   2grhodes_at_work
  The thread ''A problem'' was not a homework, it was an olympiad problem. Please don''t close threads like that next time. It''s very interesting problems and I just want to know different ways of the solution of some problems from mine.   It does not matter what you will reach in your life, but the way you will reach it 
  Well, you asked us to solve a problem without any background or explanation whatsoever, which is very sketchy.  Maybe if you said something about it in the actual post things would have turned out better. ;  Ok, but next time don''t close these threads.   It does not matter what you will reach in your life, but the way you will reach it ;  The forum guidelines says that you have to tell us what you are doing. If people doesn''t do this, the moderators could think it was a homework related thread. So the next time tell us that it''s something non-homework related. ;  The real irnoy of this: the purpose of your thread is attempting to explain why they shouldn''t have removed your thread, and in itself is thread that definitely should be removed.But in the spirit of math. One thread - one thread = upset idinkin. ;  I know what you are saying, but you really cannot be vague, especially with the title of your posts, and definitely not in the thread itself.  I wouldn''t get to pissed off at the moderators, because they are a hell of a lot better here than at other places*cough* cprogramming.com *cough*so, yeah, you should''ve sent this via email or private message...this will make the mods less lenient in the future im afraid (pissing them off == bad) ;  idinkin,I honestly didn''t mean to upset you when I closed the thread. In fact, I don''t really want to upset any forum members at all.The gamedev.net website exists to support the game development community. It does not exist to discuss non-game-development problems, math or otherwise, that are just "interesting" in the opinion of a few participants.As others have mentioned here, and as the Forum FAQ states, if you post a question that is not OBVIOUSLY   related to game development, then your post is a prime candidate to be closed immediately. This is especially true if the post has the appearance of possibly being homework/schoolwork related---which your post did.It is my job to ensure the legitimacy of posts made here. There are times when I have to judge that a thread does not belong here, and close the thread. Unfortunately, nothing about your thread indicated that it was not homework/schoolwork/ university work. It seems to me that even Olympiad questions are related to school and improving one''s individual problem-solving skills, and so it seems to me that to ask for a solution here is borderline cheating---depending on whether or not your are participating on an Olympiad team.I do allow some non-game-development discussions to remain open in the math & physics forum. Here''s what YOU   can do to ensure future threads remain open: a) give more detail than just posting a question taken from another source; b) follow the rules in the Forum FAQ, e.g., explain to us WHY   you have posted the question and SHOW   us YOUR work on the problem first; c) don''t ask for the solution----ask for a discussion or advice.I hope this clarifies my position on your original post.And I honestly hope you will continue to participate in the forum. I think you''ll find this forum is a quite friendly place as long as the threads remain clearly on topic, .   Graham RhodesSenior ScientistApplied Research Associates, Inc. ;quote:Original post by shadow12345  so, yeah, you should''ve sent this via email or private message...this will make the mods less lenient in the future im afraid (pissing them off == bad)   He could not have sent me a private email.I actually removed my email from my profile because I was receiving some SPAM as a result. But, now I have an account with a disposable email service, so I will go ahead and add an email back so that legitimate forum participants can contact me in private. Thanks for reminding me about that! Graham RhodesSenior ScientistApplied Research Associates, Inc. 