Comments are small addendums to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting.
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What should one do when one's question has been answered in the comments?
Once in a while, when one is venturing out of one's area of expertise, one may post a question and find it answered quickly and completely in the comments section. Perhaps someone has linked to a ...
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List of comment templates
Inspired by this question on meta.cstheory.SE. The post at meta.Tex.SE is quite impressive.
We often leave generic comments to OP and answer posters such as: "if this is a homework, please add a ...
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TeX formatting in other comments in the same post is lost when the comment list is updated
If there's any TeX formatting in comments of a post, after you add a comment to that post, or click "add / show n more comments", all formulae are reverted to ...
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CFV: Proposal for standardized meta-comments, to avoid main-site meta discussions
Below is a sketch of a proposal I devised for handling the problem of rambling contentious meta-level discussions on the main site. The basic idea is to have a list of standardized community-elected ...
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Dealing with answers in comments.
I have noticed, of late, people providing answers/copious hints to the question in comments instead of actually adding an answer on their own.
Other people might choose not to answer, as the ...
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Threatening emails from Jeff Atwood
I just received the following threat in private email from
Jeff Atwood.
I have no intention of corresponding privately with Mr Atwood, so
I reproduce his message here.
Mr Atwood starts with a ...
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The return key in comments
I have noticed recently that when composing comments, pressing the return key
submits the comment as is. This behaviour differs from that when composing
replies. I am using Firefox. As I frequently ...
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What is the etiquette about leaving short thank-you comments?
I left a brief question in a comment, and got a helpful reply, also in a comment. Then I wanted to leave a reply that said "Thank you.", but the comment system will not accept a comment of fewer than ...
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How do you cite a reference in a comment?
If I want to quote a reference in an answer on this site, I use the syntax [Here][1] followed at the end of the answer by ...
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Allow newline in comments
The comment length here is such that it corresponds to what normally is a long paragraph in usual written communications.
In some situations, it is more natural to write two short paragraphs, or one ...
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How to copy mixture of text and latex formulas in a comment?
Okay, I might sound lazy. When trying to copy mixture of text and latex formulas in an answer, it is always easy. I can simply click "edit" and copy the source. But when trying to do the same in a ...
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Too long LaTex formulae not shown in comments?
If you try to show this formula in comments, it fails.
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Editing a question containing formulae will remove the formulae
Test it. Comment here with a formula. Reload the site. Edit. Note you'd have to retype the formulae.
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Number of comments to unanswered questions
When we are at math.SE homepage, we can see the asked question, and at the left of the title we can see information about the numbers of votes, answers and views, like this:
What I suggest is to add ...
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How to link to a comment?
I was wondering if it is possible to link to a comment? For example, the second comment after this reply Questions about geometric distribution
Thanks!
