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 13 questions linked to/from Should MathOverflow require registration to ask a question? [2017] 
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     Should MO require users to register to combat AI content?
 This is in response to a request from David Roberts from this Meta question: Has MO been reduced to an AI training service, and if so what should we do about it?. Should MathOverflow require users to ... 
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     Flood of Similar New User(s)
 The following thirteen(!) users: goingfullscheme valua_aint_no_galois going-full-isomorphic logicians_rule, martintzar royalroadtogeometry bundlist compactbut faptoint you_dont_mess_with_ron ... 
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     Should we exercise a bit more tolerance towards newcomers?
 What bothers me quite a bit is that many people come to MO to get some help with their mathematical problems and are met with nothing but our standard "closed as not research level" verdict and a few ... 
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     Has the switch to SE 2.0 increased the rate of low-level / inappropriate questions?
 I would be curious to know whether, now that links to MO appear in the footer of every SE 2.0 site, and in the "hot questions" list of the Stack Exchange button, the rate of inappropriate questions ... 
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     Has MO been reduced to an AI training service, and if so what should we do about it?
 I feel like MO is no longer really doing what we intended. When I look at a new question, rather than trying to help a person, I start thinking: is this a human? is the question really motivated, or ... 
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     Why is the site being flooded with junk right now? What is being done about it?
 Right now the site is being flooded with posts from new users, with pseudonymous names, who use a mixture of obvious AI-generated nonsense mathematics and weird sentences (sometimes borderline ... 
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     Should users be shown some basic information before posting the first question? [duplicate]
 In an answer to another question discussing possibilities how to decrease the number of off-topic questions1 it was mentioned that: Perhaps we should force a person to read the rules before posting ... 
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    Can the clutter of obviously off-topic questions be removed faster?
 I have noticed a number of blatantly off-topic questions that hang around for a long time despite heavy down-voting and calls for removal by senior users. I found somewhere on the site (although I can'... 
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    Proposal to more aggressively delete off-topic questions
 We are going to get many more off-topic questions now. Can we agree to vote to delete on them so as not to pollute the site? It takes a few votes from users who can vote on such things and/or one ... 
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     What are our copyright policies?
 Interesting questions, answers and ideas overflow everywhere in MathOverflow. Users can use them in their lectures, papers, teachings, etc. Of course it is the main propose of this free math ... 
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    Can/should we tell people that AI cut and paste answers are not welcome?
 We now commonly see new users pop up and post a string of nonsense, AI-generated answers to a bunch of questions, before their accounts are eventually banned. In order to counteract this, could we ... 
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   Unregistered Users (in Theory and in Practice)
 There's been past discussion (e.g. here) about whether MathOverflow should allow posts from unregistered users. I am fully on board with the apparent consensus that the answer is yes, because of the ... 
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    Possible delay/review to deal with troll posts
 In light of the ongoing garbage flood, I am curious whether the following would be possible to institute (and/or a good idea): When a new/unregistered (or under-X-rep.) account posts an answer or ... 
   
  
  
  
 