Questions tagged [down-votes]
The down-votes tag has no usage guidance.
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Should editors share the punishment for downvotes?
I recently edited a closed question by another user, in an attempt to reopen the question. For that I had to somewhat modify the question, by removing fluff like 'please answer this' but also adding ...
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Why do we still apply the homework policy even when there are many opposite opinions?
Every question marked as "homework-like" will be pointed to How Do I Ask Homework Questions on Physics Stack Exchange. There are a lot of opposite opinions under the highest answer. Why do ...
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Strange triple downvote on my (well-received) question
Could someone tell me why this question received 3 downvotes yesterday? I really thought it was well asked, it surprises me. Moreover, it received 3 upvotes before, so I believed it was alright.
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Rationale behind downvote button
First: as a new non-scientist member of Physics SE I want to say thank you for the wealth of knowledge, interest and patience with my ignorance I have encountered here.
Second: I was very surprised to ...
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Why is the question on wifi being a force being downvoted so much?
An hour ago, the question Can (and should) wifi internet be considered a force? was asked, and it already has 5 downvotes as of me writing this post.
The absence of close votes suggests other users ...
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My answer got me -15 points! Why?
My answer got me -15 points. Was the OP booted off the site, or what?
I am just wondering.
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Why is this specific question on particle physics being downvoted?
I just found and answered this question on why some particles are defined with square roots in their expressions. It has a bunch of downvotes, but the comments doesn't seem to clarify the reason for ...
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Do you think downvote feedbacks would contribute to the site?
This topic was discussed many times before but I hope to inspect it a bit differently.
I think it would be awesome if everybody knew why a question was down-voted. That way everyone could see the ...
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How do I write better answers?
I haven't written many answers, but after I have identified what the user is asking, I usually go with a conversational tone, going over whatever has a question mark over it and any context supporting ...
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Should we downvote answers that begin with "I think..."?
People often speculate rather than answer. If you think you know the answer then you don't.
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Why downvotes to question? [duplicate]
I have been hanging around physics SE for quite a while. I am just a student who craves for some knowledge in mathematics and physics and thus I joined SE. I am not an expert.
But to my questions, I ...
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Serial voting: procedure for to advise the managers of the SE site
I would like to find out information about voting behaviour against me on this site (Main and/or Meta). Does such information exist? If so, where can I find it?
A stalker or more stalkers on Stack ...
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What should I do if my answer to a question has a downvote for no reason defined?
What should I do if my answer to a question has a downvote for no reason defined?
I do agree if there is maybe some mistake in my answer but I am not able to find. Then, yes. I agree with the downvote....
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Why did someone downvote my question without reading it completely?
I had asked this question today. Within 20 seconds someone had downvoted the question. Here's the proof:
It's not possible for a person to read the whole question in 20 seconds. So why did they down-...
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Misuse of downvoting
I think this question is unsuitable for this site as opinion-based, and should be closed. Yet, at the time of writing it has only one closure vote (mine), but 6 downvotes. I think this is indicative ...
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Are downvotes (on the meta side) regarded as a (negative) answer to your question (on which you can answer yes or no)?
In this question I asked whether it is a good thing to edit a question with the purpose of downvoting it. It got downvoted 7 times (up till now). This was written:
Downvotes on Meta are different ...
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Is it okay to edit a question (on the main site) to downvote it after you initially upvoted it?
On the PSE main site (so not on this site), I normally never downvote a question or answer, but sometimes you change your thought about this (after upvoting). Is it okay to edit (when I wanted to ...
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Temporal coincidences of negative votes
Is it possible that a user after just a few minutes that I have been logged on Physics.SE contextually receives a negative vote?
Is it possible that a user who has a high number of reputation can have ...
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A downvoted question vs. a very well-received duplicate version of the same question!
Some months ago I asked a question entitled The "Satellite Paradox": Twin paradox in orbiting satellites, and a duplicate version entitled Special Relativity in Free Fall has recently ...
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We can see downvotes on answers by seeing the reputation of a user
If I downvote an answer there is a -1 reputation change. Even though, downvotes and upvotes are supposed to be anonymous. There is a slight chance that user might visit my profile and can see my -1 ...
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Why has my question from October 16, 2019 been downvoted? [closed]
One of my questions from October 16, 2019, Why is the ångström not a metric unit? And why is the ångström spelled with the Swedish/Finnish letters "å" and "&#...
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What can I do to improve this question which I posted?
Recently I posted this question about Stefan-Boltzmann law which ended up getting three downvotes over the days. So, I'm wondering what exactly I did wrong.
I had asked for help from a friend and ...
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Understanding the voting process
I'm quite puzzled as to why this answer I wrote got three downvotes (here).
The OP's question indicates they had a fundamental misunderstanding and probably got lost while self-studying the subject. ...
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Re-asking this specific reference request [duplicate]
A few days ago, I requested reference for TVMF. Unfortunately, this question was downvoted without a reason specified giving no space to improve and inappropriately making the question potentially ...
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What differently can I do to be helpful to the community by answering?
When I joined Stack Exchange I started answering questions and gained a positive response from the community.
But these days, I don't feel like my answers help anyone anymore.
If you look into my ...
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Have we thought about replacing the negative 'downvoting' of questions with a positive 'requesting clarification'?
Facebook eliminated the dislike for a reason.
My personal experience is just wanting to quit after a question gets to -3 for reasons unknown.
Downvoting of a question is an inherently negative ...
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Why is this question being downvoted?
Can a harmonic oscillator have different maximum potential and kinetic energy?
What should I do to make it upvoted? Was I not clear in the question or what is it? I haven't particularly asked help ...
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A suggestion box for downvotes (and upvotes, if necessary)? [duplicate]
I think that the main reason for a downvote is to convey that a post is not up to the mark, or does not show proper effort on behalf of the person who posted it. In other words, a downvoted post has ...
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Instead of just down-voting a new post, can't the same person care to explain why? [duplicate]
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: How to exactly evaluate the Magnetic Field associated with the given Electric Field in a lossy medium?
My question here is that instead of just ...
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Serial downvoting of my old question [duplicate]
I am banned from asking questions on the main site due to the previous four questions. I wrote them when I just joined the site almost one year ago, but in recent days I am getting downvoted on my ...
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Downvoting costs one reputation point
Today I downvoted an answer and flagged it, too. Now I get negative scores. Presumably, because I wrote a comment on a bad answer, which is downvoted by others too.
Although, I do not care too much ...
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Anonymous comment feature to explain anonymous downvote? [duplicate]
Recently my questions were downvoted, though the reason for such is unknown to me (also it's not quite a big deal for me) but I believe that if the downvoter had given me some suggestions for ...
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Reason behind my negative user experience?
Let me first begin by saying my overall user experience on the Physics Stack Exchange site has been wonderful. According to this it is okay to downvote poorly written questions.
Now in the past I've ...
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Fast successive upvotes and downvotes: Is critical thinking forbidden here? [closed]
There is recently an odd reaction to my questions/answers. I see when somebody dislikes any, it is straightforwardly downvoted $-$ probably by somebody else. Or, when I ask a challenging question, in ...
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Am I getting serially downvoted?
Why does frictional force cause a car to move? Also, is friction a reaction force?
There is the above link for the question to which I answered. I don't find the reason for the answer to be downvoted....
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How can answerers learn, if the downvotes on their answers are not justified?
I am not going to link the specific answer that prompted me to write this post because I want to make a general point.
I am aware of the policy of not forcing users to comment when they downvote, as ...
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Error in grammar/distribution of votes
Recently, I came across an incident in which I flagged a question as it was unclear. But, the message reads: Put on hold as unclear what you are asking. Even, I suffered a deduction of 2 votes. When I ...
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Does serial downvoting mean that my answers are bad?
I am getting serially downvoted now. Five questions were downvoted in short order. Are the answers I gave so bad?
See:
Links to the answers:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/486605/
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My question was downvoted without a reason [closed]
Does Fisher Information quantify only the precision of the instrument?
I had asked a question recently. There were some comments by someone named Solar Mike.
On repeatedly asking him/her on ...
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Should it be mandatory that close votes be accompanied by comments?
I have read the help page various times to get help with asking questions. While that helped, I still sometimes find my questions downvoted or voted to close. That is without explanation. That leaves ...
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Why am I shown a banner which suggests I add a comment whenever I downvote?
This question is obsolete, as explained.
After asking about why it was not encouraged to ask downvoters to give a reason, I received a number of firm answers that contain a lot of good reasons (and ...
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Why this answer was downvoted?
Hello everyone I want to know that the answer (link given below) was almost complete and correct I think that the answer didn't require any update but why it was downvoted?
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Is this a bad question? Or a poor fit for this site?
I wrote this question yesterday, and it got a downvote.
I'm not unhappy about it, but I feel that I don't understand why.
Is my question not relevant for this site? I have almost no formal ...
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Should One Downvote a Question While Voting to Close It?
The title pretty much conveys what I want to ask but I would elaborate a bit. If a question is appropriate to be closed due to either of the listed reasons for a question to be closed, should one also ...
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I am not able to understand what should I do on this question to avoid it from being downvoted?
Please help me understanding about How I should improve my questions like this-
How does torque operate? What will be going on with disc?
from being downvoted?
I think I have given the specific ...
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Understanding down votes on answers
I recently received two down votes in one day on an answer that was submitted more than a year ago (accepted answer), unfortunately without any comments. At the same time as the down votes, the ...
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How can one identify a downvoter?
I was recently taken to task by another person here who fingered me as having downvoted one of his answers. He was right- but how is this possible? Until now, I was under the impression that a ...
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Why is this a bad question to even ask in the first place?
I posted a relatively simple question regarding syntax that I didn't understand:
What does self-closing bra-ket mean in Robetson-Schrodinger Uncertainty Relation?
I received 2 one-word responses ...
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Should we leave super wrong highly downvoted posts visible or should we delete them?
This answer (10K only; screenshot) is an example of a "super wrong" post. For the purposes of this discussion, a "super wrong" post is an answer which not only is factually incorrect but is incorrect ...
