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Comment removed… again
This isn't a question.
In this question I left a comment which I think went exactly like this: "This is horribly written and doesn't even make sense", obviously ...
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0answers
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not getting notifications of comments
The last notifications I received (via email) were on 9/12. There were several comments posted on 9/13 that never came through, and I found out about just by accident. I would like to attend to ...
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how to find my own comments
Sometimes I just leave a comment on a question, (not an answer) and forget the question again.
but now I want to revisit the question. But could not find it.
How can I find the questions I have ...
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mathjax doesn't work for me in comments
I'm getting good results using MathJax in answers, but it doesn't seem to work for me in comments. I am in firefox 22.0 and OS is Ubuntu. Am I doing something wrong?
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Why doesn't commenting bump questions?
According to the answer on this page, comments do not bump questions. Why is this? I understand that comments are generally considered to be secondary to answers, but they are often used for ...
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When is a comment “not constructive?”
I recently flagged the following comment
Are ruler and compass allowed? User64494
to this question.
However, it was declined by the moderators which leaves me wondering when a comment is "not ...
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Why my comments were deleted from this question?
Why my comments were deleted from this question?
I asked the OP the definition of the principal $n$-th root of $x$, where $x$ is a real number.
I exchanged comments with the OP on that.
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A feature request:Blocking the removal of a comment which was already quoted
It happens sometimes that a user removes his comment(s).
I think it is okay when nobody replied to them.
However, when other people already replied to them, their time writing the replies was spent ...
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2answers
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How to quote and link in a comment
Is there any easy way to quote in a comment?
You can quote in a question or an answer easily.
Just put ">" in front of the quoted statements.
However, this does not work in a comment.
Similarly you ...
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Comment text truncated in timeline
The comment text in the timeline view (mod only) seems to be truncated on the right when the text is long enough to wrap. It looks as if the line width is miscalculated.
The source comments that ...
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4answers
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Do hints belong in answers or comments?
If the OP doesn't indicate whether they'd prefer a hint, a sketch, or a full answer, and you'd like to leave just a hint, should it be an answer or a comment? Should one option be encouraged? If so, ...
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In what conditions a comment can be deleted by moderators?
Today I flagged two comments here as too chatty, one of them saying "let us continue this discussion in chat" and the other "Unfortunately I can't come to chat at the moment, but my e-mail is ...
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1answer
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comment trouble
I made a mistake in typing some MathJAX in a comment, and the mistake is such that I cannot edit or erase the comment(s). (Yes, I also duplicated the comment. Ugh.) How do I fix this?
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Making your comments heard
I recently asked a question on Math.SE and got an answer. However, I wanted some clarification so I wanted to add a comment. However, I am unable to use the @username feature to make sure that the ...
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1answer
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subscript is not showing correctly in a long display formula within a comment
In the comment to this answer: http://math.stackexchange.com/a/144819/21919
the last display formula shows $...-f(x\,0)$ instead of $\ldots-f(x_0)$, though it is not a misprint. I tried to edit it, ...
