@SimplyBeautifulArt, @Nilknarf, This needs more close votes: math.stackexchange.com/questions/2351694/…. It's a problem statement question, with no reference ("from an olympiad") on which the asker has shown no effort.
No, I don't think so. Apparently it was a comedy, a subtle attack on the Nazi regime, and I think, from what I've read, that Ehrhardt took a strong anti-Nazi stance in Germany. The user has told me that he'd change his profile, just to not cause a misunderstanding.
@Nilknarf I flagged it, earlier, for the mods to consider. I hate to over-react, but at the same time, whether in fun, or in malice, such references (to a 1942 comedic film) aren't terrible appropriate, when the site has a global reach.
By the way, keep your eyes open for the asker High GPA. In all (her) their posts (last 10 for sure), they've posted the same concluding line (which follows a problem statement question with no context): "I'm sorry if this is a begginer-ish question...." and I've responded to a few: "You're no longer a beginner, so stop acting like one". Of course, the identicon for this user is a pic of a pretty young girl, so all the more reason some users jump in to help....
@SimplyBeautifulArt @Nilknarf for example (re my last comment above), see this question
I'm looking for the dupe of this question... could've sworn I saw it recently... though time is a bit warped when it comes to my memory of other peoples' questions.
@SimplyBeautifulArt I agree, and I remember it was asked by this very user. This happens too often.... a user either doesn't get an answer, or the question is closed or heavily downvoted, then deleted, then asked again.
@SimplyBeautifulArt Well, if the deleted question was deleted due to formatting issues and the new question lacks those issues then.... closing as a duplicate only harms the site.
@Typhon Not necessarily. The goal of closing questions as dupes is to make it easier for related information to be accessible and to slow the repetition of certain frequently asked questions, regardless of the quality of the other question, the answers (and comments) may be of more interest. Likewise, the deletion of questions blocks potentially useful information from the view of the public, which is against the goal of the site unless there truthfully was nothing useful...
... on the deleted questions (and associated answers)
@SimplyBeautifulArt I will at times favorite a post when I see a new user with a poor question, in case of its deletion, by other users, or by the asker, so I can refer to it (and have a link to it) in the event it is reposted. Then, I will flag the repost of the same question, by the same user, provide the link to the deleted post, and they are handled by the mods, often by deleting the repost, or otherwise penalizing the deleter-reposter in question.
@SimplyBeautifulArt I have learned to do so, because we can only see a deleted post when it's just been deleted, and its tab still open, or when we've access to a link to it (which the favoring allows us to retain, if needed.)
