Timeline for Feature: a site for posting proofs
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| Sep 13, 2011 at 3:54 | comment | added | Mike Jones | "oy"? "oy"? - I thought this was an English-only site. What are things coming to? Ho, ve! | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 1:57 | comment | added | t.b. | @Mike: oy, you're walking on dangerous grounds here. | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 0:26 | comment | added | Mike Jones | Maybe a "pseudo-question" tag would be appropriate for questions answered by the OP with forethought. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 15:21 | comment | added | t.b. | @kjo: you need to flag your question for moderator attention after posting and request that it be made CW. Only moderators can turn questions into CW. You can turn your answers into CW by checking the box at the right lower corner of the answer. By the way: I don't think you need to fear downvotes (unless you're posting nonsense) and concerning CW I don't think this is necessary. Why should you not earn reputation from people appreciating your effort? | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 13:18 | comment | added | kjo | @Qiaochu Yuan: how do I post something as CW? This is a question I've long wondered about, and searched for answers to, without success. I'm sure the answer is right under my nose, but I can't find it... | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 13:14 | comment | added | kjo | @Gerry: I thought that questions that one intends to answer were OK as long as they were asked as "real questions", which arguably would preclude annotations like "I already know the answer to this, and will post it soon." Even if this is not the case, I'm certain that such annotations will elicit many downvotes from those unfamiliar with SE's position on self-answered questions, since it looks, superficially, like a ploy to pump up one's rep. But, despite these misgivings, it's worth a try. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 1:36 | comment | added | J. M. ain't a mathematician | @kjo: Qiaochu's right on CW not affecting your acceptance rate. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 0:58 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan Mod | @kjo: as for your last concern, it's possible that CW questions don't contribute to your acceptance rate, although I haven't tested this. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 0:39 | comment | added | Srivatsan | Thanks for clarifying. I have little experience with seeded questions, mainly from meta posts and comments. My understanding was that if you know the answer but you still ask (possibly with the motive of getting reputation, I assumed this), then that is considered seeding. I agree that the "you don't care about" clause in your comment changes this view completely. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 0:34 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan Mod | @Srivatsan: no. Seeding refers specifically to the practice of asking a question you don't care about for the sake of making a new site seem like it has activity. This would be a question the OP does care about (since after all she took the time to write up an answer), and math.SE is not a new site, so it's not the same situation at all. See blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/… for what I've seen written about seeded questions, which in my opinion doesn't apply to this situation. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 0:31 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | The way to stop people from making the assumption that you are asking the question in earnest is to note in the question that you already know the answer and are about to post it and you're just asking for feedback. Though I would look into this "seeded questions" thing first. | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 0:24 | comment | added | Srivatsan | Related to kjo's point, wouldn't this be a "seeded" question? Aren't seeded questions discouraged? | |
| Sep 11, 2011 at 0:14 | comment | added | kjo | Asking and answering my own "question" would be fine, I suppose, but I'd hate to see anyone submit an answer under the mistaken (but entirely reasonable) assumption that I'm asking the "question" in earnest... Besides, either I'd be accepting a lot of my own answers (which doesn't seem right somehow) or see my acceptance rate artificially deflated... Hmmm... | |
| Sep 10, 2011 at 23:54 | history | answered | Qiaochu YuanMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |