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Handling “edgy” jokes in comments
I flagged the comment here: https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/a/13708/11 as needing moderator attention.
In case it is removed later, the context is that the question wants to know a better, ...
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How do we flag comments that are “not comments?”
I flagged a couple of comments to this question: What female mathematician can I introduce to my High School students? as "not constructive," but the reason the comments should be removed were ...
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Do we want to delete “obsolete” comments on this site?
On many SE sites it is common practice to delete comments that became "obosolete" and there is a flag reason for this. On a few other sites (especially MO) this is not done (or at least not much).
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Why were comments removed from the thread about making math classes “spiritually uplifting?”
I made several comments in several places in this thread, which IMO were on topic and not chatty. They were substantive comments. One was an explanation of why I downvoted the question. One was an ...
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Should we require comments before downvotes?
Prompted by the discussion at this question, I am making a proposal that we ask StackExchange to require users of Mathematics Educators to comment on a post before they can downvote it.
Upvote the "...
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Commenting when downvoting
I have a fair amount of experience using Stackexchange (mostly using Math.SE). One common concern for users is when a question or answer is downvoted. It is considered good practice to always provide ...
