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Anton Geraschenko comments on "Copying previous questions" (18165)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1290/copying-previous-questions/?Focus=18165#Comment_181652012-01-25T11:25:19-08:002018-11-04T13:48:27-08:00Anton Geraschenkohttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/2/
@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 ...
@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.
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Andy Putman comments on "Copying previous questions" (18161)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1290/copying-previous-questions/?Focus=18161#Comment_181612012-01-25T07:19:57-08:002018-11-04T13:48:27-08:00Andy Putmanhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/113/
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)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1290/copying-previous-questions/?Focus=18158#Comment_181582012-01-25T06:08:34-08:002018-11-04T13:48:27-08:00BSteinhursthttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/700/
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 ...
"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)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1290/copying-previous-questions/?Focus=18157#Comment_181572012-01-25T05:32:48-08:002018-11-04T13:48:27-08:00Joseph O'Rourkehttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/240/
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 ...
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! :-)
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