Timeline for Unanswered proof verification questions
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/ | |
| Jul 21, 2015 at 2:15 | comment | added | user21820 | Actually I'm only referring to questions that users have finished reading through and then find that it has been satisfactorily answered in the comments. All it takes is five of those (or a moderator) to close the question under the reason I proposed, rather than to write up an answer. This would save the time of all other users who are not interested in such very localized questions. I guess my point is that we're strangely accepting of leaving localized questions open and unanswered, whereas on other SE sites it seems they are usually closed. But as I said, the new SE site interface is fine. | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 23:46 | comment | added | user147263 | Most of the work required is not writing as such, but evaluation of the proof. To type "Your proof is correct, but the second paragraph would be more clear if you fixed $\epsilon$ first, and chose $n$ later" isn't as much work as parsing the proof. And parsing is something that each of reviewers would have to do, because they are affirming that the question was satisfactorily answered... I suggest spending a few hours in the close review queue before deciding which option is easier. | |
| Jul 18, 2015 at 5:23 | comment | added | user21820 | I didn't know about the upcoming change to the SE site interface, which would also answer my question. As for my reasoning, it is based on the fact that many people including myself don't like the idea of having an answer that just says "Correct.". If you look at the links I provided, one typical suggestion would be to give a more illuminating answer where possible, such as possible points for improvement. That would surely take more time than just closing. | |
| Jul 18, 2015 at 4:46 | history | answered | user147263 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |