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Reasonable question closed far too quickly
This (admittedly elementary) question was closed far too quickly. One commenter (and, I would guess, at least some of the close-voters) missed the point. The OP is not overlooking the relativity of ...
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Again on closing unclear questions with answers
Recently, I have seen this question closed with the motivation, "This question needs details or clarity," even though it already had two coherent answers before closing.
Looking for previous ...
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Reviewer suggestion - take note of who is proposing edits, even apparently legitimate ones
There's a certain user (deleted account 1) & (deleted account 2), who has been abusing the site for days now.
(I won't keep updating the link to his account, but by the time of this edit he is ...
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A question about my study on physics
I asked yesterday a question about a picture of three diagrams, which showed values of properties of different atoms. A second question got closed because I posted in the wrong section. I read about ...
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Can we remove the spin-orbit->angular momentum synonym?
I created the tag spin-orbit to be able to follow post that are specifically about that. Now that that it has been associated I have a lot of simple angular-momentum posts that I do not care about. If ...
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Why am I not able to go this user's profile via a comment they posted?
While I was going through this question, I noticed a comment by the OP where the username was black in colour instead of the usual turquoise. I tried visiting the user's profile page by clicking on it,...
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Question wrongly closed for being a homework question
Trouble with formula $F_{net} = m*a_{com}$
This is, to me, clearly not a homework question. While it does include a homework problem, it's pretty clear that the question Abel is asking is not copied ...
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Apparent bug in community leaderboards?
I was idly clicking around earlier and got to the community leaderboard. I saw a couple users I was familiar with and that was all well and good but then I noticed that at the top of the page, where I’...
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Usage of an Inappropriate Analogy in a Comment on a Question
I was cruising over the comments on this question when I noticed this comment that quoted an inappropriate analogy, albeit the quote is true. Should such kind of references be allowed, or is it fine ...
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Relation of the colour of my score and the number of up votes
I asked a question on physics stack exchange. I got a notification that there is a -40 (minus forty) score added to me. However there are 4 positive ticks that is four upvotes. I don't understand. I ...
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Advertising Test Beginning Nov 13 2024
We’ve been exploring the concept of using open auction to manage advertising on some Stack Exchange sites. Under this model, advertisers (who have been organized into categories based on their ...
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Gibberish detector bot
Based on this question,- Why do we move? [closed], which shows that some questions can be so poorly formatted that they will have almost $99\%$ chances to be closed as off-topic for many reasons. ...
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Some LaTeX symbols are not rendering in Chrome [duplicate]
For example, some symbols in this Physics SE answer are rendered as empty glyphs on my macOS machine when viewed in Chrome:
Firefox renders the page correctly. Is there a font pack that I should ...
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Is the Physics SE homework ban elitist?
As far as I know, homework like questions are not completely banned but they are effectively banned because anything that looks remotely like a homework question is closed pretty quick. I would like ...
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Quantum-logic tag request
I wanted to ask a question about Foulis&Randall manuals of operations, e.g., see https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0008019, but couldn't find any appropriate tag, at least none that seemed ...
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Do we need standard guidelines for MathJax editing, in order to reduce superfluous editing?
I notice quite often that:
Edit proposals that are meant to improve MathJax typesetting, appear borderline with regards to being superfluous/helpful to the post
Some edit reviewers do a fair amount ...
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Our Help center policy article on generative AI content
In February 2024, an article explaining the site's policy regarding the use of content derived from generative artificial intelligence tools (GenAI) was added to the Help center pages of every Stack ...
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Why my answer got downvoted?
So I recently wrote my answer to this question Can the Lorentz Transformation Matrix be Derived using the Change of Basis Formula? and I received one downvote without explanation. I wonder if there is ...
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Does OpenAI o1 make it worth reconsidering the chatGPT policy?
On Sep 12, OpenAI o1 preview was released. See Introducing OpenAI o1-preview. According to the site,
In our tests, the next model update performs similarly to PhD students on challenging benchmark ...
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What makes old questions pop up as "new" ones?
I occasionally see questions at the top of the activity list that have actually been asked, discussed, and answered some years ago. The fine print says something like, "modified by so-and-so an ...
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What tag for questions that are simply not physics?
I just saw a question with a whole set of tags which were completely inappropriate as the question was simply off-topic (it would be generous to call it a personal philosophy). I thought to delete ...
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Closing reposts of closed, poor questions as duplicates of the original question
I have seen this pop up a few times recently, although I do know it is a consistent occurrence. The situation where a poor question is rapidly closed, so the OP makes the same post again with little ...
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Weird Browser Problem
The following is new behavior. It happens in Chrome (under Windows) but not in Firefox:
At the top of my screen, there are various buttons for accessing my inbox, my reputation, the various tools, a ...
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Why do physicists say a proposed perpetual motion machine won't work without even looking at it?
Every so often somebody posts a question about a new perpetual motion machine they have invented. They have spent time and effort on it. They have hopes that they have discovered something new and ...
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Why am I getting downvoted in this?
(Can stardust give rise to new stars?)
I don't get what's wrong in my answer and it's perfectly logical. If someone feels a lack of effort, I would like to say that there's no more to write. That ...
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Why is this question about "non-maintstream physics"?
This question was closed as being about "non-mainstream physics" and/or a personal theory, and I don't understand why.
In the question, I asked two things:
for the possibility of a certain ...
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What makes a question a check my work question and not conceptual?
A question I asked has been closed as a check my work question. This is in no regards a check my work question. It is asking about a concept regarding friction and whether or not it changes when the ...
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About a feature of review
I recently got my reputation above 500 and unlocked the review queues privilege. I reviewed a few too. However, I fail to understand the purpose of the "Other action" option, which we can't ...
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Do people get points when I vote up their comments?
I always take time to vote up comments that I think are particularly contributing. Am I just wasting my time?
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I have ended up with two accounts on the Physics Stack Exchange. Can they be merged?
I created two accounts by accident, but would prefer to have only one.
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Why is this considered off a topic personal theory?
here was my original question
It got downvoted quite a few times from not being specific. I edited it so it can be better understood. Then it was closed for being off topic. I don’t understand why ...
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How is "One doubt about Dirac notation " a homework like question?
The question:
One doubt about Dirac notation
I quote from how do I ask homework questions on physics stack exchange
Ask about the specific concept that gives you trouble
We expect you to narrow down ...
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Downvoting closed questions from newcomers: how can we address it?
I've noticed that bad questions from newcomers often not only get closed quickly, but get downvoted. The downvoting often happens after the question is closed. Helping some of them with chat, I've ...
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Incorrect message when you try to Vote to Close a question that was closed and then re-opened
I noticed this a little bit ago on an older question. I clicked "vote to close", but the box that came up said, "You cannot vote to close again after retracting your vote." I ...
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How do I need to change this question so it can be reopened?
Regarding this question: Would a cup of a superhydrophobic material ever fill with water?
I am completely baffled by the reason for the closure. "Not mainstream physics"?
The question as ...
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Closure of the Neutrino Detector Question
The question How do you detect Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS)? had been closed with the "engineering" closure reason.
This question appears to be about engineering, ...
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Let's improve our default guidance for first-time askers
New user accounts asking their first question are presented with the following prompt:
[click to embiggen]
This guidance is … not a great fit for our community. It's great guidance for asking for ...
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What is the benefit of undeleting a question?
It seems like the bot deleted a hidden question because of lack of activity. I suppose that there might be two ways to undelete it, either I click the undelete button or I ask the mediators to ...
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Duplicate where original is deleted & wrongly marked in the first place
This question is currently closed as a duplicate: On the index orderings for Christoffel symbols
That causes, as it does for all questions closed as a duplicate, a banner to display at the top that ...
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Answers in the comments
I haven't been as active on this site as I have been in the past. Recently, I've been looking around a little bit more, and I have noticed, possibly even more than before, many cases of people posting ...
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Risk to bounty a question that may be closed
Tomorrow I am likely going to assign a 50 rep bounty (half of my total reputation) to this question. The question has been around since a while, has already been edited and I guess at least one of the ...
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Why was a temp ban made permanent when I didn't post anything while I was banned?
I'm NOT trying to get the ban lifted; I just want to know why my status changed to permanent w/o any new posts.
i'm wondering if improper factors were used, like my posts on other sites, or my profile....
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nonsensical downvotes and what to do about them
This post and the three answers each receiving a downvote prompts me to write this and ask our moderators to do something about the problem.
I usually upvote answers receiving nonsensical downvotes as ...
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overtly hostile comments from one person
Several days ago I attempted to answer this question:
How can we model the primordial Universe while the interior of a neutron star and comparable states of matter are still mostly unknown?
However, ...
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Is there a website on the internet that allows people to ask physics questions so they can learn physics? [duplicate]
I've been banned from posting on physics stack exchange. All I've ever attempted to do on this account is ask simple questions to get a physicist's perspective and learn more. However, that kind of ...
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Why is non-English content apparently allowed on this website?
On one of the posts in the main Q&A site, there is a comment which is written in a foreign language, certainly not in English:
Per the network's global policies, having language-specific sites as ...
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Site user survey?
This is a follow-on to a question posted earlier here:
Physics site-wide metrics on things like question closure/deletion rates etc?
Based on some helpful information that was provided, I located a ...
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Physics site-wide metrics on things like question closure/deletion rates etc?
It seems it would be very useful to see a summary of metrics such as question closure rates, perhaps broken down by moderator and reason, so the community can get a sense of the current trends and ...
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Where can I ask questions about physics? [duplicate]
I wonder where I can search help to get help today with a few questions from my book. I have an exam tomorrow so I can't wait until meeting my teacher, and unfortunately it's not acceptable to do it ...
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Will I be restricted from asking questions on a website if my posts receive no votes but are answered?
If I ask a question that no one votes for or against, but someone answers it, will I eventually be unable to ask questions on that website?
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