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Kevin Lin comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (15015)

Kevin Lin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:57:44 -0700

Haha, it's okay! I don't care at all, I was just trying to continue Gerry's joke.

Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (14905)

Qiaochu Yuan — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:14:30 -0700

@Kevin: my apologies. I've rephrased the wording of the question.

an_mo_user comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (14897)

an_mo_user — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:36:45 -0700

Also, voted to close (both). In the latter case a 'cancelling vote' [btw, is this agreement still in place, or was it abandonned?].
My rational, I assume not an original one, in both cases is that for some time such questions can be interesting, but at some point the should be closed.

[In this way new/similar ones can be created without having to many active ones.]

Kevin Lin comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (14896)

Kevin Lin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:20:10 -0700

I cast the first vote to close (before this thread was created), but I guess Qiaochu will get the credit.

I've also just voted to close this one: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2144/a-single-paper-everyone-should-read

Gerry Myerson comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (14895)

Gerry Myerson — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:53:51 -0700

So, who should history credit for closing the thread?

Zev Chonoles comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (14894)

Zev Chonoles — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:58:22 -0700

Agreed. Voted to close.

Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Let's finish closing the Stigler's law thread" (14893)

Qiaochu Yuan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:50:23 -0700

Yeah?