Questions tagged [reopen]
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What is the effect of the votes to close the question "Why is the MKS unit of time the same as the CGS unit?"
I don't agree with the vote to close the question "Why is the MKS unit of time the same as the CGS unit?". The question is, when Giorgi proposed to replace the CGS system, could he alternatively have ...
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Should this really be put on hold?
Why are questions concerning the consistency of different parts of mainstream physics with one another considered as questions about non-mainstream physics and put on hold?
I asked a question about ...
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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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Should you not give feedback if you vote to close a question to help the questioner better use this website? [duplicate]
My question has been closed again.
DavidZ has pointed out that it is acceptable for people to not give reasons for closing questions. I understand that the site does not require them to do that. ...
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Two similar-looking mechanics questions are not duplicates
This question about which way a bicycle will move when the pedal is pulled horizontally was closed as a duplicate of this question about how a yoyo will move when it is pulled horizontally.
They are ...
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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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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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Modified closed question won't reopen
I posted this question (previously called "Lagrangian of two pendulums tied together") five days ago, whereafter it was soon closed as off-topic. The reason for this was understandable: it looked as ...
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Why is this question (still) closed?
H${}$i all. Please, have a look at What is a complete book for quantum field theory?. The post is a standard resource-recommendations request. In fact, it is the canonical post when it comes to QFT ...
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Where can closed and deleted questions and comments be searched for - and how can deletion be appealed? [duplicate]
I have a question that was deleted and some closed when I was just getting started as an author (again here after many years). I did not think the closure and deletion was fair, but I had no ...
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Can my question be reopened?
I asked a question which had a problem that the Hamiltonian was not Hermitian. However, after thinking about it for some time I managed to make the Hamiltonian Hermitian. While it may still have ...
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Reopening a question about the recent LIGO event
My recent question about the significance of further LIGO events was appreciated, it appears, by all but five people. I'm lobbying for reopening. This question is not too broad--it's exactly ...
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A slight confusion in resubmitting of a closed question (a genuine attempt to re-word the original)
I asked a question, but it was declared a duplicate of this, this and this, but none of them answered what I originally had in mind. [probably my mistake, the question must have been poorly worded]. I ...
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Resubmitting question
If my question was marked as unclear and I have reworked it what needs to be done to either:
Get it approved
Or
Resubmit it.
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Good examples of turn-around questions that get closed → fixed → reopened and answered
I just watched the question
Why is 2 a pseudoreal representation and there is no 2-2-2 anomaly?
turn around from being fundamentally ill-posed, under-researched and essentially unanswerable in its ...
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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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A question put on hold one and half years after it was asked
A question was asked by someone in March 2015. It had 4 answers.
I added a (fifth) answer on 26th Sep, 2016 (18 months later) and the question was put on hold the next day.
Can someone please ...
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Why was my question closed as off-topic?
I recently asked a question about a real phenomenon I saw at the end of a documentary, I can't help that at the time the only thing I could find on it was at the end of this documentary which isn't ...
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Very disappointed by my experiment on this site
I am very disappointed by my experiment on this site. Four days ago, I posted this question:
Numerical simulation of the double-slit experiment including watching the electrons .
After less that 24 ...
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If you don't understand the question, don't vote to close as duplicate of something vaguely sounding the same
Yet again at least 6 people skimmed the first paragraph and voted to close as duplicate before reading the actual question.
I rephrased this into the most trivial, obvious manner to make it ...
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How can I revise my 'running in zigzag' question to be on topic?
I posted this question.
Is running in a zigzag helpful in avoiding being shot by an arrow?
It has at least 7 upvotes, and the answer has at least 6 upvotes. I want to give the answerer a bounty.
I ...
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What can be done in order to re-open a closed question?
I recently asked a question that was originally put "on-hold" (you can look at the question here: https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/245079/).
Now, I’ve read the homework policies several times, in ...
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How can I reopen it?
What will be final velocity of three charges $q$, $q$, $2q$?
How can I reopen it? All concepts come out from questions. If I know how to solve it, I would know concept automatically.
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Adding an answer to a duplicate
I recently asked a question Backyard experiments to falsify the Flat Earth theory which has become much more popular than I originally anticipated, and has since been closed as a duplicate of What is ...
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Re-open review queue default tab
When a question comes up in the re-open queue because it was edited, the default is to show the side-by-side comparison of the pre- and post- edit. There is another 'tab' available that will show the ...
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Please reopen this question of mine
Please reopen the following question
Generalization of De Rham cohomology for spinor fields
I have suitably edited it to suit the interest of the audience in the site. In specific highlighted ...
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Requesting reopening of question
Please reopen the question.
Physics-based derivation of the formula for entropy
I have complied with David Z request indicated in the comments.
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How can I apply for an "on hold" problem to be re-opened?
This question was put on hold recently, which was reedited and adjusted by myself.
I do not question the decision but would appreciate any discuss on this issue. Also I would like to apply the ...
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Can this question about ice be re-opened?
Can ice freeze?
I think this question is about explaining physical laws and physical chemistry and also related to "Accepted and/or actively researched theories" which are on-topic. I believe I gave ...
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Is this question still too broad?
https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/149004/ was put on hold as too broad, but edited the same day. Now it's been on hold for a few days. Is it still too broad?
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The intro-to-QM books question: reopen?
We have several questions asking for recommendations of books for beginner-level quantum mechanics. Many of them are closed as duplicates of this one:
What is a good introductory book on quantum ...
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Can the Loch Ness monster question be reopened?
Have I done enough to improve this question to get it reopened?
Coda: If the first comment by WetSavannaAnimal aka Rod Vance had been posted as an answer, I would ...
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There is currently a flood in the Reopen Votes review queue
Related: Lots of questions in the reopen queue at meta.stackoverflow.
The review queue for reopen votes is currently at an exceptional high. Did something happen system-side to bring this on? A lot ...
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How can flags to reopen just "disappear"?
I recently improved some closed questions and flagged them to reopen after the edits. Looking at my flagging history, I observe that the number of flags waiting for review has decreased but the number ...
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Can this question about anomalous dimensions and operator mixing be reopend?
I edited this question to remomve the reference request issue and think it should be reopend now.