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Why was this circuits question closed?
See: Find the Thevenin's Voltage
The question asker seems a little forward, but there is a deeper question he asks if you read his entire submission, an answer to which would be very typical of SE....
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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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Please Consider Re-opening This Question
My question at Evidence that Time is a Natural Phenomenon? was closed as a duplicate of What is time, does it flow, and if so what defines its direction?
I read the related question and I don't see ...
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What should I do when a question is made duplicate to a not really relevant other question?
This question How can photons destructively interfere?, definitely and clearly a question about photons, was made duplicate to a general waves question: What happens to the energy when waves perfectly ...
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Why would someone think this question NOT mainstream physics?
I've asked a question that's mostly about optics with a little touch of thermodynamics to it: Can you use an invisibility shield to insulate from infrared radiation?
But I'm getting 2 close votes to ...
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Why was this answer made community wiki?
This accepted answer I wrote a few hours ago was changed to a community wiki: Dynamics and radiation part of Jackson's book - reading advice
I realize the original question was not a particularly ...
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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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Editing a question invalidating answers
This question kept pushing for more or less the same idea till 21st November. At the time, the question then contained an explicit calculation where the author had tried to explain his work.
Two days ...
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How do I reopen a question that was incorrectly reported as off-topic?
A few days ago, I asked a question related to the addition of magnetic flux densities when there are multiple magnets in a specific piece of equipment. For some reason, it was considered off-topic, ...
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Reward closed question
I was thinking on add a reward to this question (not asked by me):
Two blocks are placed side by side on a surface (friction is present). What is the frictional force distribution between two blocks?
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Does this type of question violate the rules?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Commutation and Sharing Same Eigenvalues
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Is it encouraged to write an answer to your own question if it is just a summary of the comments?
I recently asked a question on how the uncertainity principle applies to a situation described there. There have been some comments, which, I think are at least partial answers. I commented that and ...
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Cross posting a question
Is it possible that this question about teaching torque is crossposted to the science educators Stack Exchange site? As a question I think it's great, just not fit for this particular site.
The ...
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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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What are the views of PSE community members on moderator deletion of upvoted answers?
I would like to hear the views of PSE community members on the deletion of my two upvoted answers to this question. I am especially interested in the views of ordinary (non-moderator) members of the ...
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Did the question really deserve to be closed?
The question
Op didn't format the question in a very nice/ didn't put a lot of background.. however I do think that what the actual substance of the question is actually high value. I recall being ...
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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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Is this an homework or check-my-work type question?
I recently asked this question on Physics Stack Exchange. I wanted to know if this is an homework or check my work type question?
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Are questions about the identification of physical phenomena on-topic?
This question was just closed as off-topic. It is a well presented question, which was well-received, and it got a good, canonical answer. The stated reason for closing was that "it doesn't ...
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Is this question a 'Questions about physics of (a) fictional world" or a "Non-mainstream physics" question?
I asked this question on the basis that it's a question about physics of a fictional universe, but is entirely grounded in real physics based on the following rules.
Questions about physics of ...
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Why is "Absolute Space and Time" thread closed?
I'm interested in the thread Do absolute space and time exist?. But at the beginning of that thread is the statement "closed 2 years ago"? Does that mean you can no longer post comments? Can ...
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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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Why was my question closed as duplicate although the linked questions are related to different topics?
I asked this questiion yesterday: Does the shape of the Universe refer to the curvature of spacetime in 5-dimensional space?
While I now understand and got good answers, my question was closed as ...
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Why was my question about the Devil's problem deemed a homework question?
My recent question was manually removed from Hot Network Questions and later closed as a homework question, but it eludes me why.
According to the FAQ on homework questions, the definition of ...
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Why is my question closed when it already has enough details?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Which EMF frequencies have the most spread and permeability?
It has enough details and I explained that to a user in the comments, operative ...
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Bountied homework-like question about QED
Today I noticed this bountied question, which is currently a week old. In my opinion, it’s a homework-like question about QED. But no one has yet voted to close it as homework-like, nor has it been ...
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Low-level conceptual questions closed as homework questions when using HW question as motivating example
In the past week, I've had two different questions closed as homework questions. In both questions, I included textbook problems that motivated my conceptual question, but in neither case was solving ...
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Question with broad application closed as homework question
I just asked a question about how to figure out how fast a room will cool, and what the name for this type of problem is, so I can do more research, and potentially find the answer to it in the ...
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Are "Do this calculations for me" question allowed here? [duplicate]
I have a problem to be solved (here) and an answer that brings all the necessary calculation steps (here). I can't do the calculations myself because I don't have enough knowledge and skills. I went ...
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Why was my question, on the 'cross sectional energy' of a photon, closed?
I don't see why this was closed: Does a single photon have a constant cross sectional energy?
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Asking if the following post could be suitable for the main site Physics Stack Exchange
I've cross-posted yesterday this on Meta of the site MathOverflow Asking if the following post could be suitable for the main site MathOverflow.
I would like to ask if the following questions can be ...
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Why is this question actually off topic, how should it be modified so it is reopened?
I had asked: A game of boxes with rotating gears which was closed due to it being a "homework/check-my-work" question.
The question is NOT homework, it's an original question I had come up with. ...
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"Homework and check-my-work" close reason confusion
So recently I get my question closed. While it is entirely up to the community to decide whether a question is on topic or not, I got really confused by the feedback:
Homework-like questions and ...
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Closed question appeal, improvement
Understanding the total energy in a AA battery
It's not a homework question, and seems very applicable to others. My question had very little to do with the math, and everything to do with the ...
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Question closed. Anything I can do to reopen it?
Not sure why this was closed:
How do you show that the Lorentz metric is preserved for $\zeta^{3,1}?$
I think it was closed because I bit off more than I could chew so to speak and should have just ...
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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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Which guidelines does this question violate?
This question was closed for not being about mainstream physics, but the question clearly is on-topic. What guideline, then, is being violated?
My guess for the 'real' reason is the opening statement,...
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Allowing questions regarding typos in books
My question was closed as off-topic because I was trying to be sure whether something was a typo or not. It involved no physics concept.
Now, I think physics.stackexchange should be broader in their ...
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How is this a homework problem?
Homework problem ??
How is the problem in the above link a homework problem? Really? In which part of this world has a high school student ever received this kind of problem in "homework"? This is an ...
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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 as duplicate but question clearly demonstrates understanding of duplicate. Is asking something else
I'm fairly sure I am asking something different than the proposed duplicate. And the question itself demonstrates understanding of the proposed duplicate answer
Is there an alternative number to the ...
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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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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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