[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad pattern in url answer, pattern-matching website in answer, potentially bad ns for domain in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer (232): Alpha-Trimmed Mean and Median by alexandraerry on math.SE
Pure gibberish here and here, as are many answers by this user (I can't vote on them today).
@user64742 See e.g. above for better examples.
@user21820 Much easier detections above. It is very important not to let the seeds of pseudo-math take root here - once they do they spread like weeds (as anyone who has used a nonmoderated site like sci.math knows all too well).
user185131
8:09 PM
@BillDubuque This is really surprising (to me, at least)! Can moderators deal with users who post crank answers in such large volume? If so, maybe flagging with a custom message might help more than posting a couple of links here?
@Brahadeesh Here's a doozy where they appear to be attempting to grasp the idea of an algebraic integer. It is impossible to make sense of such mathematical gobbledygook. As the old proverb says: a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Moderators can indeed deal with such (and have in the past). But it is a lot of work, and not everyone agrees on the proper course of action.
user185131
8:24 PM
@BillDubuque I completely agree. I don't know how things were on sci.math, but I would like to not see this site being overrun by pseudo-mathematical arguments, at least.
@Brahadeesh Thankfully they are not so common here, but they do occasionally slip through the cracks. Their answer today was in fact properly assessed (currently scored -3 and probably on its way to deletion). That answer is what reminded me of others on my todo list.
Suppose that a particle starts at the origin of the Cartesian coordinates system, and moves along the line in jumps of one unit to the left, right, up or down. For each jump, the probability of a jump to the right is p1,p2to the left ,p3 of going up, and p4 of going down. After n jumps, draw a ci...
Hello! Could I bother someone for a reopen vote (or advice if you don't think it's a good question), I'm the author. I've spent a decent amount of time trying to improve the question. math.stackexchange.com/questions/3522319/…
@Chandler I think that the biggest objection (i.e. the lack of clarity) is that the question was buried in the text. I have tried to clean it up a little by moving the question to the top, and by fixing the mathematical formatting. That should keep it from getting closed again.
