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The dawn of a new year, 2015, now approaches, or has already approached, either way it means that it is now time to reset our Community Promotion Ads!

What are Community Promotion Ads?

Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.

Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?

This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:

  • the site's twitter account
  • useful tools or resources for the mathematically inclined
  • interesting articles or findings for the curious
  • cool events or conferences
  • anything else your community would genuinely be interested in

The goal is for future visitors to find out about the stuff your community deems important. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are relevant to your own community's interests, both for those already in the community and those yet to join.

Why do we reset the ads every year?

Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.

The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.

How does it work?

The answers you post to this question must conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored.

  1. All answers should be in the exact form of:

    [![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]

   [1]: http://image-url
   [2]: http://clickthrough-url

    Please do not add anything else to the body of the post. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.

  2. The question must always be tagged with the magic tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.

Image requirements

  • The image that you create must be 220 x 250 pixels
  • Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)
  • Must be GIF or PNG
  • No animated GIFs
  • Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB

Score Threshold

There is a minimum score threshold an answer must meet (currently 6) before it will be shown on the main site.

You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats here.

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    $\begingroup$ Trivia note - this post ID is 19014, and the ID of the previous ads thread was 11920. That means that in the span of a bit over a year (rather close to 13 months, really), over 7000 posts have been made to the Mathematics Meta site. That's the highest amount in that time span on the network, towering over Ask Ubuntu's ~4600 sitting in second place. $\endgroup$
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Jan 1, 2015 at 3:33
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    $\begingroup$ Some ideas: MathEducators.SE, HSM.SE, Academia.SE $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:21
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    $\begingroup$ (Re: Trivia note) That sounds quite sad, actually... $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:54
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    $\begingroup$ @GrigoryM Depends on how you look at it. There are sad SE sites with sad inactive metas where nobody cares about anything. $\endgroup$
    – user147263
    Jan 2, 2015 at 22:43

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The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

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    $\begingroup$ To quote Brian M. Scott: «This one’s so useful that I even donate a little to them each year» (me too). $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:24
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Detexify

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    $\begingroup$ This is always useful in a bind and if you just can't remember that one symbol. Brilliant for people learning TeX, like me! The ad could be improved a bit though. $\endgroup$
    – Benjamin R
    Apr 29, 2015 at 0:08
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    $\begingroup$ The ad could be made a lot better; without your comment @BenjaminR , I wouldn't have understood the ad. $\endgroup$
    – Dheeraj Bhaskar
    Nov 2, 2015 at 9:17
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    $\begingroup$ @DheerajBhaskar I only knew what it was because I had visited the site before through a description and link on TeX.SE... $\endgroup$
    – Benjamin R
    Nov 2, 2015 at 10:02
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arXiv.org

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    $\begingroup$ maybe $1\,000\,000$ would look more impressive?.. (it's fine anyway, though) $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 13:21
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    $\begingroup$ Should this be changed to this $\endgroup$
    – Aditya Hase
    Jan 1, 2015 at 14:09
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    $\begingroup$ Thank you! Come to think of it, either version looks OK. $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 15:48
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    $\begingroup$ I think this one looks better. $\endgroup$
    – user98602
    Jan 1, 2015 at 19:41
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GeoGebra

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Wolfram Alpha

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    $\begingroup$ Each year there are debates about advertising WolframAlpha (Wolfram sells commercial software etc.) — but I still think it's tremendously useful. $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:11
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    $\begingroup$ (To quote Dominic Michaelis in previous discussion: «I think wolframalpha isn't mainly a CAS, but something special, because of you don't need to know a bit of syntax to use it while for most CAS you need to know the correct syntax. Furthermore the basic functions of wolframalpha are free») $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:12
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    $\begingroup$ One more quote from prev. discussions: «I have no doubt that informing users about Wolfram Alpha will decrease the number of very elementary algebra/calculus questions asked here, and increase the quality of the ones that still are» $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 2, 2015 at 22:17
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    $\begingroup$ I would vote for an add the wolfram Mathworld site mathworld.wolfram.com can e add that one instead? $\endgroup$
    – Willemien
    Mar 6, 2015 at 11:50
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MIT OCW

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ProofWiki - online compendium of mathematical proofs.

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SageMath

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Current Mathematics bounties

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    $\begingroup$ Copy of last year's version. Note that it works perfectly despite different size (and obviously not being hosted on imgur). $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 6, 2015 at 20:20
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    $\begingroup$ Because of the great number of questions on Math.SE the bounty system plays a quite important role, allowing to highlight interesting questions. Hope that this ad makes bounty system more visible & effective. $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 6, 2015 at 20:26
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    $\begingroup$ Last year anorton suggested that someone 'should write a similar script but with a theme more conducive to the MSE theme'. It's not that important (IMHO) but would be nice, indeed. $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 6, 2015 at 20:28
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Overleaf: Free online collaborative LaTeX editor with real-time PDF preview

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  • $\begingroup$ Per request; version from TeX.SE community-ads thread $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 8, 2015 at 18:35
  • $\begingroup$ I think "by writeLaTeX" should be removed. It's simply a relaunching of that service, not a new product. $\endgroup$
    – user98602
    Jan 9, 2015 at 17:56
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    $\begingroup$ @MikeMiller But without "by writeLaTeX" the ad would look like a new product, and the continuity of transition would be lost. $\endgroup$
    – user147263
    Jan 9, 2015 at 18:12
  • $\begingroup$ Awesome tool. I write all my tests here, and have been doing so since before the name transition. $\endgroup$
    – J. W. Perry
    Mar 29, 2015 at 6:39
  • $\begingroup$ The old name made more sense. $\endgroup$
    – Ali Caglayan
    May 17, 2015 at 11:31
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HSM

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    $\begingroup$ Unfortunately, this is all we have at the moment, though myself or another HSM user may try to update the image. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868
    Jan 4, 2015 at 2:43
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    $\begingroup$ +1 provisionally with the expectation of improvement... maybe use something related to Archimedes, who represents both science and mathematics. $\endgroup$
    – user147263
    Jan 4, 2015 at 3:02
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    $\begingroup$ @Behaviour We almost named our chatroom after him ("Archimedes Circle"), though it lost to "On the Shoulders of Giants". Thanks for the support. We really need this ad to do well. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868
    Jan 4, 2015 at 3:04
  • $\begingroup$ @pizza I have a concept image based on your suggestion. We'll do some tweaking, but this is what we have at the moment. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868
    Apr 16, 2015 at 0:40
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    $\begingroup$ I was really happy to see this just now in mathematics.SE. I suppose the alignment on the text box on the bottom could be cleaner; less excess space, and so forth. In any case, the picture is quite distinctive. It pleased me to see it. $\endgroup$
    – J. W. Perry
    Jun 10, 2015 at 2:34
  • $\begingroup$ Who is the guy on the portrait? $\endgroup$
    – a06e
    Feb 16, 2016 at 20:59
  • $\begingroup$ @becko The painting is "Archimedes Thoughtful", by Domenico Fetti (1620). $\endgroup$
    – Mario Carneiro
    Feb 27, 2016 at 22:59
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A beautiful, free online graphing calculator

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    – HDE 226868
    Jan 4, 2015 at 3:12
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    $\begingroup$ I think the font of the subtitle should be better. It definitely does not look beautiful and does not help convert. Desmos is such an awesome tool, it deserves a beautiful ad. $\endgroup$
    – rubik
    Feb 20, 2015 at 12:26
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    $\begingroup$ I totally agree on the graphic quality. I spliced this thing together last year in Mathematica using the graphic I could find on the internet because Mathematica was all I had. While it conforms to our community ad requirements, it would be nice to see something better that conforms. Thanks for putting it back up, I did not notice until now; terribly busy. Desmos deserves better. Initially, I thought I would email Desmos around Christmas and have them make us something that conforms, but the issue just escaped my time. Any improvements here would be very appreciated by all no doubt. $\endgroup$
    – J. W. Perry
    Mar 29, 2015 at 6:29
  • $\begingroup$ I used this graphing calculator and loved it very much. Its been a great help with my ideas. I hope Desmos will someday be as powerful as Python. I hope they make an even better ad next time. $\endgroup$
    – Arbuja
    Aug 27, 2015 at 19:41
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StackEdit

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    $\begingroup$ The light grey text is hard to read and detracts from the message. If I didn't know markdown, "smart" would just look like wasted pixels. I suggest dropping the "*", bringing the grey text up to full black and perhaps softening the grey text with a lighter font weight. The image did catch my eye. $\endgroup$
    – msw
    Jun 28, 2015 at 17:11
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GAP - Group, Algorithms and Programming

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AMS Graduate Student Blog - Read and write about topics that matter to you.

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Engineering Stack Exchange

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    – HDE 226868
    Feb 10, 2015 at 22:59
  • $\begingroup$ remove the border? $\endgroup$
    – Registered User
    Aug 7, 2015 at 0:24
  • $\begingroup$ @Reg no, the border must exist as the question states. $\endgroup$
    – M.A.R.
    Sep 14, 2015 at 8:34
  • $\begingroup$ My bad, @inÉ’zɘmɒЯ.A.M $\endgroup$
    – Registered User
    Sep 14, 2015 at 18:02
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An open source graphing software

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enter image description here

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arXiv Analytics: specialized web portal dedicated to reading & discussing arXiv eprints

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    $\begingroup$ is it possible to view the list of (say, latest) reviews on this site? (I've been trying to find at least one review for 10 minutes...) $\endgroup$
    – Grigory M
    Jan 4, 2015 at 8:54
  • $\begingroup$ @GrigoryM There is only 1 review at present: see arxitics.com/reviews/1 for an example and testing. The list of reviews will be found here arxitics.com/reviews (this section is still under development). Any registered users with at least 10 reputation can post reviews. We need more users! $\endgroup$
    – soliton
    Jan 4, 2015 at 10:30
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    $\begingroup$ A whopping eight months later, there's still only one review! $\endgroup$
    – Najib Idrissi
    Sep 14, 2015 at 9:09
  • $\begingroup$ @NajibIdrissi Sorry for that! The majority of our users are graduate students, who do not show much interests in writing reviews. The website is actively maintained and we would like to attract more experts. $\endgroup$
    – soliton
    Oct 7, 2015 at 14:46
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Plot beautiful math graphs in 3D

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  • $\begingroup$ any feedback is appreciated. $\endgroup$
    – Saeid Nourian
    Mar 19, 2015 at 0:52
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    $\begingroup$ Very unclear what this is for. Add some text? $\endgroup$
    – AncientSwordRage
    Jun 16, 2015 at 11:58
  • $\begingroup$ It's for a software that plots math equations in 3D. I figured the images make it clear what it does. Maybe I was wrong. $\endgroup$
    – Saeid Nourian
    Jun 16, 2015 at 17:51
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    $\begingroup$ But is it free? Programmed? Etc $\endgroup$
    – AncientSwordRage
    Jun 16, 2015 at 19:28
  • $\begingroup$ It is free (paid versions are also available but the free edition is more than enough for most users). No programming required, you can plot a high quality 3d graph of an equation within seconds without any prior knowledge. $\endgroup$
    – Saeid Nourian
    Jun 17, 2015 at 17:17
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    $\begingroup$ that is the sort of information you need in the picture $\endgroup$
    – AncientSwordRage
    Jun 18, 2015 at 6:34
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    $\begingroup$ Thank you. I will add those information to the ad. $\endgroup$
    – Saeid Nourian
    Jun 18, 2015 at 14:24
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Follow us on Twitter!

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    $\begingroup$ This is a demonstration post to indicate how this should look when an ad is posted. It also doubles as your twitter ad, but it's up to you if you wish to promote it by voting. Again, I recall that Maths tends to have a lot of other ads that deserve much better prominence. $\endgroup$
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Jan 1, 2015 at 3:25
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    $\begingroup$ Note concerning this post: we are in a friendly competition with other SE sites such as Server Fault and Unix & Linux. $\endgroup$
    – user147263
    Jan 6, 2015 at 20:43
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    $\begingroup$ I never quite understand why this post gets so downvoted. I do not think I would know about the twitter account if it were not for it tenaciously appearing in this thread every year, despite its prior record of downvotes. $\endgroup$
    – user1729
    Jan 7, 2015 at 9:39
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    $\begingroup$ @user1729 The algorithm the TwitterBot uses to select Questions tends to select the truly horrible more than the truly great. If you're trying to promote your site, it's probably best not to lead with the Questions TwitterBot selects. $\endgroup$
    – Chris S
    Jan 22, 2015 at 15:34

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