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#4: Post edited
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Canina
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2021-08-11T08:34:32Z (over 3 years ago)
- There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask a seemingly entirely different question.
- It's certainly possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list, and thus seem reasonable to use as examples.
- * [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
- * [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
- Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
**Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?**
- There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask a seemingly entirely different question.
- It's certainly possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list, and thus seem reasonable to use as examples.
- * [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
- * [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
- Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
- **Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?** And especially if they are not, then **how should they be dealt with?**
#3: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-08-11T08:29:39Z (over 3 years ago)
There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask an entirely different question.- It's certainly possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list, and thus seem reasonable to use as examples.
- * [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
- * [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
- Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
- **Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?**
- There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask a seemingly entirely different question.
- It's certainly possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list, and thus seem reasonable to use as examples.
- * [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
- * [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
- Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
- **Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?**
#2: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-08-11T08:27:40Z (over 3 years ago)
There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask a whole different question.It's entirely possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list.- * [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
- * [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
- Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
- **Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?**
- There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask an entirely different question.
- It's certainly possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list, and thus seem reasonable to use as examples.
- * [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
- * [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
- Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
- **Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?**
#1: Initial revision
by
Canina
·
2021-08-11T08:26:33Z (over 3 years ago)
Is replacing the entire question with a different one appropriate?
There have been at least two cases recently of the contents of a question post on the site being completely replaced to ask a whole different question.
It's entirely possible that there are other examples, but these two are currently right near the top of the Q&A category's questions list.
* [How would you vaticinate to subtract from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260) used to be [What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/283260/history)
* [If Alice must've have classes on at least 2 days, why do you need the intersection of 3 $A_i^C$'s?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645) used to be [Please de-mystify André Nicolas's story proof of $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \frac{\binom{2n-k}{n}}{2^{2n-k}}=1$?](https://math.codidact.com/posts/282645/history)
Now, neither question seems to have had any answers, but still...
**Are such edits considered appropriate on Mathematics Codidact?**