Questions tagged [closed-questions]
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I don't know how to be on-topic
I asked this question that got closed as off-topic and I don't know what makes it on-topic.
Clicking on one of the links takes me to a page that says "A homework question is any question whose ...
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Asking if a post deleted on MathOverflow could be suitable for the main site Physics Stack Exchange [closed]
I've asked 9 months ago the post below on MathOverflow. The post with identifier 423567 and same title (see below) was closed and deleted, there was an answer from a professor, and several comments ...
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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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Question of sending internet packets through time closed for "off topic"
My question about sending internet packets through time was closed as "off-topic" as it was "non-mainstream-physics". This seems like mainstream physics to me, so it should fit on ...
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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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How do I get the reviewers to provide more informative comments on question closure?
My question has been closed with the comment that it is a "homework-like" or "check my work" question. I have read the posts recommended by the reviewers to address the issues and ...
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Why is "this" question physics, but "that" question is not?
While I think this question
On the definition of positive linear supermaps on Hilbert spaces
may be an interesting mathematical question about Hilbert spaces, why is it not closed for belonging ...
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How can a question on electromagnetism in dielectrics be considered engineering?
How can a question on Penetration of electromagnetic waves in insulators? be classified as engineering?
To be sure, the only answer seems to have focused on some particular issues that some might ...
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Yet another question for reopening
My question on diagonalizing the inertia tensor using Euler angles was closed as a duplicate.
The suggested duplicate is a question on converting a rotation matrix to Euler angles. My question is how ...
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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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How should I ask a question about an idea if it's not a known physical subject to me?
Yesterday I asked this question following the thought that an inner structure of spacetime can be embraced in a structure function $s(x)$, to allow for a field theory with macroscopically curved ...
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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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A question on having my questions closed
How exactly does having a question that I posted being closed, affect me? Does it increase the chance that I'll be banned?
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Avoid display of closed questions
I routinely check for new questions with tags I follow, using https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged?tab=Newest&tagMode=Watched. Given my Watched tags, that list often is clogged with ...
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How can I make this closed question address the general problem with the computation?
I tried to ask a 'homework'-like question and I ran into a problem with the style of it because I have never seen a question like that. The general problem was that I didn't know how to express an ...
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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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How can I ask this question without it being closed?
Today I asked this question and it was almost immediately closed, so I edited trying to make it more focused, but it still remained closed. The question is about the mathematical background needed to ...
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Why was this question closed as a homework-like question?
I consider the question in this post to be a conceptual question. This is because OP didn't understand which time interval to calculate - the question wasn't about the calculation itself.
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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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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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Closed question of a problem with shown attempt...please help me!
Sorry, I have done a question here where I have presented a problem that I have solved. I know that usually the questions are closed without any suggestions or help by the user if a problem is ...
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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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What to do when duplicate targets disagree?
There are several questions on Physics S.E. which have been marked as duplicate targets, yet their answers disagree with another. Two such examples would be Is energy conserved in an expanding ...
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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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In what ways is this question lacking detail or clarity?
I asked this question about what a strangelet would look like to the naked eye, and it was closed because it needed details or clarity. As far as I can tell, there was no need for either, because it ...
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My question was downvoted after it was closed, can I ask the community to delete it?
I have this question:
Bomb attached to accelerating charge, as viewed from a co-moving frame?
Now it was closed, and then it was downvoted. I do not understand why we are allowing downvotes (or any ...
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Closed and then reopened question samples [duplicate]
Many new users are quite unaware of the required format of asking questions. A sample of closed questions that were edited and then reopened could be assistive for most of new users.
Also so far I ...
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Is there a grace period to post an answer to a question after it is closed?
This answer has been published 23 minutes ago, while the question was closed 25 minutes ago, at the moment. Also this answer was published a minute after closing the question (another).
So how does ...
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How to make the question about "the principle of optimization" not opinion-based?
The question in question: Why isn't the principle of least action named as "the principle of optimization"?
I suppose that one solution is to define what optimization/optimal state/...
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Should cosmetic edits be made to a closed question?
Sometimes when I am going through the reopen queue I come across questions that have been edited by another user who is not the author of the question. These edits are mostly or entirely cosmetic in ...
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What is "mainstream physics"?
Today, two of my questions were closed seconds after I wrote them as not about "mainstream physics".
So, I am asking, what is "mainstream physics" then? For instance, is ...
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Why was this question of mine closed by a moderator?
A moderator (ACuriousMind) refuses to open this question on physics forum. He claims it needs to be more focused.
This question is related to double-slit experiment.
Is this question terribly unclear ...
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Should we offer more feedback when we vote against reopening a question?
Here on Physics.SE, it culturally seems to be much easier for us to close questions than to reopen them. Recently, I've noticed several cases where a closed question, which appears to be on the edge ...
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My question got closed saying that it was opinion based
I cannot wrap my head around how can you not have a wrong answer in physics. It's not philosophy that we are talking about...
How can I improve my question to open it again?
The question: Can 0 ...
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How is this question about a black hole passing through the solar system non-mainstream?
A question of mine was closed on the grounds of being non-mainstream. Mainstream is defined below:
Mainstream physics is physics which has been accepted by a significant portion of the physics ...
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Little tolerance with mathematical-physics questions
I progressively feel that a typical user interested in the mathematical-physics tag, like me, is not welcomed in the community; not to mention, that at least as I can tell, the community is not ...
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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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Views on question that uses non-standard terminology
I have voted to re-open this question Is spacetime thickness constant everywhere? and I am interested in the views of other PSE editors.
The question uses non-standard terminology (“spacetime ...
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I am being told conflicting resolutions for fixing a closed question, what should I do?
I had a question that was closed, and I was given the following instructions:
Those questions listed did not provide me with the answer to my question, so I followed the advice and opened a new ...
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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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Are some questions closed "too fast", and is it a problem?
I bring as an example this question, that has been closed after ~12 hours: What exactly are electrons if they exist in orbitals without real boundaries?
The OP seems to be someone that does not use ...
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My question is "engineering" but
My question: What is the ideal gap between two panes of glass for insulation?
According to this: Are engineering questions appropriate for this site?
When constructing a product for use in the world, ...
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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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Meta question closed as opinion-based [closed]
I do not like it my meta question, Why has my question from October 16, 2019 been downvoted?, has also been closed as opinion based because I asked a meta question about my own question. Why is my ...
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Fixing the closed-question notices following changes to the software
About a year ago, the post notices on closed questions changed across the entire SE platform. This changed a number of aspects of the Q&A engine software's behaviour and how it communicates meta ...
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Will SE block me if my questions are consistently marked as off-topic?
What will happen to my account if I post off-topic posts quite frequently, albeit not intentionally?
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Non-question: experimenting with custom close-reason banners in different contexts [closed]
I'm experimenting with editing close reasons, so here's a "question" that I can immediately close.
Here's how the custom close reason looks in the close-question dialog:
Here's how the ...
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How can I reopen the question as community wiki post?
This post is closed by a moderator. I think the reason is that it starts to have too many answers which I didn't expect. How can I reopen this question? I want to convert it to Community wiki post but ...
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Requesting a question to be re-opened because it is not opinion based
I want the question Thoughts on neural networks "discovering" physical concepts to be reopened.
I realize that there was a "what is your opinion..." line in it earlier. I have ...
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Question is not being reopened even after editing
I had asked this question on PSE and it was considered off-topic and hence closed quoting that it was "Homework-like question". After that I edited the question following this guidelines. ...
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