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MathJax is a library that provides maths formatting, and this has been implemented across mathematical SE sites.

Would it be a good idea to enable MathJax on Drones.SE? E.g. for answers such as this one.

(As per metas, upvote for yes and downvote otherwise.)

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    $\begingroup$ is there any disadvantage to doing so? $\endgroup$
    – tuskiomi
    Commented Apr 18, 2020 at 4:03
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    $\begingroup$ ZOMG, why is this being voted down? We can't have drones at all without heavy math that is unique to drone flight. The core automation which allows them to fly is a domain of intense interest and is done by exactly the kind of experts I'd like to see attracted to SE.Drones. $\endgroup$
    – Kenn Sebesta
    Commented Apr 21, 2020 at 16:05
  • $\begingroup$ As this has been sitting at a majority for Yes for over a month now, it may be a good time to go about getting MathJax enabled? $\endgroup$
    – Kralc
    Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 22:07
  • $\begingroup$ I'll ping a CM to try and get this enabled $\endgroup$
    – user149
    Commented Jun 8, 2020 at 8:48
  • $\begingroup$ I made an answer of the posts that would benefit from this, please add some more if you find any :) $\endgroup$
    – user149
    Commented Jun 8, 2020 at 10:20

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So long as there is no disadvantage to doing so, I say that Yes, it should be enabled.

While Daniil states "We will have very few answers with that math technical detail", I think that this is the wrong way to run a SE site. Answers must be professional and high quality, which induces technical by default.

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There are a couple of answers where I would actually be able to benefit from that - it's going to be abnormal to really need/benefit from it, but where it is useful, those are going to be high quality showcase sorts of answers.

If nothing is lost by enabling, enable.

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We got it on Materials Modeling since Day 1 of Private Beta. I don't see any disadvantage to it.

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I don't think it will. We will have very few answers with that math technical detail, so I do not think it is necessary for very few answers.

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    $\begingroup$ Can I disagree? I think we've already had a fair number which already have math showing up in them. We're far away from SE.Mathematics, but the drone domain is at its core a question of controls and automation, which are exclusively mathematical in nature. It's really annoying to have to make the math somewhere else, make a PNG, and then return here. Worse, if you made a mistake our would otherwise like to update things, you have to either save the original MatmML code or rewrite it all. $\endgroup$
    – Kenn Sebesta
    Commented Apr 21, 2020 at 16:04

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