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Are questions about specific mechanical systems off-topic?
I recently posted the following question about a mechanical system described in an exercise:
Acceleration of masses connected by a leaning pole
I am emphatically not looking for someone to check my ...
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Fusion related questions almost always closed as "opinion-based"
I don't drop into this sub too often because my interest is mostly in fusion as a power source, and questions on the topic typically come up about every month or so. By the time I see them, questions ...
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Stop closing questions that are considered "homework type" [duplicate]
I recently posted a question What will be the final temperature in this case? Which contained information about a thermodynamical process and asked to calculate work done. The question was tagged &...
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How should we handle "multidisciplinary" questions with subparts that are appropriate for different SE networks?
This question was closed as "not suitable for" Physics SE. Based on the comments, the voters seemed to think that it belongs to Biology SE instead.
I don't understand this reasoning. ...
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Why my question is still closed as "homework like" or "check my work" even I asked for the concept?
I asked a question Is the average position for the ground state of a 1D simple harmonic oscillator zero?. I asked why the average position of the ground state of a simple harmonic oscillator (SHO) is ...
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Allowing mathematical and homework questions on this site
I'm about to complete my four-year physics degree and want to write briefly on the topic of this site.
I've spent a lot of time on the physics Stack Exchange site (not on this account) and believe, ...
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Embarrassing migration
This question has been migrated to Mathematics SE (MSE) a few minutes ago. I find it embarrassing since the question is clearly ill-posed both from the mathematical point of view (how the relation ...
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Why is there a homework tag if the posts keep getting closed?
Almost every time I ask for a specific concept using an example in a book, my post keeps getting closed. I didn't want for an answer to the specific problem or get my answer checked, but only to ...
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Too much closing (for missing "concepts")?
This is my $3^{rd}$ question being closed.
I don't know what "concepts" are any more! The basic concepts are available just about on any site and if one is not good at them then they should ...
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Banned because 1 question was considered not mainstream?
The only indication that I got was that someone considered this not to be mainstream physics. They don't explain why or what I could edit to improve my post. Furthermore, this is a legitimate physics ...
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Why did you close my question? the link does not answer it
Could the particles of the standard model be states of a smaller set of particles?
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How can I make my question on-topic?
I posted the following question several hours ago: Electric field inside sphere - Griffiths Problem 2.14. In doing so, I showed my attempt in detail and provided my thought process behind it. Within ...
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How is this question "about engineering"?
Why was this question
Why is the ground warm during winter and vice-versa?
deemed to be "about engineering" and closed, when the OP clearly stated he was not asking about how to employ the ...
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Is it worth adding a button for migrating for History of Science and Mathematics in the close reasons?
With some frequency I stumble across posts that, while interesting, are asking something about the History of Physics rather than Physics itself. As a consequence, with the same frequency I find ...
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Why was this question closed and downvoted with no comments?
Referring to the question here:
What does $|λ,μ\rangle$ mean in Dirac notation?
Recently I've noticed a lot of questions closed or downvoted when the answer is obvious to someone who already knows the ...
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Why was q721019 closed?
If you know what Poiseuille's equation is then Physiology question about velocity and radius is perfectly clear and a straightforward answer solves the questioner's conceptual difficulty. Yet the ...
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Why was this question closed that was really active?
I know there are already policies, but I'm asking specifically about the situation I'm providing here.
I asked this question: How can quantum tunneling happen conceptually? and there were a lot of ...
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Question closed due to homework policy?
My post Is there a steady state for two conductors at different temperatures connected to a battery? was closed under homework policy. Nevertheless it is clear that is not a homework. How do I reopen ...
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Why was my question immediately closed?
Today I questioned the claim that "SR is way easier and more beautiful to understand with tensors". I think that knowing about vector spaces, their duals and bilinear forms (i.e. bilinear ...
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Why is this question closed? I am finding no satisfactory answers from the personal comment
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Can time dilation be used to prove that relativistic mass does not really increase at speeds near $c$?
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I need to get a better idea about essential mathematical prerequisites for GR from a book. How can I improve the question?
In reference to my question here: What would be essential math topics to read for general relativity (from a particular book)?
I'm reading a book and wanted to get a clear understanding on what topics ...
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Why was this answer deleted?
My answer to a question was deleted under homework policy. The question didn't seem like homework. It was a genuine doubt why the user was getting a wildly different answer than the solution.
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Why close an answered question when both answer and question have positive vote counts?
Especially when a user cannot delete their own question.
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Why was this vector calculus question closed?
I just came across this question, which was closed under the site's homework policy. However, I fail to see how it is related to a specific calculation or is "check-my-work-like". While it ...
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Measurement of mass increase doesn't concern physics. Really?
This question has been closed:
How was mass increase measured?
because:
I’m voting to close this question because it concerns the history of physics – Bob D
and then:
Closed. This question is off-...
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How do I see the reason a question was closed?
I often see "question has been closed" sometimes stating "off topic" with no other rationale. It says potential improvements should "address reasons for closure," but I'...
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Why was this question down voted and closed as non-mainstream?
The question Are the following claims flaws in Relativity? was closed for not being mainstream physics, and it received a number of down votes.
Now, I haven't studied SR past brief coverings in my ...
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Inapproriate content to title
Recently this old question came to my notice because of a downvote:
Do magnets redshift light?
The content of the question is all about a hypothetical experiment full of unphysical hypotheseis:
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Why was my question closed for not being focused when it actually was?
I asked a question a few days ago. It got closed for needing to be “more focused.”
According to the site guidelines , in the Needs more focus part, it says:
This can often be fixed by breaking the ...
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Are future physics discoveries properly categorized as mainstream or not? [closed]
"Non-mainstream" physics is often equated to fallacies and fringe theories, including on this forum. Mainstream physics is rigorously categorized in specific historical scientific contexts, ...
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Why was this entanglement-harvesting question closed as off-topic?
I just noticed that the question
What happens to the vacuum when entanglement is harvested?
was closed as off-topic a couple of months ago, and I don't understand why. The topic is basic quantum ...
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Careless mistakes in formulas shouldn't be treated the same as non-mainstream physics
In this question,
What is the Schrödinger equation in position velocity space?
I originally made a careless mistake when writing the Schrödinger equation in velocity space, as I had originally ...
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Please reopen my question about a physical limit
I asked this question about what it is (if anything) that provides and upper limit to the speed of a turbine in a fluid stream: Maximum rotation rate of a turbine in a fluid with a given speed
It was ...
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Why would my question on tachyons be closed as off topic if most other questions on tachyons are still open?
When I type tachyons into the search engine of the site I find a lot of open questions about tachyons but my question about tachyons was closed as off topic
If electrically charged tachyons exist, ...
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Closing a 10-year old answered question as off-topic
Today, I found an email in my inbox that the question
Who should I contact if I see an unknown object in the sky?
has been closed today as off-topic.
The question has been asked and answered in June ...
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What if I ask a "what if" question?
What if I ask a "what if" question? What are the criteria for the question not to be closed? The question should be about physics. That's clear. The question shouldn't be completely random ...
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I don't understand why my question was closed?
What current would be measured in the following circuit?
There was some commentary about it being a homework question, which it isn't, I genuinely want to understand what happens when the point of ...
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When are questions with multiple different possible answers good?
It is well known that we do not encourage/allow questions that solicit open-ended discussions or that can only be answered by providing personal opinions, etc. However, at least to me, it seems a bit ...
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I think that this question is not off-topic
The following question has been closed because it is off-topic:
An approximation for path integral kernels
However, I'm presenting a new idea in that post: Set N=2 in the formula of the path integral ...
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Why has my question about the Einstein field equation been closed? [duplicate]
I would not have wanted to write this. In fact, I am so sorry of the fact that many times some questions are not considered as they are too stupid.
My question Scalar curvature is $0$ for ...
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Soft-question or off-topic question?
Where is the boundary between a soft-question and an off-topic question?
The issue has come up in connection to question Does physics explain why the laws and behaviors observed in biology are as they ...
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Why is it so difficult to apply the site policy consistently for opinion-based questions?
I already noticed a certain number of times that some questions have been closed based on the policy for "opinion-based" questions. Reading the rationale for that policy, I find:
Many good ...
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Textbook questions
There seems to be quite a lot of questions that demand for textbook answers. These are technically not homework questions - i.e., they are not asking for solutions to problems - but grounded in not ...
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Someone other than the OP adding "homework-and-exercises' tag to a question, and then the question gets closed as a homework-type-question?
On this question by Kashmiri, here, it was originally posted without the "homework-and-exercises" tag. And if you look at the question itself, nothing about it seems homework-type. Later the ...
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Why was this question on fiber switches closed?
Yesterday the question How do non-mechanical solid-state optical switches work? was closed as off-topic. I don't quite understand why, as questions about physics lab equipment are considered on-topic. ...
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Why was my resource recommendation question closed for needing more focus?
Books on general properties of matter and fluids. Can anyone please tell why this was closed and down voted? The topic comes under properties of bulk matter, which ...
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Please Consider Re-opening This Question
My question at Evidence that Time is a Natural Phenomenon? was closed as a duplicate of What is time, does it flow, and if so what defines its direction?
I read the related question and I don't see ...
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Why is the 'Physics' Stack Exchange site closing some interesting questions?
I came to the main site for searching an interesting question about a possible universe inside atoms.
Here is a list of questions:
Universe inside atom
Does our Universe reside in the smallest ...
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Why would someone think this question NOT mainstream physics?
I've asked a question that's mostly about optics with a little touch of thermodynamics to it: Can you use an invisibility shield to insulate from infrared radiation?
But I'm getting 2 close votes to ...
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