Questions tagged [context]
For question related to missing context close reason.
51 questions
-2 votes
2 answers
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How much context is required?
I think that most questions ignore the requirement to add context, and in my opinion this is fine, adding context should be optional. Questions are rarely closed because of the lack of context, ...
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-12 votes
1 answer
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Time to remove the "no context" close reason
The context I think, you have played enough. Now the stats, as we know, are really not the best, and contrary the popular belief, it is not only because the LLMs. The decrease started already around ...
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2 votes
1 answer
321 views
What does 'additional context' mean?
The question here was closed as requiring additional context, but I'm not sure what that context could be; it contains the problem source, a description of progress on a solution, and an attempted ...
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22 votes
4 answers
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What context are we supposed to add for technical questions?
I've seen this situation come up often with other people's questions, and I'm posting now because it's happened with one of mine. This isn't a reopen request but a request for clarity on what the ...
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0 votes
1 answer
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Why was this question asking for a clarification on a textbook proof closed?
I'm referring to this algebraic topology question. The question was asked, closed for a lack of context, and then the user (who edited the question again to indicate their frustration) eventually ...
3 votes
0 answers
407 views
Closure votes for "lack of context": maybe voter has to understand the question first? [duplicate]
I've noticed several times in the past that good questions — well, good from the viewpoint of a mathematician, as in "having an interesting answer, quite difficult to derive from a surface-level ...
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0 votes
2 answers
359 views
How does getting the motivation of a question help someone to answer it? [duplicate]
I am new to Meta, so this question might have been asked before. It seems to me that Math Stack Exchange has become too eager to down-vote or close questions that are seemingly homework questions and ...
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44 votes
3 answers
2k views
Why are we required to write "why this question is relevant to us"?
When I ask questions, it's always for the same reason: because I'm curious about the answer. It's not like my life depends on it, it's just a random question I asked myself while thinking about a ...
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7 votes
3 answers
735 views
Clarification on Including Solution Attempts in Questions
I have a question regarding the guidelines for providing context in questions. Specifically, I'd like clarification on whether mentioning solution attempts (no complete step by step solution) falls ...
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-7 votes
1 answer
302 views
What context is needed?
I have a question about my Mathematics Stack Exchange post: How to prove that the surface of sphere is measure zero. I posted the question with context, but it is said that additional context is ...
user1114152
-12 votes
1 answer
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Too many interesting questions are closed
In my opinion you close far too many interesting questions as being off-topic and requiring additional context. If someone is asking a question, he or she must consider it relevant. If it is about ...
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7 votes
0 answers
740 views
How do we handle a chain of "duplicate" questions that are linked to a "missing context or other details" question?
The following chain questions are currently all closed: Proving that $\langle x, y \rangle$ is a not principal ideal of $\mathbb{Q}[x, y]$ Non-principal ideal in $K[x,y]$? The ideal $I= \langle x,y \...
user1046533
17 votes
1 answer
652 views
Receiving multiple close votes with old questions.
I am surprised to see someone flagged my questions — both asked long ago and had accepted answers — as missing context overnight. Question 1 was asked years ago, whilst I was writing an essay and ...
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30 votes
3 answers
1k views
Why are clumsily formulated questions downvoted & closed so much?
Regularly, I feel that a significant part of the community closes or downvotes question because they don't fit neatly into the category of "well-presented question", while the question is ...
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2 votes
0 answers
226 views
Can I improve this question?
This question of mine was closed as I need to "provide additional context". I'm struggling to think of what context exactly I could add - there is no external motivation of the question ...
