Timeline for Replacing the homework policy 1: what existing questions should be on/off topic?
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| Apr 27, 2016 at 20:41 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | I agree with @BillN : this is a badly worded problem, not suitable for PSE (because it benefits only the questioner). True, it is unambiguous to us, but the questioner is clearly confused and needs help understanding it. The effort spent in flagging it as 'off topic' is out of proportion to the response asked for. There ought to be a more efficient method of dealing with such questions : eg providing a swift response then auto-delete after 30 days? | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | Bill N | David thanks for the reminder. I don't think it's a proper question for PSE, and I've voted. I admit there are some (many?) improperly-worded problems in books that we could have a hand in clarifying for people, but there is no ambiguity in this problem. | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 17:33 | comment | added | David Z Mod | @BillN sure. Just keep in mind that your vote on this (assuming you care to cast one) should reflect whether you'd like to see it made on topic under the new policy, which doesn't necessarily have to say anything about physics concepts. | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 17:20 | comment | added | Bill N | I believe there is no physics concept here. As Kyle Kanos notes in his comment on the OP, it is a reading comprehension difficulty, not a physics difficulty. | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 15:04 | history | edited | David ZMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add reminder about voting
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| Apr 6, 2016 at 9:55 | history | answered | David ZMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |