@amWhy Sorry, I always try to keep it separate, but I guess I was too sleepy...

@vitamind That one needs one more downvote to be up for deletion.

C/D

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, no whitespace in answer, repeating characters in answer (264): Path lifting lemma - proof clarification by toyr99 on math.SE

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please close this PSQ

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same here

and again here

@Peter now up for deletion

what?

@vitamind Open for deletion

This question was wrongly closed as a duplicate years ago. I have put a reopen vote. The linked question says $x\to 0$, while this says $x\to\infty$. Huge difference.

c-v, c-vi

I would like to suggest that this question be closed. It has previously been closed (and reopened, and so on), but it continues to attract no meaningful discussion, nor any answers. I don't think that it is an appropriate question for this site.

On the other hand, closure has been controversial in the past, so I am not in a position where I am comfortable acting unilaterally.

Dupe

My mistake, it's not dupe

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I would like to hear opinions whether this is useful.

Note the reactions here to my statement that primes don't have a physical meaning. :(

@XanderHenderson I added my cv.

math.stackexchange.com/q/4171042/876009 Should this be closed? It is asking why Cubic formula is not taught in school but this can be better answered with opinion but having school enough knowledge one knows how to answer this. So should this be closed?

@JitendraSingh I voted to close as off topic on math.se. It could be asked, I guess, and matheducators.se. But as you suggest, it seems to be somewhat opinion based.

@amWhy Thanks.

@amWhy @amWhy okay Thanks.

Not utterly surprising, this received an undelete-vote.

Okay, I need to go run large amounts of citric acid through my coffee maker (I've been putting this off for two weeks... gotta get it done). Later.

@XanderHenderson How do you use it? I've used vinegar to do the same; can you buy "citric acid", or to you use lemons, or lemon concentrate ?

Please downvote and delete this question

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Please close this low-context question

Please close this PSQ/broad question

Please close this PSQ/broad question

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Please close this PSQ

@amWhy Something very juicy that you should know : I'll write you a mail by the end of today. I should have done it by now, but there was an incident in a football game I was watching and a football player collapsed on the pitch with potentially a cardiac arrest, so I was so shocked I didn't even get to work till now!

The player is apparently OK now, but it was still quite shocking to see.

@TeresaLisbon needs another dv to close immediately. I flagged both answerers though.

@TeresaLisbon Oh, yes, absolutely it would be shocking to see!

@amWhy Thanks! I'll be flagging as well, but I've got a list to go through and my routine is to close/downvote/vote to delete, then post on CURED and then flag. So I'll be flagging as well, once I'm through my (first) list.

@TeresaLisbon Open for deletion now.

@TeresaLisbon Excellent!

@TeresaLisbon Also flagged the answer here.

@amWhy Thanks, I'll prioritize flagging it before it goes.

This question is a duplicate of this question once you make the substitutions.

Please close this question as a duplicate, with target specified

Please close this as duplicate, target specified in comments

Please close this as a duplicate If not specified, I will have put the target in the comments.

Please close this as a duplicate

@TeresaLisbon Hello! Have you seen my invite?

@vitamind I saw it, but I didn't get a very good reception in the room the last time I visited : I'm not scared, but I did see a few things written there I didn't like.

I'm sorry if you didn't know about this, but I just don't feel welcome there.

I don't understand at all..

Also, I'm just finishing up two or three small things before I go to sleep, so I'll contact you tomorrow.

@vitamind The last time I visited, two users said : "the crows have landed" and they were discussing something that I clearly remember as being not very nice.

I didn't like that.

Wait do you mean the mathematics chat room?

@vitamind Yes : were you inviting me to a different room?

Oh! But either way, I'm too busy now because of this CURED work and I need to sleep after that.

Ohh, sorry. I invited you (I believe yesterday? idk for sure) to our room. Now I misclicked and I have invited you to the mathematics chatroom accidentally.

@TeresaLisbon Ok good night!

@vitamind Good night!

@Peter: This 0.999... question is valueless in my opinion, and only got so many upvotes due to that old novice confusion.

D1, D2, D3.

D4, D5, D6.

D7, D8, D9.

D10, D11, D12.

C1, C2, C3.

C4, C5, C6.

C7, C8, C9.

@amWhy You can buy citric acid powder pretty cheaply (approx $10 per pound).

two or three tablespoons in the tank with a quart of water

run that through the system, then flush it all out with another couple of quarts of water

@XanderHenderson Awesome! Thanks!

I request that the following question, that was recently closed, be re-opened. math.stackexchange.com/questions/4171196/…

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Reason: The OP clearly showed a reasonable amount of work.

@user2661923 I disagree. All they did was post images. You did nothing to help prior to answering. Also, we expect users to disclose when they happen to ask for a reopening of a question they answer. Since you hadn't, I'd like to offer that, at least in part, as a reason for your request here.

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The solution image that they posted was their own work. The only deficiency is that they did not use mathJax. Instead, they displayed their work in an image.

@user2661923 No one can answer, via a link. No one should rely on links only to state the question, nor to show work. Please be reasonable.

My reason for requesting that the question be re-opened, is that the only justification that I can see for closing the question is that mathJax wasn't used. I totally disagree. New users who are unfamiliar with mathJax can certainly show work via an image.

@user2661923 You answered the question when it already had two downvotes a lots of close votes, and despite feedback to other answerers. I have no interest in helping you protect your answer.

@user2661923 Any one of three answerers could have, prior to answering, embedded the images in the post. You all chose to rush to answer, before even considering the quality of the post; that itself is a violation of the EoQS. And showing effort is not the Cadillac of context. @Xander, please chime in if/when you have the chance. @user2661923 askers should not depend on users' chasing of their links, without which, there is no question.

I have just deleted my answer.

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I am still requesting that the question be re-opened. It now has nothing to do with protecting an answer. I promise not to re-post an answer to this question, if the question is re-opened. I am attempting to prevent questions that show work from being closed, when the only criticism is that the new user did not use mathJax.

Plenty of new users post questions "I am trying to factor x^2 + 8x + 16. Does that mean the same as solving the question x^2+ 8x+16 = 0? Are factors always zeros?" I'm not hard on the non use of mathjax. But I do not like laziness, in questions or in answers.

You are reaching. This user showed work. The fact is that if mathjax had been used, the question would not have been closed. now you are pretending otherwise, namely that the new user did not show a reasonable amount of work.

@user2661923 I cannot open up that question and understand what is being asked.

All of the vital information is hidden behind links.

That, alone, is sufficient for closure.

The fact that several users chose to answer the question---despite the fact that it is impossible to know what is being asked by simply reading the question---is disappointing.

And now that I have investigated further, the question is about compounding interest. Surely this has already been asked and answered on Math SE at least once in the past, n'est-ce pas?

@user2661923 Mathjax was not the issue. @Xander sums it up very well.

cv-pls real-analysis Not quite a PSQ, but positively upvoted, so difficult to justify a unilateral mod-hammer. Convergence and limit of $a_1 - a_2 +a_3-a_4 + \cdots$, where $a_n=\frac{1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3} + \cdots +\frac{1}{n}}{n}$‭ - Lawrence Mano‭ 2021-05-23 13:45:29Z

@XanderHenderson I voted to close. Left a comment, but I see read when I see Mark Viola answer such questions.

So, it is sufficient to close a question because a new user did not know how to use mathjax and did not know how to embed the images directly into the question? Really?

@user2661923 The OP could have written their question without using mathjax! I've said that to you three times. You keep claiming the same misunderstanding, which is not the case. Please listen, or move on.

@user2661923 Yes.

Ideally, the process is:

1. A new user posts a low-quality question.

2. The question is closed, and people leave comments, suggesting improvements.

3. The asker makes improvements (or some other good samaritan helps them out, and makes improvements as suggested in such comments).

4. The question is reopened, and folk are given the opportunity to answer.

@Xander, I am now going to my profile page to retract all my flags re EoQS. Thanks for your support :/

Please vote to delete

@Xander I've left only two EoQS flags, both on the same user, so it would be nice if they could be handled together. I have no way to modify a flag to include an earlier link. Please ask how many links to include in one flag? (Per quid's demand), yet others have said they need only check the users profile. So first and foremost, get the mod crew on the same page, else the various preference expressed by you, quid, Pedro, etc., are crazy making, because you moderators make it impossible

to satisfy all of you. And that is not regular ole users problem. That is a mod problem. @quid ditto.

@amWhy you could include the old one in the new (and retract the old one). I don't say that needs to be done, but it'd be possible.

@quid I've retracted all but two flags, both on the same user, one from 2 days ago, one from today. I can not edit the one from today. I will likely not flag anymore. Thank you very much.