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Anton Geraschenko comments on "Copying previous questions" (18165)

Anton Geraschenko — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:25:19 -0800

@Andy: the question can be deleted, and a moderator can trigger a rep recalculation for the user. I'll do this later today unless there are some objections. Since it seems clear that this isn't an honest mistake duplicate, the only objection I can imagine is that the reference in Igor Riven's answer should be included somewhere in the original question thread, but that can easily be arranged.

Andy Putman comments on "Copying previous questions" (18161)

Andy Putman — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:19:57 -0800

Sounds to me like they wanted a quick increase to their reputation (which, it should be added, worked). Is there anything that can be done to remove it?

BSteinhurst comments on "Copying previous questions" (18158)

BSteinhurst — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:08:34 -0800

If you take a look at his previous question http://mathoverflow.net/questions/86565/sequence-arithmetic-closed you will see what his motivation is. And I quote

"Am sorry Artie Prendergarst Smith, i asked this question on purpose so that i could get any liable information on what kind of questions i can ask here. Am new here and i need to understand the type of questions i can ask here. Am tired of goin through the "faq" Sorry once again guys. --Prodigy"

Joseph O'Rourke comments on "Copying previous questions" (18157)

Joseph O'Rourke — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:32:48 -0800

A remarkable instance of copying an old MO question has occurred: four-dimensional counterexample is a copy, nearly word-for-word, of A four-dimensional counterexample? (noticed by Agol). I cannot imagine the motivation of user Prodigy! At least there is some nice symmetry here, in that the OP of the original question answered the new copy! :-)