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Big-list of classical facts
When we type an answer, we need sometimes classical facts, which will be long to expand and are well-known.
For example, a bounded measurable function can be approached uniformly by simple ...
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Is it possible a question actually “too localized” in MSE?
According to the "close" box, "too localized" means:
This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an ...
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Requests for Reopen Votes
Please post general requests for reopen votes as answers below.
Beware that "short" requests such as "request reopening of <link>" may be automatically converted to comments by the SE software, so ...
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List of comment templates
Inspired by this question on meta.cstheory.SE. The post at meta.Tex.SE is quite impressive.
We often leave generic comments to OP and answer posters such as: "if this is a homework, please add a ...
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What is within a moderator's power regarding posts?
In the past, I've been told (via the 'declined' message of a flag) that a certain action was not within a moderator's power; I had flagged the post (and indicated in the flag report) in the hope that ...
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List of questions for candidates in 2010 moderator election
This thread is opened for questions addressed to (all) the candidates in the December 2010 moderator election.
If questions are kept simple enough they can be answered fully in the comments, and ...
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Compile short list of links to model questions (by type)
This thread is opened for a compilation of exemplary questions of various types, that can be linked as models or advice on how-to-post.
Here "exemplary" primarily means questions that are ...
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List of other mathematics resources for the FAQ
In response to this thread, I am starting a thread to compile other online mathematics-related sites to give people places to look before asking a question. These should be included in the FAQ like ...
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About the [soft-question] and [big-list] tags
The folk coming from Math Overflow generally seem keen to bring across the practice that:
Questions that don't look like they will have a single, correct answer should be tagged either ...
