Questions tagged [answers]
For questions about answers on the main site. Consider using the accepted-answer tag if the question is about an answer that has been accepted.
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How long is too long of an answer?
I recently answered my own question here and decided to lay out most of the mathematical procedure I took to solve the problem. My only concern is that this answer seems very long and I was wondering ...
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Since when does this site require registration to post answers?
I remember the discussion which led to allowing only registered users to ask questions: Let's require registration to ask a question. (It was marked status-completed in October 2016.)
IIRC, ...
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MSE's policy on restricting the use of downvotes for answers: Targeting a member or ANY non-scientific reasons? [closed]
I recently received the following public comments on how to use down-votes from a senior diamond moderator, Dr. Xander Henderson, who patiently explained me the policy of the site on how to use down-...
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How to handle a "hidden" answer
I am confused by the message "This answer is hidden. This answer was deleted and converted to a comment" that I got when I tried to answer my own question.
After a year developing a better ...
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Feature: options for downvoting an answer similar to the options for closing a question
For the most part, users give very useful comments that help improve the question/answer.
But I am sure many of you too must have come across sometimes the mysterious offshoot downvote and then spend ...
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If a question author receives an answer needing some editing, can the answer be edited by the question author so the answer author gets full credit?
I have this question that I want to up-vote an answer for it, namely Algebraically Simplify $n =\left( \frac{ \left(5\right)^{\log 5}} { \left(2 \right)^{\log 2}} \right) ^{ \frac{1} {\log 2-\log 5 } }...
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May I ask why my answer was deleted without explanation?
In Why do we believe the equation ax+by+c=0
represents a line?, I wrote this answer:
Let $A=\left(x_{A},y_{A}\right)$ and $B=\left(x_{B},y_{B}\right)$ be distinct points.
We define the line $l$ ...
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Should I delete my question if I already got a definitive answer?
There are a lot of times when I just post a question, and a couple minutes after, I get an answer that just completely answers the question without any problems.
Take this one. I posted it, and ...
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How should I (nicely) tell people they should answer my question rather than giving the answer in comments?
I know this isn't an issue specific with math.se, but this is one of the community where I feel like it is widespread.
Take as an example my last question. I am basically asking "Is the result X ...
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Answered a question that I later realized is a duplicate
I have just added an answer to a question that, shortly after posting my answer, I realised is probably a duplicate of this other question, as suggested in the comments, and I flagged it as such.
My ...
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Found an incorrect yet accepted and upvoted answer
This answer claims that eigenvalues of a matrix are preserved under elementary row operations.
It has two upvotes and it is an accepted answer. I came across it while searching related topics on ...
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Suggestion for dealing with a comment if it contain the Answer to the question (w/o other answers)
Suggestion for dealing with a comment if it contain the Answer to the question (w/o other answers)
If I try to flag a comment there are the following alternatives: harassment / unfriendly / obsolete / ...
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Writing answer on behalf of someone else
Assume a post on MSE is answered by someone in comment section and alternative approaches to solve the problem are not provided . There are two senarios:
First:
Nobody will convert that comment to an ...
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Someone's answer is completely copied and pasted from my answer, and their answer got accepted.
Someone's answer to a question is completely copied and pasted from my answer (except they didn't use Mathjax), and their answer got accepted. I don't mind, but I just think it's strange behavior, for ...
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Should I delete a partial answer when someone else posts a complete answer?
Recently I edited and bumped this question; I thought it was interesting and it had garnered no attention in over two years. I wasn't able to solve it, but I mentioned I solved a problem with a ...
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