Comments are small addendums to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting.
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The return key returns
I recently found out that on mathoverflow.net, when keying in comments, pressing the return/enter key doesn't submit the comment; rather it does the most sensible thing, i.e., goes to the next line. I ...
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Wrong timing for comment editing blocking?
I just wanted to edit a comment of mine that was shown as "3 min ago". When I hit the button to commit the edit, I was told that editing is only possible for 5 minutes. OK, so I took too long to edit? ...
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A formula can't display properly in comment only
The term $\chi_{{}^{*}P}({}^{*}r)$ can display properly in the question, but when I paste it in a comment, it become something like:
which is the same as \chi_{{}^{}P}({}^{}r), when $$ eliminated.
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How to search for a comment left by a particular user on my post?
What is the efficient way to search for a comment left by a particular user on my post? I can go back into my activity/comments in my profile page and dig it up. But this comment was left by a user ...
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How to make a remark when reputation is under 50 ?
Imagine I look at a question and have a remark about someone's answer, or just want some clarification about it. I naturally want to leave a comment. But being under reputation 50, I can't.
Plus, ...
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Can you write a comment if a question is closed?`
If a question is closed, can you still write comments? Or will that not be allowed?
I'm just asking because one of my questions was closed, but there was somebody who answered it while it was still ...
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What have you tried? Is this homework? You will get more help if …
It was fine/acceptable seeing occasional users receiving one/two line comments about appropriate tags, attempts, use of Latex etc. (I am not that old user though. But it was fine when I started.)
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Opportunity to comment on other's comment
When someone first creates an account in stack exchange and ask a question, he is only allowed to comment on his own question because of less votes. I think that he should also be given opportunity ...
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Ability to Vote Down Comments
It would be nice to be able to vote down comments.
Sometimes I find users leaving very unhelpful one sentence complaints about questions and/or answers, but it is not nearly serious enough to warrant ...
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No longer relevant comments
The following scenario frequently happens: member $M_1$ answers a question, but he makes a typo that member $M_2$ points out. So $M_2$ leaves a comment, $M_1$ corrects the answer. If this correction ...
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Flags on comments don't sum up correctly
When you look at Your flagging history it might happen that the flags on comments don't sum correctly. Seems like there are some that are still waiting for review (which shows up for flags on for ...
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Does it make sense to enumerate the comments to a question?
When there are many comments to a question and they get to be almost a mini-thread it might help to have an enumeration system. So you could respond to comment say 15 when you are at say 42. Not a ...
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Using @'s in a comment triggers the “One additional @user” box after editing, even though the users don't exist.
In this comment, I addressed a question that has two @'s in there, without the intention to ping someone.
It was no problem to write the comment having two @'s, but after an edit it showed:
even ...
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If I make an @user comment, then delete it, does the user still get notified?
Sometimes I write an @user comment, then delete it. For example, it might need significant editing, or I might subsequently think it's not important enough to leave.
Question: If I make an @user ...
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Creating a Hyperlink in a Comment Box
I am not sure if this has been asked before. Could anyone teach me how to create a hyperlink in a comment box? Posting URL's (especially those that are very long) seems to be a very ugly way of ...
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When a user (completely) changes their answer via edit
Background story/motivation for question:
I recently saw an answer that presented an incorrect way of solving a problem. (Simple algebra error, $\sqrt{x^2 + y^2} \not = x + y$.)
I let the author ...
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How to add a comment to an answer?
I see in some questions, Other are adding comments to an answer. How to do this?
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Comments for new users [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
List of comment templates
It is not rare at all that a new user posts a question that is missing some essential parts or has no [homework] tag (when it looks it should ...
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Will images included in a comment remain available
I just wanted to write a comment with reference to an image. As comments won't allow inline images, I uploaded the image to an edit window of some other post, canceled the edit there, and included the ...
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Policy on “Glad to help” comments or other comments just for politeness' sake
I realize that short "thanks!"-style comments are not encouraged on SE sites (Reference: What is the etiquette about leaving short thank-you comments?).
However, people still post "thanks!" comments ...
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What should we do if a correct answer is just in the comments section? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should one do when one’s question has been answered in the comments?
For example I post plenty of questions that get some really good clear answers. However, people ...
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Viewing LaTeX in a comment before posting
When I type up my answers in a text box similar to this, I am able to see what my answer will look like in a dotted rectangle right below this box, including all boldings, italics, and most especially ...
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What constitutes a trivial answer?
I was startled just now to find what I considered a non-trivial (albeit very short) answer summarily (and almost before I posted it!) turned into a comment on the grounds that it was trivial. In fact ...
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Something weird is going on in this comment
Could someone please tell me how I can fix or delete my second comment to Berci's answer in this question?
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How can you find out why a comment was deleted?
On this question: How do you find the center of a circle with a pencil and a book? , I posted a comment that was a way to solve the question, just not in a mathematical way - that's why it was a ...
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Too long LaTex formulae not shown in comments?
If you try to show this formula in comments, it fails.
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No notifications about comments on answers to my question
I've asked a question and it was answered (I got notification about it). Then several comments were added to that answer and I got nothing. Shouldn't I get notifications about everything concerning my ...
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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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Agent Smith Calling Agent Smith
AgentSmith (UserID=1) (not his real name) decides to ask a question at math.stackexchange.com.
Another user with the same name (UserID=2) comments on this question and after a while a third one, ...
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Recover the first revision of a comment in the inbox
When someone addresses you in a comment, you'll get notified via your inbox with the first $x\le100$(?) letters of the comment.
When you read the comment on the page, it could have been that the ...
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Close/flag questions as answered
There are plenty of questions that are completely answered in the comments. If this happens to one of your own questions, you can follow Qiaochu's advice here: What should one do when one's question ...
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Any comment limit?
In this question, we already have 14 comments (at last count), which prompted me to wonder whether there is any limit to the number of comments a question could have before some dire (software or ...
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How to format links in comments
I wonder how to provide nice links in comments, similar to the links in the question/answers. I tried
<a href="link">link description</a>
and
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Are deleted comments destroyed?
When I delete a comment, is it destroyed completely? Or does it still exist, perhaps visible to moderators? If the latter, can it be undeleted again?
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Removing comments when they become irrelevant
Could someone give me a pointer about the etiquette concerning comments that become "stale"?
If I add a comment pointing out a simple error in an answer, and that answer is subsequently edited to ...
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Problem with unpaired [] in math mode in comments
The following text is typeset correctly in a post, but it seems to be broken when posted in a comment. (Markdown somehow interprets left [ as beginning of a hyperlink).
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Strange bug with \frac and \text in comments [duplicate]
In a recent comment, I used the \text{} command inside a \frac{}{} command several times, and the comment was broken. Trimming ...
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This is a comment, not an answer!
Sometimes comments get to long or someone wants to include pictures or low-rep user can't comment anywhere, so people decide to give a comment in the answer field.
If it is not useful/possible to ...
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What is the etiquette about leaving short thank-you comments?
I left a brief question in a comment, and got a helpful reply, also in a comment. Then I wanted to leave a reply that said "Thank you.", but the comment system will not accept a comment of fewer than ...
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Can a user who made an edit be pinged
I know that using @username in a comment I can ping people who were "engaged in the post", which includes:
The poster (IIRC he is pinged even without @username ).
Someone who wrote some of the ...
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Is it possible to see the source of a comment?
Like the title says, it seems useful to be able to "edit" a comment (just for the sake of seeing the tex). Does this feature exist ?
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comments that answer the question
The latest example is My idea about finding the largest prime number where OP asks about a distributed processing approach to find prime numbers. There was a comment: mersenne.org – pedja which OP ...
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Why was my answer converted into a comment?
My answer was converted to a comment, but looking at the according FAQ, I cannot figure out "why?".
The FAQ states:
Answers that do not fundamentally answer the question may be removed. This ...
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Several @user in the comment
When there is a discussion in comments (especially on meta), sometimes I miss an opportunity to call two users in one comment. Hence, when I need to answer both users and I want to be sure that they ...
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Number of comments to unanswered questions
When we are at math.SE homepage, we can see the asked question, and at the left of the title we can see information about the numbers of votes, answers and views, like this:
What I suggest is to add ...
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Linebreaks in comments don't seem to be working
The help page says:
End a line with two spaces to add a <br/> linebreak
But I did that in my comment here and I do not see any sort of break.
What's ...
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Getting a specific person to a question via commenting?
I posted a question, that refers to a MO question. In the answers there I found something that confuses me. Since I want to use the results in my own question, I'd like to draw to ones attention to my ...
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I can't leave a comment
I can't leave a comment on the posts. Is this because I'm a new member and don't have enough reputations?
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How to Say “Thank You!”
I had some really nice comments, that were, to my opinion, more than great. They inspired new insight (or questions I posted).
I thought about, doing more than just upvoting their comments (and ...
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Comment box not showing up?
It seems when I click "Add comment" the box does not show up and neither can I see further comments when I click to expand.
Also I cannot access my privileges toggling the down arrow or my username.
