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Apr 2, 2019 at 19:44 answer added Francois Ziegler timeline score: 4
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Aug 3, 2010 at 23:30 history edited John Stillwell CC BY-SA 2.5
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Aug 3, 2010 at 23:22 history edited Greg Kuperberg
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Aug 3, 2010 at 23:20 history edited John Stillwell CC BY-SA 2.5
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Aug 3, 2010 at 17:19 history edited Gerald Edgar
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Aug 3, 2010 at 16:16 history edited S. Carnahan CC BY-SA 2.5
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Aug 3, 2010 at 15:54 comment added Noah Snyder I'll cast a vote to stay open, but agree with people that making the title less controversial would be an improvement. In particular, I like titles that are questions, in this case: "Who said 'the only great book that Bourbaki wrote.'"
Aug 3, 2010 at 13:19 comment added Jim Humphreys John: Maybe a tag "reference-request" at the outset would have lessened some of the controversy? Opinions about Bourbaki's approach to mathematics tend to be rather strong, but you are not asking for an opinion here.
Aug 3, 2010 at 10:49 vote accept John Stillwell
Aug 3, 2010 at 9:39 answer added Gerald Edgar timeline score: 24
Aug 3, 2010 at 9:15 comment added Wadim Zudilin Thanks for all these lessons given to me here. Well done!
Aug 3, 2010 at 8:16 history edited John Stillwell CC BY-SA 2.5
Put title in quotes
Aug 3, 2010 at 8:09 comment added Yemon Choi I am also ready to have my inadequate efforts at an answer criticized for imprecision or accidental breach of protocol. To have them dismissed as "a joke", on the other hand, is somewhat riling. I was making a serious attempt.
Aug 3, 2010 at 7:09 comment added Yemon Choi I am also casting a "vote to keep open" -- although I would prefer that the question title be enclosed in quotation marks
Aug 3, 2010 at 7:06 answer added Wadim Zudilin timeline score: 0
Aug 3, 2010 at 5:53 comment added Pete L. Clark I believe I agree with Andy, but on the other hand I have no strong objection to the question being made CW. Far better that than it be closed, certainly.
Aug 3, 2010 at 3:44 comment added Andy Putman @Wadim : I think that applies to questions like "What is the best book for learning about X", where there are many sources and people vote on which one is the best. Here there is one single correct answer, namely the first place where the indicated claim occurs.
Aug 3, 2010 at 3:30 comment added Wadim Zudilin Andy, because "A question should be made community wiki if you don't think that people should gain reputation for their answers. A typical case is requests for references where it is the reference that is being judged by the voting system rather than the person who supplied it."
Aug 3, 2010 at 3:26 comment added Andy Putman @Wadim : Why should it be CW? It is a specific question with a single correct answer...
Aug 3, 2010 at 3:18 comment added Wadim Zudilin Pete, I'd be happy to close just because a right way to ask such a reference request would be in CW mode.
Aug 3, 2010 at 3:17 comment added Andy Putman Since there are multiple votes to close, I want to leave a vote to "keep open". Thus now there are two votes to leave open (mine and David Hansen's) that need to be cancelled before people vote to close for real.
Aug 3, 2010 at 2:46 comment added Pete L. Clark Oh, well that asnwers that. @DH: no, unfortunately not, but it's not a tragedy. The next person who wants to vote to close (if anyone) can simply leave a comment to that effect rather than actually voting. Also, as long as the question itself remains open, any given vote to close disappears after a few days.
Aug 3, 2010 at 2:44 comment added David Hansen Damnit, I accidently voted to close, but I didn't want to! Is there a way to undo it?
Aug 3, 2010 at 2:44 comment added Pete L. Clark Why the vote to close? Reference requests are squarely on-topic for MO, I think.
Aug 3, 2010 at 2:33 history asked John Stillwell CC BY-SA 2.5