Questions tagged [titles]
Issues of what is allowable or desirable in question titles.
99 questions
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How to fix this title formatting problem?
In the question If $a=\sqrt{4+\sqrt{5+a}}~;~b=\sqrt{4-\sqrt{5+b}}~;~c=\sqrt{4+\sqrt{5-c}}~;~d=\sqrt{4-\sqrt{5-d}}$. Then $abcd$? the title is formatted like this: ...
28 votes
1 answer
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Should we fix titles that are making a wrong mathematical statement?
It happens regularly that the OP wants to prove something which is not true. And in these situations, it might happen a wrong statement ends up in the title. Typical example: Is the composition of ...
12 votes
3 answers
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What are the rules for big edits of titles?
When someone posts a question with a really generic title like "Help with algebra problem" I usually check the post to find a better, much more specific title (something like "Property ...
-3 votes
1 answer
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Are big square roots allowed on the title?
This question appears on my page like this : I thought the problem was because the length of the equations under the \sqrt, I got sick of it so decided to edited to ...
3 votes
1 answer
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Editing a post does not show the edited title [duplicate]
When I edit a question, a preview of the edited content is shown, which makes it easy to know if I'm doing this right. But: when editing the title of a question (e.g. replacing "Z" by "$...
8 votes
1 answer
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How can I make this question title less clickbaity? "Weird geometry problem with very elegant result"
I recently posted a question with the title "Weird geometry problem with very elegant result". While this title is truthful (I explain the weirdness in the body of the question, and the ...
8 votes
1 answer
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Why wasn't this question removed automatically from the HNQ list?
From previous discussions, I've come to understand that questions with MathJax in the title cannot become hot network questions, and that editing a title to include MathJax should boot the question ...
7 votes
0 answers
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Broken MathJax formatting on activity page
Here is a screenshot from my activity page: running Google Chrome Version 99.0.4844.51 (Official Build) (64-bit) However the browser or the version doesn't seem to matter, tested same thing on ...
4 votes
0 answers
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How do I write a better title and improve my post?
I am unable to write a proper title for my question. It is too long and I'm unable to define “non-piecewise” in my title: Is there a non-piecewise average extending the average from Hausdorff Measure/...
2 votes
1 answer
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Can I ask for help to name my thesis?
I am finishing my undergraduate thesis, now my advisor has asked me to think of a name, but since in my work I use a mathematical tool to deal with two somewhat distant elements, I cannot think of a ...
16 votes
1 answer
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Multiline MathJax on title
With the recent update, MathJax on some titles on the homepage span several lines like this: or this: This makes things a bit tricky to read. Does this happen to anyone else?
2 votes
1 answer
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How fundamental is the choice of title in a question on Math.SE?
When I'm trying to write a question I certainly make a lot of effort to be as clear as possible. Certainly the hurry does not provide good advice and, several times in my specific case, I spend little ...
9 votes
0 answers
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Some titles containing MathJax are shown incorrectly in review queues
I have noticed, several times already, that some titles containing MathJax are rendered incorrectly in review queues, i.e. across multiple rows. I can't remember for sure, but I expect this to also ...
16 votes
1 answer
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Adding MathJax to the title of posts being edited - bad habit?
Recently, I've found out that questions with $ \TeX $ markup in their title are excluded from the Hot Network Questions. This made me think about my editing habits. One of my favorite topics is ...
1 vote
1 answer
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Would someone looking for this question know what a "codomain" is?
Looking at this question should the word "codomain" be changed to "range" in the title to make this post more easily find-able by those with same question? I.e. do kids these days ...