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    • CommentAuthorMariano
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2011
     

    I know we can't change the software... but if someday we can, we should be able to delete some questions faster! Closing http://mathoverflow.net/questions/81609/ was not strong enough :/

    • CommentAuthorYemon Choi
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2011
     

    Mariano: I just flagged that for moderator attention (and downvoted, although that is unlikely to be sufficient deterrent)

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    You can further vote to delete the question. I've never used this feature before so I'm not sure how it works.

    • CommentAuthorYemon Choi
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2011
     

    Ryan: I hadn't noticed the feature you mention. How much reputation does that require?

    • CommentAuthorMariano
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2011
     

    One can only vote to delete after a dya or two after closing—at least I get a popup informing that :)

    • CommentAuthorAndy Putman
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2011 edited
     
    I'm pretty sure that if enough people flag a question as "spam", it gets deleted. That seems to best way to instantly delete things.

    nb : The question mentioned at the top of the thread has 3 spam flags so far. Just a couple more...
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    I put another spam flag on it. How many do we need? 5?

    • CommentAuthorAngelo
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2011 edited
     
    I checked out the questioner's blog <http://celestial7heavens.wordpress.com/>. I can not make any sense out of it.
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    @Yemon, it's probably a 10k thing... but I don't remember when this option popped up.

    • CommentAuthorquid
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2011
     

    It's in the FAQs that deleting closed questions is a 10k thing.

    • CommentAuthortheojf
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2011 edited
     

    (Edited) Just a general reminder: please refrain from calling people mentally ill, at least publicly? There are a lot of issues surrounding "mental illness" language, and most I'm not sufficiently expert to explain or argue about. But I know extremely capable people for whom the moniker "mentally ill" is often applied, and I think the safest thing is (at least) not to use it as a casual insult.

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    @theojf, well said.
    • CommentAuthorAngelo
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2011
     
    I edited the post. In any case, I did not intend it as an insult.
    • CommentAuthorWill Jagy
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2011
     
    Angelo, it is not entirely about political correctness or about manners, although those are also good things to bear in mind. The trouble is that any person posting or reading on MO may well also read the comments about him, or her, here on Meta. Indeed, we deliberately announce at the original question when there is a discussion about it on Meta. Then, that person may post on Meta, and sometimes wars are started.
    • CommentAuthorAngelo
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2011
     
    Dear Will, I got it. In any case, anyone can read the blog and make up her or his mind.
    • CommentAuthortheojf
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2011
     
    @Angelo, Thank you. Mental illness language is extremely prevalent in American society, IMHO problematically so. So I also hope that my comment will remind others not to use it. If you like, we can edit this thread a bit just to leave a general reminder.
    • CommentAuthorAngelo
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2011
     
    To Theo: edit the thread however you'd like.

    Avoiding expressions that can hurt or offend others is certainly imperative in a public forum like this one. I don't know if mental illness language is more prevalent in American society than anywhere else, and I don't intend to start in a debate on this.
    • CommentAuthorvoloch
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2011
     
    What's the relevance of American society as opposed to, say, Italian society?
    • CommentAuthortheojf
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2011
     

    @voloch: Only that I feel like I have a fairly good grasp of language within US, and not in, say, Italy. I make no claims either way as to any other society, although if I had to bed I'd guess that most are about as bad as we are, some slightly more and some slightly less.

    • CommentAuthorMariano
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2011
     

    Well, everyone knows the italians are all crazy...

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