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Is it acceptable to post code in non-human readable form? (i.e not Raw Input Form)
The offence
There seem to be a significant amount of new people posting code that looks like this
(please edit this question and replace this line if you know how to technically describe this form of ...
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I don't agree that it's easy to categorize user's problems as math problems
I note this question is going to close by the Mathematic question(not a Mathematica). I think it is a function of Mathematica to try or practice with MMA when learning Mathematic. We can't simply ...
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How to convert Greek symbols to readable ones when posting here? web site is gone
I've used to use http://steampiano.net/msc/ to convert tGreek Mathematica symbols when pasting here so they are readable. Now it is gone. See posting-equations-with-subscripts-and-greek-symbols for ...
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I can't submit my question
I wrote a question, but the site won't let me submit it, giving me the following error message:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code. Please indent all code by 4 ...
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Where in the world is J.M?
He is (was) one of the most active and highly respected users on this site, and a beloved moderator. A while ago, he faced some health issues and there was a fundraising to help him deal with it. ...
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The rule of 5 for accepting answers
There are some users who never accept any answers no matter how good the replies are. I am sure you all know that and it's not difficult to compile a list based on previous behaviors. What's even ...
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Jointly Write Large Answer
The question Background removal with hair, in my opinion, is unanswerable. Most image processing questions seem to result in finicky, specialized code. Moreover, image processing questions seem to ...
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Questions that provide code that runs with errors
Can someone, please, try to check who's right in this post?
Selecting Plot for Locator
I maintain that the OP is problematic, as I am running the commands given and I always get errors. I have ...
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Poorly written questions that get answers
There are various questions -and I think that the number is increasing as of late- in which the authors do not provide the code that they tried and failed and they do not give any description of what ...
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On answering 'Code Please' questions
If this is more appropriate for discussion in a chat room, that's fine, I just don't know how to use the SE interface to get there.
People ask questions effectively asking for someone to write code ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Being blocked from flagging without any warning
I have been blocked from flagging due to getting multiple declines.
I did not expect that having different point of views with the moderators will lead to be blocked from flagging questions.
Moreover, ...
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Objection to systematic down vote to all questions of a user
I have gotten down vote on almost all of my questions at once!
How should I inform the moderators to check this sabotage and give me the lost reputation points back?
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How can I get back an upvote for a comment under a question?
I have given an up vote to an incorrect comment under one of my questions. I click on in to take it back but that does not work. How can I take back my upvote to a comment where there is no downvote ...
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Encouraging newcomers who make "simple mistakes": good policies?
Motivation: I think it's good to encourage newcomers to MMA and MMA SE to continue participating here as they continue to learn Mathematica—especially when their first questions are closed for being a ...
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What is the benefit of a large number of points other than privileges on this site?
Two comments on a question today (Horrible Times x) mentioned "if you need the points" got me wondering about the real world benefit of points (other than having more privileges on this site)...
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What should I do, if anything, to make this question more focused?
I am rather confused as to why this question was closed. It seems to me at least to be very easy to understand, and in fact I received the type of answer I was expecting.
My first thought was that ...
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Does my question require additional context? [closed]
For my question What is the limit involving Sum, Subsets, and RankedMax as t approaches infinity?, I decided not to add additional context as the mathematics behind my code is extremely complex.
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How do I get my question answered if I don’t have enough points for a bounty?
For my question, In following example does d converge?, I’m unsure whether my question will be answered. It’s only been a few hours and someone has upvoted but no one has left a comment.
How do I make ...
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Will you entertain questions related to wolfram alpha here?
Will you entertain questions related to wolfram alpha here?
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Why was this question closed as off-topic?
I was surprised to see that this question, on doing a calculation of Pi with high precision, was closed as off-topic.
The justification for closing questions as off-topic is, according to the help:
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Is a question seeking to golf a code on topic?
This thread, as far as I understand, makes it clear that code-golf questions are generally off topic. But regarding the top answer, I got the impression that if a question asks to do a specific task ...
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Increase in down-voting - is there anything we can/should do?
I've noticed an increase in down-votes recently. Most of these are not accompanied by any explanation of why the questions or answers have been down-voted.
A lot of users provide helpful comments (...
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Community Ads for 2021
September update: Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher and no downvotes will be displayed (except for any that have a note from ...
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Can question be deleted after answering and accepting?
something strange just happened.
Someone asks question. I gave answer. They accepted.
little later, the question is gone.
How is this possible? And who deleted it? Can OP delete the question after it ...
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Why does not finding duplicates = reputation?
I think that it must have been discussed in the past in one form or another, and if not here definitely in similar stack.exchange sites.
The question is the following:
Considering that finding ...
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Differential equations, version 12.3 and improving the level of the questions
Disclaimer: I am not really certain if this belongs here, or on the meta site or nowhere. I want to explain though, that I was motivated by the discussion regarding whether or nor we can improve the ...
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Why not require justifications for downvotes?
I just added an "answer" to my own question clearly indicating in line 1 that it was in fact an extended comment and that it required formatting.
It was immediately downvoted but there was ...
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How does Mathematica StackExchange support itself?
I don't remember ever seeing a "help support ..." like I do on Wikipedia.
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Votes can have different value
Sometimes I find an answer which is so incredibly helpful or beautiful that I would not mind voting double, triple or more at the cost of reputation, sort of like a bounty for existing answers. - Does ...
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Is this site losing users?
I have noticed reduction of activity on all StackExchange sites recently. For instance, for this question in 2012 I quickly received a lot of upvotes and answers, which also received a lot of upvotes, ...
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Should Wolfram Alpha Notebook questions be considered on-topic?
Should Wolfram Alpha Notebook questions be considered on-topic?
Here's an example: Calculating double integral bounded by domain in Wolfram Alpha Notebook
Here are some related meta Q&A:
Other ...
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Why was this question about continued fraction expansion of a rational function closed as off-topic?
I mean the question Continued fraction expansion of a rational function asked more than two years ago and closed about three months ago as off-topic.
Why is it off-topic? Presently I actually need ...
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Can't perform any action in the new close vote queue
I can no longer take any action on a post up for review in the new close vote queue. I am using a rather old browser (Safari 11.1), so maybe I am one of few affected. Is anyone elese having this ...
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How to get desktop or browser notifications for new questions?
Has anyone been able to get desktop or browser notifications of new questions on mathematica.stackexchange.com?
I notice that whenever I post a question it immediately gets 1 view.
So maybe someone ...
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Cannot post question
I am trying to post this question, which appears to be formatted properly:
But I cannot, because the site says:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as
code. Please ...
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In search of a lost question
A while ago (don't remember when) I gave an answer to a question about constructing Archimedean spiral using NDSolve for a differential equation on curvature as the function of the arclength.
It so ...
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Correct way to post a comment
It has happened to me on more than one occasion: when I make a comment, the reference to the person who gave me the answer does not appear.
Example:
If it was Bill who gave me the answer, I post my ...
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Log in issue to StackExchnage
I have posted the following question a month ago and now I am trying to edit or comment on it, but it does not allow me to do so. It says I don't have 50 reputations, while in actual I have more than ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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Popup notification on locked mobile device for new questions
Sometimes pretty randomly (like waiting in line, etc.) I have a moment to look at the new questions on my mobile phone. But it is inefficient to constantly monitor your phone. It'd be much better to ...
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Has the Mathematica V12.2 rollout been delayed?
It has now been several weeks since the release of V12.2. However, when I log in to the Wolfram Portal (institutional account) I find only 12.1.1 of Mathematica for Sites available. I am aware of some ...
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What to do when you ask a lousy question?
I learn Mathematica on my own, and use it on my scientific studies. Sometimes there are some well known commands, trivial features, or keywords that I don't know. I ask my questions to SE community ...
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How do people remember relevant posts?
I just posted an answer to a question . I know I answered a similar question previously but could not find it. xzczd however, was able to find the previous question. So either some of you have ...
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Body of question too long
I tried to ask a question on the main site, but I got a message that said that the body was too long:
Body is limited to 30000 characters; you entered 38011.
It's because of my code,
Should I first ...
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Why is Mathematica at StackExchange so much better than Wolfram Community for finding answers?
I've noticed that you must wait sometimes days to find halfway decent answers at Wolfram Community but when posting similar questions at StackExchange Mathematica answers sometimes come within minutes ...
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Update to a recent highlight.js for the Wolfram Language
We've been working hard to update the Mathematica portion of highlight.js, and it was merged into the main repository some time ago. It fixes all kinds of issues with the old version, e.g. it supports ...
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Matematica StackExchange seems to not allow Latex typesetting
I try to post the following question on Mahtematica Stack Exchange (see below the triple lines). It shows up perfectly in the preview, but when I try to post I get the error "Your post appears to ...
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Separating algorithmic optimizations from implementation optimizations, how to best ask these questions on MMA SE?
Consider a really cool computational problem (project euler problems are the perfect candidates). To solve this problem, naive brute force won't work. There are two paths here.
I can keep the ...
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Broken links to documentation tutorials
Wolfram with V12 is rewriting and updating (or perhaps has finished) the documentation. Part of the process involves combining several short, related tutorials into a single "Tech Note." ...
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