Questions tagged [close-reasons]
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Why has this question been closed?
The following question has been closed with the explanation that it is in breach of the Homework Policy :
What will be the total work done by friction on the system (man+boat)?
However, it is not ...
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Why is this question considered engineering?
This question. Seeing it closed has shaken my faith in this community, so I am looking for an explanation.
A bullet is the most trivial engineering construction I can think of.
Open any physics ...
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Are negative mass questions on/off topic?
I searched for the question about negative mass and they aren't closed as off-topic. But recently I posted this question and somebody voted to close this as off-topic (non-mainstream).
So I want to ...
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Should we re-word the homework-like close reason to better match how we actually deal with homework-like questions?
After an extended debate that lasted several years, our community
seems to have settled into a pretty consistent treatment of
homework-like questions. When such a question is closed, a banner
appears ...
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Why was my question closed even though the duplicate is different and was unanswered?
I asked this question a few months ago-
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/479846/proof-of-ohms-law (auto-deleted; screenshot)
I was looking for a particular proof and explicitly mentioned ...
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Why was this question considered “big list?”
I recently asked what the most precice measurement we have taken is (What is the most precise physical measurement ever measured?). With 33 views and 6 upvotes, it got mod-hammered as being a "big ...
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Question unilaterally closed by a moderator without any chance of editing
I had recently asked the following question: Uniform discrete physical theories (now closed and auto-deleted as RemoveAbandonedClosed; screenshot).
And the question was closed without any comments ...
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Why was this question put on hold? Reason given was that it is a homework question
What would theoretically lead to a greater burn if both materials are kept at a constant temperature when applied to the skin? Water or Brass?
This is a question that would help with the ...
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I did ask the exact same question. But, why did Qmechanic put mine on hold, while he/she kindly edited the exact same earlier question?
My question
Is it possible that gravitons don't exist, but are actually something like phonons?
Previous same question
Could gravitons be quasiparticles like phonons?
Of course, it is my fault ...
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Question was closed as homework
I am wondering why this question was closed as homework.As OP said ,It was from an exam ,but I think it was not a homework type question.
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About an “on hold” question
My question has been put on hold as unclear. I can't understand
why. I think I gave sufficient definition of my question and of its
purpose.
Some further explanation of why it appears unclear would ...
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The role of good mechanics problems
Today I saw that this question Applying energy and momentum conservation to the problem of pulling a bent carpet at a constant speed about pulling a bent carpet was closed for being a homework ...
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Wrongly marked duplicate about why decay is random
I am not sure how to raise this issue, but I was looking for an answer to the question How do we know that nuclear decay is truly random and spontaneous?. This is an important question because we don'...
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Why has this question been put on hold?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: What is wrong about the following reasoning concerning hypersphere cosmology?
I was wondering why it is put on hold. It is honestly not clear ...
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Are there guidelines for reopening questions?
Background
My closed question originally asked: Why is the sign of gravitational inertial mass chosen to be positive like EM inertial mass? and was put on hold:
On hold as unclear what you're ...
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How can “torus shape” planet be “non-mainstream” physics?
Refer to this question: How would the rotational and orbital mechanics differ on a torus-shaped planet as compared to a spherical planet?
This is asking about torus-shaped planet rotational and ...
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Is Vote to Close as Off-Topic an appropriate remedy for questions that are deemed too “populist”?
Background: There are users who have been using the privilege to vote to close a question as off-topic as a way of dealing with "populist" questions (see the discussion here) believing them to be "...
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Vote to reopen my question
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Physical transformation associated with a Pseudo-Orthogonal matrix
I was closed because of a unclear ques. Now I have reworded it, it is more ...
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The mainstream-physics close reason has a link to meta with the user ID of a moderator. Can it be removed?
Basically, what it says on the tin. The mainstream-physics closure dialog, which is accessible on the closure dialog as well as on closed questions (example), contains a link to the mainstream-physics ...
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Reopen request - Question about water splash on impact
This question was closed under the presumption of being off topic for being a homework-like question. Honestly, I cant see how this question is either off topic or a homework question since it ask a ...
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Reopen request on a recently closed question
I would like to have this question reopened.
In contrast to the users who expressed their apparent confusion, I found the question to be very clear. It also seems like one that would get a whole lot ...
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Reserving the use of the 'non-mainstream' close reason
In my opinion, the purpose of the 'non-mainstream' close reason is for non-mainstream theories. It's for people who have invented their own theory of everything, put it on Vixra, self-published a book ...
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What to flag for “lack of basic research” questions? [duplicate]
There have been a variety of questions that shouldn't be allowed under current site rules because they are very clearly lacking basic research - 2 minutes on google would probably help them with their ...
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I request to write reason if you are marking a question as duplicate to other question
I recently asked a question:
Why not Sun's gravity affect angular momentum of Earth?
Then QMechanic, a moderator of this web site marked my question as a duplicate of:
Tidal force of Sun?
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Can this Q be reopened for answering?
https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/391682/
Closed as too broad, but - see comments - there is scope for a good answer. I'd have written more (times, energies), but comments aren't the right place ...
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Why was this question closed on grounds of being unclear?
I don't understand why this question was closed? Especially why on grounds of being unclear? It was quite clear, was it not?
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This has been bothering me for a while, and I'd like to speak up about it. I see, with a much higher frequency than I would like, comments that look, with rather little variation, like
This ...
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Did my question deserve a hold?
Background: I've been using several SE sites for several years now. I am used to their systems and strict rules, respect them, and try to obey as much as possible. However I do not understand this on-...
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Is it possible to expand the list of migration sites for off-topic posts?
Recently, it seems that we've been getting several questions that would be more appropriate for Cross Validated. This question is only the most recent example.
Right now, the only choices for off-...
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Why has my question been put “On Hold”?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Could you help me please with mathematical model of the soil freezing process?
I got it (I fix my question)
Why is it "On Hold"?
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About the formula wants (Let everyone read this)
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Kepler's Third Law
Why did my question become off-topic? I just wanted to get a formula and said that I will solve it myself. Why aren't ...
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Mainstream physics closed as non-mainstream
This (admittedly naive) question (asking whether the existence of tachyons would have observable consequences) seems to me to be clearly about mainstream physics, though it was closed as non-...
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Should close notices be more specific?
Recently I've asked an off-topic question: How to plot forcing oscillation with damping correctly?. The close notice has only one line of instruction:
This question does not appear to be about ...
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Closing Deleted Duplicates
When looking at this question you can see discussion about the closure of this question.
Specifically, it quickly got custom flagged as "Duplicate of deleted question by the same user."
In terms of ...
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Not unclear if there's an answer
I have noticed the "unclear what you're asking" close reason misused multiple times (if asked, I can provide links, but I can think of many). However, there was one recent case that made me write this ...
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Are request-learning-path questions off topic? Why?
I was looking at a previous meta question regarding whether certain types of questions requesting a learning-path, or resource-recommendation, or any learning-related-things are off topic or not. I ...
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This site is not a scientific writting forum/publication support service?
I came across this question:
The proper use of the terminology of forces and interactions in The Theory of Relativity
which I have a feeling should be off-topic, but I cannot really localize a ...
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How to provide working for the question if we don't even know how to proceed in a question?
Most of the time when people ask Homework Related questions they are put on hold.They ask for our work on the question.
Sometimes we all face the situation that we don't even know how to proceed ...
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How to change the close reasons about offtopic engineering posts to contain the link to the Engineering SE?
On this meta post, we have a consensus that it would be useful to link to the Engineering SE on closed engineering questions.
It requires a proper wording approved by the community.
The current ...
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Why my question is put on hold?
I've posted one question here Please guide me. This question is related to electrical self energy from electrostatic but it was put on hold because it was a homework question. So I edited it following ...
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Unclear What You're Asking
I recently posted a question closely related to (but not identical to) this one. I promise not to continue posting variants.
That said: I have just voted to close this question as "unclear what ...
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Homework Policy and what justifies closure
Reading through questions on the Q&A Stackexchange, I came across this Question regarding rotational mechanics. I'd been confused a few other times in the past by homework closures and had come to ...
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Reasons for Closing
First: I realize there has been a lot of discussion of the reasons for closing, and I haven't followed most of it, so I apologize for any redundancy here.
That having been said: Here is an example ...
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Misuse of custom close reasons
I was going through the close review queue, I saw the question
Satellite is brought to the earth’s surface, it hits the earth with a velocity of 4 km/s - Determine the work done by friction [on hold] ...
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Can anyone please re-examine this question?
Can people please reopen this question.
https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/290723/
Or can they give me a reason as to why it is an off-topic question?
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How do I make this question specific enough to be opened?
The title is Methodology used in Climate models
This is annoying and I hate to do this, but I am looking for answers from experts working in the field who have spent several years studying this ...
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Why was my question closed as too broad?
My question Evidence indicating that CO2 is responsible for Global warming was closed as being too broad.
There are many research papers on the topic, however it is a very specific question. If you ...
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Please re-examine this question
I'd like to strongly suggest the Phys.SE community to carefully re-examine the following question and the reasons it was put on hold or regarded as not a good enough question:
Finding the period of ...
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I don't understand what is “unclear” with my question
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Possible reactionless drive
My question is [on hold] as "unclear what you're asking".
From my analysis the system should work and start to ...
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Put on hold and rephrasing the question
OK - so I rephrase the question to highlight the physics content as suggested and... zilch. It still stays on hold.
So the only option appears to be to re-post the revised question under a different ...
