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Mariano comments on "complaints" (20085)

Mariano — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:41:54 -0700

We already had a user who characteristically put spaces before punctuation...

I hope this is not a trend!

Asaf Karagila comments on "complaints" (20026)

Asaf Karagila — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:51:41 -0700

To extend Gerry's words, avoid multiple question marks.

There's nothing more repulsive to the reader than seeing a question with a title such as:

Seen this???!?!?@3?!?@#?!?!@?#4/!@#$?!@#$!%!@#$?!@34 OMG!!!!! SO AWESOMEEEEEEE!!!!!11111oneoneeleven

Of course I am going way way beyond what you did, but two question marks is about 200% of the reasonable amount of question marks. It makes the readers open the thread for the sole purpose of closing it.

Gerry Myerson comments on "complaints" (20025)

Gerry Myerson — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:35:29 -0700

Mick, you've been here for an hour, and you're telling those of us who have been here for years what this website is supposed to do? Please take a little time to learn the purpose of this website. It's not intended as a place where anything goes, so long as there's some mathematics in it - it has a very specific and focussed purpose, and your question, while a very good one, is as much a mismatch for this site as it would be on a site devoted to discussion of Agatha Christie murder mysteries. There are perfectly good sites where your question (if you put a little more work into phrasing it a little better) would be welcomed with open arms, e.g., math.stackexchange.com.

quid comments on "complaints" (20024)

quid — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:28:16 -0700

For convenience of the reader, the link to said question .

mick comments on "complaints" (20023)

mick — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:48:30 -0700

I might not be popular saying this , but i complain.

Too many questions are closed down that appear to me as good questions.

I think math is more than just yes/no questions and if you dont like a subject you can ignore it without closing it.

For instance my last one " Extended Prime Number Theorem " deserves much better imho.

Regards

Mick