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    • CommentAuthorgilkalai
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2010 edited
     
    The general policy looks overall reasonable. Rule #1 2) that "if somebody complained you will be suspended" is bugged since in such cases (and in our case) there may be some hostility which will lead to people being accessively impatient. So there is no substitute to moderators making the call and practicing some patience and common sense. I agree that name-dropping is generally not a good idea in mathematical comments. However, in this case, in my opinion, AndrewL's comment did not justify suspension. Also some of the rhetoric against AndrewL (including mimmicking and mocking him) should be avoided.
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    (Moved here from a new thread, posted by AndrewL)

    I've voted to delete my post at http://mathoverflow.net/questions/50225/good-books-on-real-analyis-for-applied-math-closed . I was sent an email by one of the regulars,whom I won't name,giving me a friendly warning that I'm currently restricted from talking about anything other then research level mathematics at MO. So as a gesture of cooperation,I've voted to delete.

    This poster brought it to my attention that this may have been a trap specifically for me. Pathetically childish if so. If anyone wants my opinion-seriously wants it-on anything non-research mathematics or non-mathematical-then either email me or post it at my blog.

    Happy Holidays everyone!

    Andrew L.

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    (Moved here from a new thread, posted by AndrewL)

    Ok,this has crossed into absurdity now...........

    I was suspended for 9 days-according to Anton-for a)Responding to the math museam post and b) Voting to close the thread on the homework questions at http://mathoverflow.net/questions/50662/exam-failed-could-anyone-solve-those-galois-cohomology-2-tasks-closed.

    I could state for the record that I wasn't aware that you needed 3000 points to close,but look instead at Andy Putnam's comment at the thread. I think that pretty much says it all. I have as much chance of a fair hearing in here as a black man in a murder trial of a white beauty queen in 1935 Mississipi.

    Is this the kind of moderating you want? Just asking.

    Andrew L.

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    I suppose my belief in keeping these things private is misplaced in this case, since AndrewL is so keen on making them public. I suppose I should just post messages to him directly to this thread. To add some context, here's the email exchange his last post comes out of:

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    I've moved your new meta thread:
    http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/843/2/uhwhy-was-i-suspended-this-time/#Item_3

    You've started something like a dozen meta threads about yourself. That's enough. If meta were a SE-style site, they would surely be closed as "exact duplictes". The fact that you keep starting them suggests that you either (1) haven't read the previous threads, or (2) are simply trying to be disruptive. It's getting harder and harder to believe (1).

    Anton

    On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Andrew Locascio <andrew.locascio@gmail.com> wrote:
    Thank you for conclusively proving the moderators are out to get me in here. I'll know not to waste my time now.
    Amazing.
    Andrew L.

    On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Anton Geraschenko <geraschenko@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hi Andrew,

    Since I wrote the previous email, you've done two things on MO:
    (1) Said what you'd like to see in a math museum: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/50343#50389
    (2) Pretended you were voting to close: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/50662 (btw, even if you had the rep to vote to close, doing so would not be sticking to math, and even if you weren't sticking to math, the comment you left would be unhelpful)

    Anton


    On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Anton Geraschenko <geraschenko@gmail.com> wrote:
    Andrew,

    In the short time your account has been out of suspension, you've expressed your love of garlic, reflected on and argued about the distinction between pure and applied math, and offered book recommendations to a user who, as far as I know, is specifically baiting you. You have not done any mathematics on MO.

    Repeating past emails, stick to mathematics or you'll be suspended. Don't offer opinions. Don't argue with other peoples' opinions. Don't participate in threads that are all about opinions. Just do mathematics. Perhaps it's naive of me to try to appeal to you again personally after everything in past emails and on meta that you've successfully ignored. After a while, your situation may soften, but for now, you give (me) the strong impression that you are intentionally ignoring our request that you stick to facts and math and avoid offering opinions. I cannot believe that this message is so difficult to grasp or so difficult to follow.

    Anton
    • CommentAuthorAndrewL
    • CommentTimeDec 30th 2010
     

    I've deleted the shortcut to MO on my computer and my New Year's resolution is to avoid this site until I have some actual research to comment on. Hopefully,that will be by mid-summer,depending on if my oral exams for MS qualification can be scheduled by April.

    I STILL think I was unfairly suspended. But it's not up to me. So I'll be gone for awhile and intend to keep my intent this time.

    Hopefully,the animosity towards me will have dissipated by then.

    Andrew L.

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