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Do I have to report you for not using the [code=javascript] tag?
 
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pbuk said:
Do I have to report you for not using the [code=javascript] tag?
Solved. We are generous to first-time delinquents.
 
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Ah OK, that's the other way to do it (with the potential problems around "It was $100 but I got $10 off" etc.), although personally I would have gone for a one-off rewrite rather than a permanent run-time hack.

But I'm not getting that file, even with a cache flush. I'm getting
JavaScript: 
  tex: {
    inlineMath: [
      ["[itex]","[/itex]"],
      ["##","##"],
    ],
    displayMath: [
      ["[tex]","[/tex]"],
      ["$$","$$"],
      ['$','$'],
      ["[math]","[/math]"],
    ],
  },
... and I can confirm that it is working on the imported posts as expected according to that configuration, guess you may have to cache invalidate the new file for it to reach me at a UK endpoint.
 
Ah ok, so many cache platforms here. I purged Cloudflare, but it must still be in Litespeed cache. Let me see if I can flush that. But even still, it should render the single quotes as newline math.
 
Do I understand correctly that there was a "Challenge" topic in MHB? Perhaps unsurprisingly this may have generated a lot of poor quality content similar to this fictitious example:
ASmartArse said:
Prove the Peano axioms using only the Reimann Hypothesis and the Goldbach Conjecture.
There seem to be quite a few unanswered posts like this, can we deal with them en masse somehow? Or perhaps it is a matter of a few individuals e.g. @topsquark and @solakis1?
 
Correct, they had a challenges and puzzle forum. It may also just be that they had a lot of unanswered threads. This is a good opportunity to draw them into PF.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
The file finally has been updated and I'm seeing some improvement.
Still having an issue rendering the backslash parenthesis
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Still having an issue rendering the backslash parenthesis
I noticed the front end editor replaces \ with <span>\</span> so you can't enter a new \( or \[, but I can see no reason why it shouldn't work with an existing one.
 
Couldn't get the checkboxes working, but I added a response here. Seemed like a topic that could still be good general interest even if OP is long gone (which they likely are, given the age of the thread).
 
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I answered one from 2010. Took me back. It did seem irrelevant whether there was a reply or not.
 
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osilmag said:
I answered one from 2010. Took me back. It did seem irrelevant whether there was a reply or not.
It’s always relevant thanks!
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Ok, I added a tab for MFB threads without a reply that have high view counts. Let's see if we can whittle these down like the previous tab.

Google sheet
I hope he gets the order. :cool:
 
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This thread:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/full-beamer-presentation-coded-in-latex.1038438/
I don't think it serves any useful purpose. I mean, somebody is giving their source code for a beamer presentation without anything else. Maybe delete it?

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And this one too: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/latex-code-for-some-particular-differential-inequalities-and-their-proofs.1038434/
 
Some of these threads appear to be someone doing a student's homework for them. They don't really need a reply.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Feel free to report any that you think require deletion, thanks!
I am doing that, with a prefix "[Old MHB threads]" so that the mentors are not confused.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Feel free to report any that you think require deletion, thanks!
It looks like anything posted under the username Prove It could go. Alternatively, we could just edit the threads to keep the answer, so students could check their answers but still have to work it out themselves.
 
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What happened here? No links.

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Threads with the title "<x>'s question via email/<something else> about <y>" are all probably by user Prove It, and can be locked. The proofs may be useful to future visitors, but there is nothing to be replied to.
 
Wrichik Basu said:
Threads with the title "<x>'s question via email/<something else> about <y>" are all probably by user Prove It, and can be locked. The proofs may be useful to future visitors, but there is nothing to be replied to.
They seem to get a lot of views, so we'll keep them for now
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
They seem to get a lot of views, so we'll keep them for now
Definitely keep them, but you probably can lock them. They don't need a reply. Any visitor can start a new thread and reference to the old thread for any further questions.
 
Yes, it seems a bit pointless if "correct" is essentially all you can add. This is also sometimes the case in our usual homework threads. In all such cases, I try to add some additional information: wiki pages to read, the theory it belongs to, or some historical remarks. More because I feel stupid just saying "correct" than because of the OP.
 
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