Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Meta

Why was my question closed: If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 's?

+1
−0
  1. I don't know why the MathJax isn't processing at https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645.

  2. But why was it closed "as not constructive"?

This question cannot be answered in a way that is helpful to anyone. It's not possible to learn something from possible answers, except for the solution for the specific problem of the asker.

I'm befuddled because isn't the helpfulness and learnedness of my question obvious? "This question cannot be answered in a way that is helpful to anyone." What on earth?

  1. Many students use this textbook, may have this same question, and will be assisted by answers.

  2. This question makes it "possible to learn something" about the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle.

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

0 comment threads

1 answer

+6
−0
  1. It wasn't actually unilateral.
  2. It's not so much that the question was unconstructive, as the wholesale replacement of the content which removed all context to the existing comment.

The question was flagged as "seems like some weird attempt to game the system", which indeed it does. So I posted a comment asking OP to explain what was going on, and closed after a full week with no response.

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.

1 comment thread

Sorry. I think I was editing the old question, but I copypasted my draft for my new question in the w... (2 comments)

Sign up to answer this question »