I am not sure whether you'll agree but would it be possible (or even reasonable) to leave the OP some time to improve post before deleting the question.
After all, the system is set up in such way that if a question is edited within 5 days since it was put on hold, it goes into reopen review queue.
Quite often I post under a question which was put on hold the comment from the comment template here. (If the chosen reason was lack of context, the second one is relevant.) I think I might have seen similar comments posted by Simply.
Still, the post can be deleted later - for example, it's possible to leave post starred (rather than pinned) and then it is easy to check which posts were closed from this chat room say 5 days ago. (And if the post were not improved, a new suggestion to delete can be posted here - and even pinned.)
Another option would be to preface a message starting discussion about a new post by something like close or delete - depending on the action in question. Doing this would make finding past messages related to closure/deletion easier.
(You might have noticed that I tend to do this for the posts about merging and duplicates - which are the topics I mention here most often.)
@MichaelHardy I did not claim that - but since I was not sure why you asked about the room in your comment above, I mentioned a bit more details here in chat (since I saw that you're here anyway).
Sorry, if that sounded accusatory.
I expect that non-negligible of chat-regulars and meta-regulars are quite likely to stumble upon some mention of this room, especially if they often deal with closing/reopening. One of the aims of the post about List of chatrooms was to make more users aware of relevant rooms - I am glad to see that the post helped with that.
Sorry for the typo - it was supposed to say non-negligible percentage. Although I would not be confident enough to guess how high the percentage actually is.
@SimplyBeautifulArt The post is deleted now - revisions/timeline. Removing stars.
@Jack If you look at the comments, there seem to be some disagreement with closure of this question (and there is one reopen vote). However, if I check the timeline I see that the reopen review ended with 4 votes to leave closed. The close vote review had one vote to leave open.
Would somebody be willing to suggest a wording for a comment template explaining briefly that many downvoted/closed/deleted questions can lead to the question ban?
I think posting such comment to new users which post such questions would perhaps help to decrease number of people asking about the ban after they already hit it - like this most recent one: My mathstack account has been shutdown why?
Stemming from @MartinSleziak , I have a proposal: Wait at least 24 hours after closing before we delete questions, unless it is obviously not salvageable. I think we do things a little bit fast in here as far as closing followed by deletion.
Your question was put on hold, the message above (and possibly comments) should give an explanation why. (In particular, this link might be useful.) You might try to edit your question to address these issues. Note that the next edit puts your post in the review queue, where users can vote whether to reopen it or leave it closed. (Therefore it would be good to avoid minor edits and improve your question as much as possible with the next edit.) — Martin Sleziak23 hours ago
@MartinSleziak Btw, you can write [edit] to create a link that sends the clicker to the page where they can edit the post you commented under.
@SimplyBeautifulArt I leave posts alone if there's any slight hint of effort (even if no context is given) on the asker's part. So usually I don't end up hitting posts from proper students. I went through the current list of starred PSQs and only one was closed recently (nearly 24 hours too); you could of course wait an hour for that one. =)
Please do not repeatedly post low quality questions. Doing so will result in having your [questions closed](goo.gl/J58Qwn), and repeated closures and deletions will result in a [question ban](goo.gl/7QcTa9). Instead, please follow the guidelines outlined by [How to ask a good question?](goo.gl/PlJyVQ) and [How to ask a homework question?](goo.gl/Fyfb22).
@SimplyBeautifulArt This sound quite reasonable. I guess you have checked whether it fits character limit. Will you add this as an answer to the meta post with templates?
@SimplyBeautifulArt Lol I agree with your template but you used it on a user who has only posted one question. Did you specifically intend to preemptively warn them?
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@Jack You asked in a comment to your question on meta: "I am wondering if I should inform the moderators about this particular case." I think the mods read meta quite regularly, but in addition to that, two of them were pinged here about your question. And also I posted today a message about that question in the same room.
@Did I guess I couldn't ping you from a meta post: math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26877/… It's been closed as of now, but if you want to give input or set the record straight, or not, I thought it's something you might want to be aware of.
I've voted to delete this meta "question": math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26877/…. It has been closed; as of this point, it has a net -6 votes, is just another iteration of is opposition to closing questions as "off-topic (as meant on MSE)", see links in comments). To me it is another MichaelHardy drama "question".
@user21820 The post is now deleted - revisions/timeline. I removed the star.
@Jack It is now deleted - revisions/timeline. But it already gained two reopen votes and two undelete votes. So perhaps we might keep it among starred messages in oder to "keep an eye" on this question.
Probably the attention to the question was partly due to the (now deleted) meta post. There is also this comment.
> Am I the only who is shocked that the question was (quickly) deleted? It is quite sad to see how the site has evolved into one so very hostile to those who wish to learn mathematics (<i>and</i> also to those who wish to teach it) - esp; at lower levels.
@SimplyBeautifulArt It reminds me of this message: "Just stopping by to say this user is awesome. Great to have folks like this around." It was quite popular at the time, it even lead to a question on meta.
@SimplyBeautifulArt Now deleted -revisions/timeline. Removing the star. Oops sorry, I was too hasty. I am pinning it back again.
Sorry for the redundant ping. :-( Not that awesome after all - I should be a bit more careful.
Questions that look like homework problems that may have been copied without the poster understanding the question, in which the poster shows no effort to answer it, are routinely closed, and I agree with the practice of closing those. Recently a question said this:
BEGIN QUOTE How can I get $$\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}(pe^t)^kq^{n-k}=(pe^t+q)^n \text{ ?}$$
How can I get ∑k=0n(nk)(pet)kqn−k=(pet+q)n ? I'm having a real problem, trying to figure out this equation. Can you, help me with that ? END QUOTE
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