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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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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 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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Further clarification needed on someone else's question
I was trying to understand the Doppler effect across different mediums on the SE site and came across the question Doppler Effect and change in medium.
Though it's a homework question, I was ...
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(How) Should I move a question from Math SE to Physics SE?
I asked a math question https://math.stackexchange.com/q/4475036/342834 in an area where physicists are likely to have a great deal of practical background. I had originally intended to post the ...
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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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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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Reopen question request that may be useful for a large public
Please reopen this question
Cosmology : Consecutive steps to get the posterior of parameters 1) determine fiducials, 2) Forecats with Fisher information 3) Validation with MCMC
that I estimate useful ...
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Why is the most voted question "how to cool my coffee with a spoon"?
From Cooling a cup of coffee with help of a spoon
What is the fastest method to cool a cup of coffee, if your only available instrument is a spoon?
This is the most successful question in this SE. ...
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Questions being responded to negatively
I know that there are some similar questions like this one, but I have a genuine concern. For example, the question A puzzling simple question on thermodynamics or another I had deleted.
Apparently ...
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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 was a question manually removed from hot network questions?
Yesterday I’ve run into a post and decided to give a pretty long answer to it.
My purpose was to post a thorough answer that could attract attention of many people who are not otherwise generally ...
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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 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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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?
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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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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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This is not a duplicate
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: If antiparticles are particles moving back in time, would messages from the future be possible?
It was marked a duplicate of Is anti-matter ...
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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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How can I improve my question?
I asked a question. It's getting downvoted and so far it's only been viewed 14 times. It's not obvious to me why it's being downvoted. Why is there disapproval against the question I asked?
I would ...
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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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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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Where should I put this question?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Is it sufficient to have some anti-gravity generator to make an Alcubierre drive?
Where should I ask this question?
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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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My closed question probably fits better in a different SE — do I have to ask for it to be migrated?
Specifically this question.
Why doesn't my phone scroll if I put a ring flat on the screen?
It's been closed as being too engineering-based, and the Feedback message gave options of other SEs it ...
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Can I ask for specific books recommendations? using the [resource-recommendations] tag
I researched some question about book recommendations and I found a lot of books on Google Search, and here in physics.se the book recommendation question was closed because it is a broad question, ...
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Request to reopen an old question which I have edited
Identifying parallel and series capacitors for capacitor system with dieletric inserted
The OP had posted this question with large images and lack of MathJax formatting. I have edited it and made it ...
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Reopen question request
Please reopen this question per the discussion we had in the comments. What is the maximum possible temperature of a 1mx1mx1m cube that is the focal point of an array of mirror reflected, concentrated ...
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When does a closed question become open?
I have posted a question, Fidelity between initial state and final state. But due to inadequate details, it got closed. Now I have added details as much as possible. When will my question open again?
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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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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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What can I do to improve this question?
I think there is some confusion regarding my question (which is not obvious to me). And for now it has $4$ downvotes and $2$ upvotes (and the comment section has become a mess).
Can someone enlighten ...
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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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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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Please reopen a question I asked
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post:
Classical limit in quantum mechanics proof
Please reopen this question. I tried to make it more clear.
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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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Are questions marked as homework-like too easily?
I asked a question: Formula to calculate round-trip travel time based on current distance to far-away galaxy.
In my opinion, it was very well and clearly defined and answerable. In fact, it received ...
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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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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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Is there a section of Stack Exchange where it is appropriate to ask this question regarding which hypothetical particles fit certain physics models?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Which hypothetical gravitons are in models where effects of mass are from specific cummulative motion patterns at small scales disturbing ...
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Can we reopen this mechanics question?
I saw this question yesterday.
OP found a way to solve it using conservation of energy, and wants to investigate how the acceleration can be calculated using forces and torques.
OP also posted their ...
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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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Please reopen my question
My question
Is it an illusion if reheated tea burns my tongue but tastes cold? from Jan 6 '21 has been closed on Apr 26 '21 as "Needs more focus". The question is not unfocused. It is true ...
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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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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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Where should I ask a question about Anatoli Bugorski?
I want to ask about Anatoli Bugorski, the scientist who accidentally put his head in an active particle accelerator. My question is about the shape of his wound, and I don't understand why it was ...
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Folks, we need to talk about the surface-area-of-a-chicken question
This question
How do I find the approximate surface area of a chicken?
underwent a severe close/reopen yo-yo cycle. It was closed once by a moderator, then reopened by community members, then re-...
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