Surely this must be a dupe? math.stackexchange.com/questions/3038797/…

I marked it as a duplicate of this which is posed for a general metric space

For closure - this question with no context and the highly upvoted answer that provides very little insight -- plugging into a zeta-function related formula from Wikipedia

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Repeating words in answer (87): Complex Numbers (Geometric Representations) by saina nehwal on math.SE

What is the integral of sqrt(ax^2 +bx+c) ? (give the answer in ln format

I'm fine with this psq math.stackexchange.com/q/3035639/334732 but how do we square off allowing this, with the policy mse is for mathematicians of all levels, while closing and deleting psqs of lower level?

This will surely be quicly closed, and could probably safely be deleted.

matheducators question on math.se math.stackexchange.com/q/3039491/29335

Since @quid is a moderator on both sides, he might be interested in taking a look at the question rschwieb just linked.

what should I do with gap math.stackexchange.com/q/3039521/29335

@ArnaudD. good idea

@user334732 Many of your comments lead me to believe that you think that that many of the folk who frequent CRUDE are inclined to close questions that are of "too low a level."

This, I do not think, is the case.

Indeed, the question you highlight is an example of a PSQ at a higher level.

It has been closed as such.

@XanderHenderson Before I mentioned it, it had two answers, 20ish upvotes among the answers and no close votes, including an answer from rschweib who uses this room. But once i mentioned it, it was closed. But I don't think you all jumped to close it in the same way as you would a low rep newcomer with a school-level question. It looks more like it was closed as a reaction to my comment so as not to be hypocritical.

But I think it's a case in point that what ought to be closed is not so cut and dried. I think it could be a useful question and I'd prefer it was kept.

But then there really is nothing that could be added to it to make it other than a PSQ, as it is such a simple question.

A more friendly interpretation is that the users who voted to close didn't notice the question until you posted it here.

... a more friendly interpretation is that I'm suggesting allowances ought to be made for questions which cannot be other than a PSQ

I didn't respond to anything other than your first message. :)

@MikeMiller I should assume good intent. But my original point wasn't to point out hypocrisy. I genuinely intended to ask a) how can we keep this question and b) if we can do so, what does that tell us about the rules?

@user334732 Personally, on this site, I never jump. Please watch your lexicon.

@Did I'm afraid I don't follow.

@user334732 So, basically, if the question is not closed, then we are all hypocrites, but if the question is closed we are also hypocrites because it wasn't closed fast enough? I'm confused...

In any event, I voted to close the question as soon as I knew that it existed.

@XanderHenderson no, just: primarily- is there no way to keep questions like this? And secondarily, as you raise the fact it's now been closed, it did seem to have been received particularly well for a psq until I mentioned it. But you say that's an illusion so I will take your word for it.

@user334732 I think it was on the HNQ at some point, which would explain why it has been upvoted so much.

@ArnaudD. makes sense

@user334732 Poor question often end up on the HNQ and get "well received." I find that the number of upvotes often correlates poorly to the quality of a question.

See, for example, the batman question, which is one of the most "well received" questions on MSE.

As to the question of "Is there a way to keep questions like this?"... Why? Why should we want to?