlined above, and the relation between each other and the concept of Riemann surfaces.

So, basically, that is my question.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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How did I get these badges? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1112/how-did-i-get-these-badges/ 2011-08-11T13:12:57-07:00 2011-08-11T13:41:56-07:00 Michael Hardy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/291/ I find that in recent hours I was awarded "necromancer" and "nice answer" badges. How can I tell which answers these were awarded for? When I click on ... underscores in URLs http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1076/underscores-in-urls/ 2011-07-08T07:25:30-07:00 2011-08-04T05:42:38-07:00 Kevin Walker http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/36/ I'm having trouble creating a link with a URL that contains an underscore: [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalin–Vilkovisky_algebra)Any ideas of how to make this work?
[this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalin–Vilkovisky_algebra)

Any ideas of how to make this work?]]>
Show question tags in google-reader http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1095/show-question-tags-in-googlereader/ 2011-07-29T17:11:12-07:00 2011-07-31T05:22:56-07:00 Dror Speiser http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/185/ Hello,I realize this isn't the best place to ask about google-reader, but I thought maybe someone else has already experienced this.I've subscribed ...
I realize this isn't the best place to ask about google-reader, but I thought maybe someone else has already experienced this.
I've subscribed to:
"http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/"

But google-reader doesn't show the tags a question has.
Is there a way to show them?

Cheers,
Dror]]>
How do I see why I got a particular badge? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1092/how-do-i-see-why-i-got-a-particular-badge/ 2011-07-25T15:34:09-07:00 2011-07-27T10:38:56-07:00 Amit Kumar Gupta http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/584/ I apparently just got a Necromancer badge, but I don't recall necromancing anything recently, and I can't see any recent up-votes on my answers that would've given me this. So perhaps this is a bug ... post images http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1087/post-images/ 2011-07-20T10:53:30-07:00 2011-07-21T17:38:02-07:00 chaehy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/590/ I did register but it said 'new users can't use image tags'then how can i become an 'old user'? plz answer this
then how can i become an 'old user'?

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How do I undo a vote to close? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1079/how-do-i-undo-a-vote-to-close/ 2011-07-09T11:04:31-07:00 2011-07-10T05:45:49-07:00 Amit Kumar Gupta http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/584/ How do I undo a vote to close? I accidentally voted to close my own question on MO:http://mathoverflow.net/questions/69846/reference-letters-for-teaching-positions/
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.. use Google to search MathOverflow nicely? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1065/-use-google-to-search-mathoverflow-nicely/ 2011-06-10T14:37:24-07:00 2011-06-13T10:48:18-07:00 grp http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/187/ In this Meta thread on study groups, I suggested something which I should have guessed (or confirmed) did not work. This was to use the search features in meta to find information about a ... In this Meta thread on study groups, I suggested something which I should have guessed (or confirmed) did not work. This was to use the search features in meta to find information about a meta.mathoverflow user that was posted in their profile. Since it doesn't work, I suppose this might be a meta feature request made available to registered meta users. Something similar on MathOverflow would be great, since the public view of User pages would be the domain of the search (but we can't change the software, whadyatalk,whadyatalk).

So the actual goal is a specialization of the title goal of this post: How do I use Google to search the MathOverflow user pages for something (e.g. users who might be interested in study groups)? Anton (Hopefully Dr. Geraschenko by now?) has kindly provided some examples in the past, perhaps he can answer the specific question and remind us of the variations. I also welcome answers from other MathOverflow/Internet savants/masters.

Gerhard "He Doesn't Know The Territory" Paseman, 2011.06.10

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Why I have fewer reputautation points than I expect? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1063/why-i-have-fewer-reputautation-points-than-i-expect/ 2011-06-09T15:12:45-07:00 2011-06-09T16:00:58-07:00 Gyorgy Sereny http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/567/ Could someone, please, explain, why I have fewer reputation pointsthan I expect? Actually, in view of what I read about the way one can earn reputationpoints: "if you post a good question or ... than I expect?

Actually, in view of what I read about the way one can earn reputation
points: "if you post a good question or helpful answer, it will
be voted up by your peers: you gain 10 reputation points." (see
http://mathoverflow.net/faq#reputation), I cannot see why I have
only 31 of them, in spite of the fact that that my answers have received
votes that I think are worth more than that:
6 Demonstrating that rigour is important
2 Proofs of Gödel’s theorem
2 Examples of theorems misapplied to non-mathematical contexts
2 nontrivial theorems with trivial proofs
1 Complete mathematics
0 Arithmetic fixed point theorem
(see http://mathoverflow.net/users/9019/gyorgy-sereny)

Thank you
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Cite mathoverflow? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/7/cite-mathoverflow/ 2009-10-22T00:45:13-07:00 2011-05-10T02:47:44-07:00 Andrew Stacey http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/4/ I'm porting so-if-internetsd00d81-answers-a-question-related-to-my-research-how-do-i-add-him over here. Adding as a coauthor is a higher step than I would think that answering a question on ... I'm porting so-if-internetsd00d81-answers-a-question-related-to-my-research-how-do-i-add-him over here.

Adding as a coauthor is a higher step than I would think that answering a question on mathoverflow should warrant. I'm curious as to what question was answered that could lead to such a generous offer!

Much more likely is simply acknowledging someone's help. Here I think that the best strategy is not to acknowledge the help of a particular person, but to acknowledge mathoverflow as a whole. So, for example, say:

Here we need to solve the identity Ax = b. The following is distilled from the answers on mathoverflow to \cite{question on mathoverflow}.

To do this, of course, someone should come up with a template for the bibliographic information. Looking at the basic BibTeX fields, I'd go for:

  • Title: Question title
  • Author: Mathoverflow
  • Eprint: Direct link to question in Mathoverflow
  • Date: Date asked (?)
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I'd like to know some tips to attract some attention to a question I've posted on MO. http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1024/id-like-to-know-some-tips-to-attract-some-attention-to-a-question-ive-posted-on-mo/ 2011-04-25T08:22:42-07:00 2011-04-26T06:36:00-07:00 dr http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/538/ I'd appreciate some help in knowing things to do so that i can attract some interest from the community in this particular question given at this ...
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/61797/a-class-of-functions


I have one solution for this question which i think is correct but want to get reviewed by people who are really interested in it.]]>
... get rid of a critics badge? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1010/-get-rid-of-a-critics-badge/ 2011-04-12T14:13:42-07:00 2011-04-15T20:37:30-07:00 grp http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/187/ I can live with a critic's badge on this account (http://mathoverflow.net/users/3206/gerhard-paseman), but it came about through inadvertance. (Also, using a smartphone to text/edit makes me feel ...
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Delete/Undelete questions http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1005/deleteundelete-questions/ 2011-04-03T22:34:03-07:00 2011-04-04T09:15:08-07:00 Hailong Dao http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/120/ I looked at the history of a recent question and saw that the OP deleted and undeleted the question multiple times. How could that happen? I thought once you deleted your own question, you can not do ... I looked at the history of a recent question and saw that the OP deleted and undeleted the question multiple times. How could that happen? I thought once you deleted your own question, you can not do anything about it anymore unless you have more than 10K.

Another related question: how many votes are needed to undelete a question? Is that 5?

Thanks.

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Posting Images http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/966/posting-images/ 2011-02-22T07:04:27-08:00 2011-02-25T04:11:04-08:00 SJR http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/406/ How do I insert an image? Can someone provide either an example or a link to an explanation?Thanks.
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Creating a G_2 tag http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/896/creating-a-g2-tag/ 2011-01-12T11:24:53-08:00 2011-01-12T19:25:50-08:00 Mariano http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/61/ I've just tried to search for questions/answers involving G_2 (after reading Spiro Karigiannis' extremely nice answer http://mathoverflow.net/questions/49357/g-2-and-geometry/49389) and MO's search ... I've just tried to search for questions/answers involving G_2 (after reading Spiro Karigiannis' extremely nice answer http://mathoverflow.net/questions/49357/g-2-and-geometry/49389) and MO's search engine does not seem to be able to find much.

Can you think of a way to search for the relevant question/answers so that I can then tag them with a "g2" tag?

(There is an "exceptional-groups" tag, not used a lot...)

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Finding the most recent edit http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/827/finding-the-most-recent-edit/ 2010-12-11T09:46:38-08:00 2010-12-12T14:16:06-08:00 Michael Hardy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/291/ In recent minutes, &quot;Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics&quot; appeared as the very first item I saw when I clicked on &quot;Questions&quot;. I take that to mean that ... Completely delete a post (as in completely completely) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/804/completely-delete-a-post-as-in-completely-completely/ 2010-11-30T21:38:04-08:00 2010-11-30T23:21:34-08:00 Alex Bartel http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/393/ Is it possible to completely delete a post, so that it doesn't annoy me and the higher rep users with its redness? I have posted an answer to this question, but I had a &lt; sign within latex. ... Is it possible to completely delete a post, so that it doesn't annoy me and the higher rep users with its redness? I have posted an answer to this question, but I had a < sign within latex. Markup must have interpreted it as a quote and suppressed the rest of the paragraph. When I posted it a saw that a whole paragraph was gone, I was anxious not to have to retype everything, so I quickly hit the 'one page back' button of my browser. Lo and behold, there was my post. So I figured out what was going on, fixed it and hit 'post' again, resulting in a second answer, this time correctly formatted. I deleted the jumbled up/marked up answer, but of course it's still there, in red. Since it really doesn't have any value now, it would be nice if it could be completely deleted. Thanks!

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How do I edit my own comments? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/786/how-do-i-edit-my-own-comments/ 2010-11-21T11:46:40-08:00 2010-11-24T20:14:34-08:00 Spiro Karigiannis http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/396/ I've tried to find out how to do this on the FAQ and by trial and error, but I can't figure it out. I can edit my own posts, and my own answers, but I can't seem to edit my own comments. (I know how ...
A related question: I always see the LaTeX-compiled preview of my questions and answers, but not for comments. Is there any reason why this can't be done? It actually makes it less likely for me to want to post a comment when I can't preview it and/or edit it afterwards.]]>
How is delete supposed to work? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/18/how-is-delete-supposed-to-work/ 2009-10-29T07:33:08-07:00 2010-11-19T05:42:51-08:00 David Speyer http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/23/ On http://mathoverflow.net/questions/3204/does-any-method-of-summing-divergent-series-work-on-the-harmonic-series , I gave an answer (the one that begins &quot;In the comments to my other ... Lost/forgot my OpenID? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/771/lostforgot-my-openid/ 2010-11-14T14:26:00-08:00 2010-11-14T20:32:57-08:00 Michael Carroll http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/332/ I had been using IE8 &amp; seemed to have MathJax problems. So I installed Chrome. IE8 had been logging me in to Mathoverflow automatically. With Chrome, I need to supply my OpenID. But I don't ... http://mathoverflow.net/users/8224/michael-carroll
I logged in here at Meta using a user id & password, not OpenID.

Any way to find out what OpenID I used for Mathoverflow? (Actually, I don't remember providing one, but I suppose I must have.)

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Entering Links http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/765/entering-links/ 2010-11-11T20:04:49-08:00 2010-11-11T22:40:26-08:00 SJR http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/406/ I am unable to get links to work. I have tried just naively entering the html for a linkand obviously something else is required, maybe some kind of escape code. Can someone help with this? Thanks and obviously something else is required, maybe some kind of escape code. Can someone help with this?

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How to search for long but popular answers http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/721/how-to-search-for-long-but-popular-answers/ 2010-10-22T21:25:00-07:00 2010-10-23T00:08:54-07:00 Will Jagy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/208/ A relatively new user gave a brief answer athttp://mathoverflow.net/questions/43237/generalized-geometry/43239#43239 and indicated he would like to put more. I thought it would be nice to give some ... http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43237/generalized-geometry/43239#43239
and indicated he would like to put more. I thought it would be nice to give some idea of how long is too long. So, does anybody know how to search for the longest (number of characters perhaps?) answers that got at least 25 votes, then 10 votes, then 5 I suppose? I already left the little advice I knew how to give.]]>
shaded backgrounds http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/713/shaded-backgrounds/ 2010-10-17T23:41:51-07:00 2010-10-21T04:18:36-07:00 Sándor Kovács http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/394/ I see people posting things in shaded boxes and I was wondering how one does that. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks! [Just in case, what I mean is for example Anton Geraschenko's post in ... [Just in case, what I mean is for example Anton Geraschenko's post in http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/34/tag-mergerename-requests/#Item_0]]]> How to reach "Recent Activity" http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/717/how-to-reach-recent-activity/ 2010-10-19T17:26:51-07:00 2010-10-20T12:37:58-07:00 Joseph O'Rourke http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/240/ I found this this URL, http://mathoverflow.net/users/recent/[YourUser#Here] , displays a page I have not seen yet:Recent Activitylast month this month last week this week yesterday today etc. etc.The ...
Recent Activity
last month this month last week this week yesterday today
etc. etc.

The usefulness of this page is that it shows who commented on your old questions, whereas the "recent" tab on your user page only shows *your* comments, not the comments of others on your posts.

My question is: Is there some link somewhere to access this useful page without using the URL directly? Perhaps I'm the only one who doesn't know! (I searched the FAQ and meta without luck.) :-j]]>
To find out if one of my questions is an open problem http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/657/to-find-out-if-one-of-my-questions-is-an-open-problem/ 2010-09-09T12:16:00-07:00 2010-09-17T07:25:37-07:00 garabed2 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/362/ I have been trying for a long time simply to find out whether my question No. 33928 is an open problem,and if not, whether the answer to it is a &quot;yes&quot; or a ... and if not, whether the answer to it is a "yes" or a "no". It seems to me that the question is of some interest.
But though I have gotten lots of comments about it on many different mathematical websites, nobody seems
actually able to tell me what I really want to know-"is the problem open or not?" Can anyone suggest how I
might obtain this information. I would greatly appreciate any help in this matter.]]>
How do I note down all questions I'm interested in? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/636/how-do-i-note-down-all-questions-im-interested-in/ 2010-08-28T16:07:02-07:00 2010-09-05T11:37:57-07:00 pietro majer http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/351/ Sometimes I read a question, and I'd like to note it down, in order to be able to find it again later -either because I do not have time to answer in that very moment, or because I'm curious to read ... A natural way should be, clicking the "favorite question" star, but then how can I make a list of all my favourite questions?
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Search for the highest voted comments? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/633/search-for-the-highest-voted-comments/ 2010-08-25T22:16:41-07:00 2010-08-31T16:16:43-07:00 Qiaochu Yuan http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/13/ Comments are annoyingly hard to search considering there have been some real gems. Does the public dump allow for searching for the highest voted comments? If not, I think it might be fun to ... Comments are annoyingly hard to search considering there have been some real gems. Does the public dump allow for searching for the highest voted comments? If not, I think it might be fun to compile a list by hand, maybe put them on a website somewhere with screenshots.

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removing interesting/ignored tags http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/617/removing-interestingignored-tags/ 2010-08-18T11:49:37-07:00 2010-08-18T13:36:14-07:00 Ryan Budney http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/107/ I started playing around with the &quot;preferences&quot; section on the user page on MO. In interesting and ignored tags, there is a way to *add* the tag. How do you remove a tag from the ... Merge into one account unregistered & registered user's data ! http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/169/merge-into-one-account-unregistered-registered-users-data-/ 2010-01-19T06:21:39-08:00 2010-08-12T18:42:12-07:00 brunoh http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/122/ Could an administrator be kind enough to merge the data form my unregistered profile (3334/brunoh) to my registered one (3333/brunoh) ?Thank you very much in advance !Sorry to be so OCD about it, but ... Thank you very much in advance !


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Associated accounts http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/580/associated-accounts/ 2010-08-04T21:10:41-07:00 2010-08-05T22:04:12-07:00 sean tilson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/191/ I have recently started exploring other SE sites. I like to use Open ID via google to log in and start new accounts. I have noticed though that my MO account is not associated and does not show up. ... Daily summary http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/575/daily-summary/ 2010-08-03T00:26:14-07:00 2010-08-03T01:32:33-07:00 drorata http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/326/ Is there a way to receive a daily update of the last 24hrs activity in certain tags? I would like to have once per day an email with a list of the new questions posted in my tags-of-interest. Is it ...
I would like to have once per day an email with a list of the new questions posted in my tags-of-interest. Is it possible?

Thanks in advance,
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How to see all-time activity http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/569/how-to-see-alltime-activity/ 2010-07-31T15:14:11-07:00 2010-08-01T09:32:13-07:00 bbischof http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/155/ I searched for this question and couldn't find it, yet I think someone must have asked before. :/How can I find all comments I have ever posted? I am looking for a particular comment that I don't ...
How can I find all comments I have ever posted? I am looking for a particular comment that I don't remember the orignal question, and I can't find it. :/]]>
See only questions with "interesting" tags http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/509/see-only-questions-with-interesting-tags/ 2010-07-14T19:33:11-07:00 2010-07-16T11:15:00-07:00 Charles Staats http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/297/ As a general rule, I do not want to &quot;ignore&quot; tags, because sometimes I find (or even ask) questions that interest me, even in areas that, for the most part, I do not want to read. ...
[Side note: what happens if the same question, having multiple tags, qualifies as both "interesting" and "ignored"?]]]>
How do I reverse a vote? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/494/how-do-i-reverse-a-vote/ 2010-07-09T02:57:47-07:00 2010-07-13T23:09:40-07:00 jhschenker http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/285/ I was notified a few days ago that I had earned my critics badge because of a down vote. I checked my history and see that I voted down something on the question &quot;Undergraduate Level Math ... How do I merge 2 accounts? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/455/how-do-i-merge-2-accounts/ 2010-06-19T07:52:00-07:00 2010-06-25T08:18:49-07:00 Jacques Carette http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/260/ On meta, I accidentally have JacquesCarette and Jacques Carette. Could the one without-a-space be merged into the second? [Or, at worst, deleted?] How are questions numbered? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/396/how-are-questions-numbered/ 2010-05-08T11:42:14-07:00 2010-05-12T10:28:06-07:00 garabed gulbenkian http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/217/ I am a new user of &quot;mathoverflow&quot; and need to learn how to askquestions and respond to the answers I get without having the discussion closed off when I start raising questions ... questions and respond to the answers I get without having the
discussion closed off when I start raising questions which seem to
fall into the category of "duplicate questions".
However, I would first like to know one thing. It appears that each
question asked is assigned a number and you can bring up the question
by typing this number into the search box. But the number is nowhere
displayed. How can I find the number assigned to each of my questions
so that I will have an easy way of referring to them in any discussion?]]>
On article request http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/364/on-article-request/ 2010-04-24T17:33:31-07:00 2010-04-24T19:30:39-07:00 ShakeBaby http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/207/ Hi all,My university doesn't seem to have many subscriptions for online journals. I'd like to know if it is appropriate to ask at MO for a specific article that I don't have access, that others may ...
My university doesn't seem to have many subscriptions for online journals. I'd like to know if it is appropriate to ask at MO for a specific article that I don't have access, that others may have access to it. Or should I use meta? Or should I just never read the article?

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Voting up ideas on stack exchange http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/347/voting-up-ideas-on-stack-exchange/ 2010-04-11T21:21:59-07:00 2010-04-12T12:29:36-07:00 sean tilson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/191/ There are some good suggestions for features on stack exchange but i am unable to vote cus i dont have enough reputation. The only reason I set up an account there was to vote up ideas that i think ... Is it possible to merge users? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/249/is-it-possible-to-merge-users/ 2010-02-25T02:24:59-08:00 2010-03-11T03:43:12-08:00 Daniel http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/169/ I accidentally created two users in Mathoverflow (one registred and one unregistred). Is it possible to merge them? big-list/community wiki question about textbooks - is it appropriate? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/248/biglistcommunity-wiki-question-about-textbooks-is-it-appropriate/ 2010-02-24T19:30:53-08:00 2010-02-25T20:20:59-08:00 Zavosh http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/137/ I want to ask a question about current standard textbooks in everyone's field of expertise. I can see this question has been asked for certain topics, but I can't find a question that has asked it ... I want to ask a question about current standard textbooks in everyone's field of expertise. I can see this question has been asked for certain topics, but I can't find a question that has asked it for all topics. I think it would be a useful list to have for those who want to learn a new field, or at least skim through it. As a student of arithmetic geometry I can immediately tell someone to look at Hartshorne, Liu, or Mumford, and to avoid Weil's book for example, but I don't know if Sigurdur Helgason's 1978 book on Differential Geometry is still standard.

Is this an appropriate (and new) question to ask?

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How do I add a bounty to a question? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/232/how-do-i-add-a-bounty-to-a-question/ 2010-02-20T11:48:51-08:00 2010-02-20T16:55:39-08:00 FabianMeier http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/165/ Sorry for this simple question, but I just did not find out how I could add a bounty to one of my questions. (Maybe I just do not meet a requirement for adding a bounty, but I did not find out about ... MO appears to think my e-mail address is invalid, I don't agree http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/223/mo-appears-to-think-my-email-address-is-invalid-i-dont-agree/ 2010-02-17T15:17:20-08:00 2010-02-17T22:01:40-08:00 zenpharaohs http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/156/ I am trying to ask a question on MO and set notification to my correct e-mail address. But MO declares that my e-mail address, which as far as I can tell is correctly spelled, and has been in daily ...
I spent some time on MO trying to figure out where to ask this question, and this appears the most appropriate place. Feel free to direct me to the appropriate place.]]>
(How do I) sell a badge? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/190/how-do-i-sell-a-badge/ 2010-02-01T11:01:52-08:00 2010-02-05T19:04:41-08:00 Andrew Stacey http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/4/ I'm sad to report that I've lost my perfect record. One of my answers has been voted up enough for me to get the "enlightened" silver badge. Is there any way I can get rid of it? If I ... I'm sad to report that I've lost my perfect record. One of my answers has been voted up enough for me to get the "enlightened" silver badge. Is there any way I can get rid of it? If I delete the answer, does it go away? Can I donate it to charity?

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Editing comments http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/188/editing-comments/ 2010-01-29T16:17:41-08:00 2010-01-30T11:16:53-08:00 Bill Johnson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/133/ Is it possible to edit comments (as opposed to editing questions and answers)? MO and Google reader http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/180/mo-and-google-reader/ 2010-01-22T16:01:48-08:00 2010-01-24T19:53:12-08:00 Anweshi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/94/ I have found that it is much easier to read when MO is integrated into google reader. Of course, for actual answering or commenting, one has to click and open the MO page itself. Still it is nice to ... I have found that it is much easier to read when MO is integrated into google reader. Of course, for actual answering or commenting, one has to click and open the MO page itself. Still it is nice to keep things within google reader and open MO itself only when necessary.

The problem is, refreshing the feed in google reader does not seem to reflect the latest content; there seems to be some delay. The new questions, or recent activity of a user, seems to appear in the RSS feed only after a while. So it is not as effective as refreshing the MO frontpage or MO user recent activity page.

Is there a way to get around this?

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How do I ask a good question? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/130/how-do-i-ask-a-good-question/ 2010-01-03T01:15:03-08:00 2010-01-22T03:06:23-08:00 Anton Geraschenko http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/2/ As I mentioned in another thread, I think we should have a page on MO that documents how to craft a good question. If nothing else, I want to have something to link to when I think a question can be ... As I mentioned in another thread, I think we should have a page on MO that documents how to craft a good question. If nothing else, I want to have something to link to when I think a question can be improved. To that end, I've slapped together a (very) rough draft of such a page. Hopefully it's mature enough that it will benefit from some exposure rather than be killed by it.

I've also pasted it into a public wave, which you should be able to find by logging into wave and typing "with:public how to write a good Math Overflow question" into the search box. If you don't have a wave account and want one, let me know. I have 53 invitations.

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How to do minor edits without bumping? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/173/how-to-do-minor-edits-without-bumping/ 2010-01-20T16:02:47-08:00 2010-01-20T16:20:04-08:00 Anweshi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/94/ Is it possible to retag, correct spelling, fix links, etc., without bumping a question to the top? Is it possible to retag, correct spelling, fix links, etc., without bumping a question to the top?

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[Redacted] http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/167/redacted/ 2010-01-17T20:54:56-08:00 2010-01-18T13:07:32-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ = =

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Writing matrices http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/164/writing-matrices/ 2010-01-17T11:23:22-08:00 2010-01-18T08:54:08-08:00 Anweshi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/94/ What are the latex methods I should use for rendering a matrix in an MO question? It seems use of an array would give a garbled output. $\begin{array}{ll} d &amp; t \ \ d &amp; g \ \ 4 ... What are the latex methods I should use for rendering a matrix in an MO question?

It seems use of an array would give a garbled output.

$\begin{array}{ll} d & t \ \ d & g \ \ 4 & 5 \end{array}$ renders d g d t 4 5 in one line.

Note: Here \ \ actually stands for two backslashes without a space. But if I type it that way it is not rendered properly in meta.

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Creating new tags http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/159/creating-new-tags/ 2010-01-13T12:57:10-08:00 2010-01-13T13:27:45-08:00 algori http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/89/ On the Mathoverflow faq page it says that users with reputation at least 250 can create new tags. I was wondering how one does that.Thanks!
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Bookmarking http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/132/bookmarking/ 2010-01-04T14:47:34-08:00 2010-01-04T16:58:26-08:00 Anweshi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/94/ There are soooo many nice threads in math overflow. I see very nice ones when I am browsing through, and I keep in mind, I have to look at it later. Is there a way to bookmark them in a good way so ... Is there any way for me to change the color of my user picture? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/120/is-there-any-way-for-me-to-change-the-color-of-my-user-picture/ 2009-12-29T12:39:44-08:00 2009-12-29T15:45:58-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ I really like the default user picture, but pink's really not my style. How do I (note the category!) change the color? I signed up for gravy-tar, but that didn't let me change anything. Make a "late" answer visible http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/109/make-a-late-answer-visible/ 2009-12-23T10:02:22-08:00 2009-12-24T00:37:59-08:00 Hans Stricker http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/85/ How do one come to know of a &quot;late&quot; answer? How can one make one's late answers visible (= let others know, that one made a &quot;late&quot; answer?) Revise a question http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/107/revise-a-question/ 2009-12-21T02:40:24-08:00 2009-12-21T07:06:55-08:00 Hans Stricker http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/85/ Hello,in case I asked a question and find out, that it was ill posed: should I a) edit it or b) let it be closed and ask it anew, creating a new question? In case of a): Should I give it a ... in case I asked a question and find out, that it was ill posed: should I a) edit it or b) let it be closed and ask it anew, creating a new question?
In case of a): Should I give it a new/revised title? (e.g. "Old question (revised)")
In case of b): Which title should I give it? (e.g. "Old question (revised)")
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Comment notification style http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/93/comment-notification-style/ 2009-12-12T05:20:32-08:00 2009-12-12T18:05:15-08:00 Harald Hanche-Olsen http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/18/ Some times, when there are new comments to one of my posts, I get a banner across the top of the page telling me about it. Other times, the envelope beside my name turns yellow. I think I have seen ... Some times, when there are new comments to one of my posts, I get a banner across the top of the page telling me about it. Other times, the envelope beside my name turns yellow. I think I have seen both happen simultaneously once. I am confused about this. Why some times one, other times the other? It seems like the site is trying to tell me something, but I can't figure out what.

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How do I associate disconnected entries to 1 account (e.g. unreg'd with reg'd)? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/37/how-do-i-associate-disconnected-entries-to-1-account-eg-unregd-with-regd/ 2009-11-09T10:08:40-08:00 2009-11-10T05:26:15-08:00 Jon Awbrey http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/34/ The registration process could be streamlined a bit &hellip; In the meantime &mdash; How does one associate entries made while unregistered with those made while registered, or collate ... The registration process could be streamlined a bit …

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How does one associate entries made while unregistered with those made while registered, or collate entries that one accidentally makes on some "unknown google" account?

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How do I get more 'active' questions listed? http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/29/how-do-i-get-more-active-questions-listed/ 2009-11-03T23:04:35-08:00 2009-11-04T07:48:31-08:00 cdouglas http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/27/ When you pull up http://mathoverflow.net/ you get a list of 'active' questions, by default, but only 50 or so. What if you want another page of the next 50? I don't want to switch to a search by ...