Questions tagged [scope]
For discussions about the site's scope - what questions and topics should and should not be on-topic on the site.
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Is error-analysis not a physics topic?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: How to incorporate the uncertainty of the model coefficients in the prediction interval of a multiple linear regression
I am dealing with a ...
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Please help with alternative wording of question to conform with expectation of site
What changes would need to be made to the following question for it to be on-topic on this site?
Is there an alternative number to the 100% miscommunicated and hard-to-comprehend “total number of ...
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Question closed because considered opinion-based. How to change it?
I asked the following question a couple of days ago:
Difference in material covered between Zwiebach or Adams quant mech I on mit ocw?
The original question was deemed opinion-based (which I in hind ...
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Thought experiment closed as off-topic and better suited for engineering. But that's a thought experiment
The question in consideration is: Could there theoretically exist a material so light, that it can levitate in the air just due to the in height decreasing air pressure?
I think that's definitely a ...
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Question closed as opinion based, that is unusual but clearly not opinion based
The question in consideration is Actual eletronic games (as in, games played using electrons)?
I understand that this question is different from other questions on this site, but I think it can be ...
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Would this question be on-topic here? Might it be likely to receive an answer?
I'm writing a program and need a way to identify and enumerate the number of possible distinct crystallographic domains when depositing one 2D lattice on top of another.
I've posed this as a question ...
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Why was this Hot Network Question closed?
Why would this question be closed as Off-topic?
How is a 25-year-old can of soda now empty without having been opened or poked?
The topic seems to be suitable for this site, and the question was ...
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Questions about physics teaching pedagogy
Are questions that relate to how physics is being presented in teaching on topic in this site?
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Can I ask about these shoes from Dr.Stone? [duplicate]
I'm watching Dr.Stone (an anime/manga) and have noticed the rather odd shoe design used by a people of a village (shown below). Can I ask about how those shoes would be of benefit to the environment ...
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Are Questions about Unrealistic Physics Off Topic?
A few days ago a question was asked about how close one could safely approach a small non-radiating black hole.
A comment was made that "Micro black holes do evaporate, so this question is fictional ...
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Are questions of this sort allowed?
So I was tempted to ask this question (after some slight physics edits - see comment section) in physics stack exchange and would like the wisdom of the community if it would be closed or not?
Why I'...
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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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Would a site on the interdisciplinary topic of climate change in Stack Exchange be supported? [closed]
The topic of climate change is an exemplary case of an interdisciplinary topic.
There is not one single scientific discipline of science working on it, but a wide spectrum.
It primarily includes ...
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Can I present an answer in the form of a leading question? [duplicate]
Like "Jeopardy" presents answers in the form of questions can I post a physics question and post my own answer to it? The presentation I want to make is a new type of math method to calculate and ...
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Are all history questions now off-topic? [duplicate]
I saw that this question: Einstein's initial clue that spacetime is curved being flagged as off-topic, as it belongs on History of Science SE. However, there is a tag here for 'history' and it ...
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Can we consider MR Imaging questions as on-topic unless they ask for specific engineering solutions?
Context: This question on basic principles of image formation in medical MRI was asked in May 2014, received an accepted answer at the time, and was left unchallenged until August 2019, at which point ...
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Why is this question not considered an off-topic homework problem?
This question currently has a bounty on it and is receiving a lot of attention. But to me it looks like a question that is normally closed for being off-topic. The question reads like a homework ...
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Can we ask about book for studying? [duplicate]
I'm starting to study a new topic (spinors) and I don't know where I can study it, is it possible to ask for studying material?
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What, really, is a good question?
So it seems like the general consensus of a "good" question is one that includes adequate research/reasoning to provide context for/justify the question being asked, and if applicable cites sources ...
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Why is this question asking about lectures closed as a duplicate?
This question is currently closed for being a duplicate of this question. The closed question asks about recommendations about video lectures for quantum lectures while the second question asks about ...
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How does the reason for closing a question correspond to the actual question?
My most recent question, Why do we assume fundamental properties like charge or mass do not consume anything? (currently deleted while I rephrase it), was put on hold given the following reason:
"We ...
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Asking about the origin of an equation?
Some grad colleagues in a local forum were asking about a certain system of equations of unknown origin, and I was wondering if I would be allowed to ask about it in the Physics Stack Exchange. My ...
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Are questions about research topic considered to be on topic on Phys.SE?
I'm interested in working in a PhD research on a particular field. I've talked to a professor that despite his interest in supervising this work he would like me to come up with a few concrete ...
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How to handle references to literature in predatory journals
Are questions or answers that cite, refer to or are based on work published in predatory journals (in the sense discussed here, here, or here) to be tolerated?
If no, how do we check if a journal is ...
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Where am I supposed ask questions regarding Physics education/research?
I asked this as a soft question How to explore Physics research as an undergraduate, keeping in mind the ever increasing weightage on publications?
I have explictly asked if this is the right place ...
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Where should I post a question about logic circuit minimisation?
I have a question about some logic circuits (I have the Boolean functions and truth tables) that I would like to minimise. Where would I post a question about this? I was thinking Physics firstly but ...
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Are partial answers to homework questions allowed?
I gave a partial answer to a homework questions here (now deleted; screenshots: question, answer) and was firmly told in comments that even partial answers to homework questions are not allowed. Is ...
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My question was put on hold
My question was put on hold because "homework-like".
I would like some clarification on this please. I am not asking anybody to do a conversion of me, I am asking whether the conversion mol/mm3 <->...
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Are industry related questions acceptable?
I was looking at this question on Physics SE which looks very much like a "trying to find an easy solution by someone else and take the credit at work" kind of thing. I personally think that this kind ...
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The on-topic page in the help center does not mention engineering
It recently came up in a meta post that OP had checked out the on-topic page in the help center, and could not see anything about engineering. That does seem to be the case, and although the tour ...
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Questions about statements in papers
I often read papers and am stuck on important statements/equations that are not satisfactorily explained to my understanding. Sometimes references are provided, but even then it's cumbersome to ...
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Requests for Solutions Manuals
In a recent meta post, 20 most viewed questions that need answers, there was a discussion on whether a couple questions (specifically Cohen Tannoudji solutions to exercises and Is there any solution ...
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Are questions regarding gravitational waves allowed? [closed]
A question I have is "We know gravitational waves exist, but how do we detect them?"
"I have heard astronomers talk about gravitational waves being created when two black holes collide or when two ...
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Physics question wrongly put on hold as “engineering”
Can somebody please explain what this physics question (Is the strenght of the magnetic field the same across the surface of the magnet's pole?) has to do with engineering? Is physics not about ...
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Where to ask for a software recommendation about light refraction in a 3D media?
I'm want to simulate and visualize (render) how would light refract inside a glass mug with complex geometry. Since I'm quite sure I cannot code myself something like that, I would ask for a software ...
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What is the line between fiction and physics with respect to off-topic?
There is a question I believe to be well on topic, relevant, and interesting. It is asking to consider a fictional scenario and evaluate, as given in the fictional scenario, whether it is possible to ...
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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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Is the demise of Stack Exchange (as we know it) ineluctable?
I feel concerned about a thought that I had recently.
I am wondering if the current policy about duplicate questions may become problematic in the (very) long term for the health of Stack Exchange.
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What does conceptual mean?
I've told to come here by another user after my question was put on hold a few days ago for being "off-topic".
What does "conceptual" mean? It's a word I see floating around a lot on this site and it'...
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I need more light on the homework policy
Please, I need to know what is wrong if one posts their homework here and it is well formatted?
The actual thing is they might have tried solving before coming here in the case where they didn't ...
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Where to ask questions about teaching physics?
There is https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/, https://cseducators.stackexchange.com, and https://chemistry.stackexchange.com which is geared towards teachers.
Physics teachers seem to lack such ...
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Are questions about the character or personality of famous Physicists on-topic?
I know from this question:
Should history of physics questions be on topic?
that questions about the history of Physics are considered on-topic, but what about questions about the character or ...
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Is a question about calculators in SI format according to “what topics can I ask about here”?
I put the following question (10k-only link) and immediately received down-vote, thus, deleted it. Could be question is off-topic, could be someone is happy trigger of down-votes.
Yes, I known is a ...
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Is my question off topic? If not, how to get more attention?
I recently asked this question regarding simulation of Diffuse Interstellar Bands for molecules.
So far it had only 12 views and any interaction, is it off topic? If not, How do I get more attention?
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Notify users when homework-and-exercises posts are found acceptable for answering
Could this site somehow let contributors know if a homework and exercise question has been reviewed and found acceptable for answering? Right now we only know when a question is found to be ...
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Which physics SE questions should be redirected to Worldbuilding SE?
Worldbuilding SE looks like a pretty active place. They have a 'physics' tag, a 'science-based' tag, and a hard-science tag, and many of the people who frequent the site also have reasonably active ...
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Is my question in the wrong place?
How much degenerate matter is there, compared to other states of matter? hasn't had any replies. I'm thinking about starting a bounty on it, but maybe it would be more appropriate in Chemistry or ...
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Engineering, what does Phys.SE deem as not Physics?
Right so I posted a question about something (not really important because the response is the important part).
One of my responses (who I believe flagged the article) complained that it was not ...
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On-topic answers for seemingly off-topic questions
I was thinking about the recent question "Why is making a white laser so difficult?"
A couple of days back (when I first saw it) if I recall correctly, I left my usual off-topic-because-it's-...
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Pedagogical questions about physics
Sparked by the discussion in the comments in the question How to teach modeling physical systems, especially if it is off-topic, I started looking for pedagogical questions about physics. I didn't ...
