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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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Why this is opinion-based?
This question is closed as being opinion-based. Perhaps I do not understand English well, could someone explain in more detail what opinion-based is on this question?
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Confused over site policy regarding similar questions
I asked the question Confusion over QM Free Particle Propagator - Shankar 5.1 last night and it was closed as a duplicate earlier today, because it is similar to the question Free particle ...
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Why has this question been closed?
The following question has been closed with the explanation that it is in breach of the Homework Policy :
What will be the total work done by friction on the system (man+boat)?
However, it is not ...
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Why is this question considered engineering?
This question. Seeing it closed has shaken my faith in this community, so I am looking for an explanation.
A bullet is the most trivial engineering construction I can think of.
Open any physics ...
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What happens to a question on hold?
I am wondering what happens to a question on hold.
Is it removed from the forum completely?
Is it no longer searchable?
Is it no longer visible but rather archived.
Is it visible still to the author ...
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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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Why was my recent answer deleted, and was it really an appropriate action?
I recently asked and answered a question on the main site: What are the Energy eigenstates for a modified quantum harmonic oscillator?
First of all, this question ended up being re-tagged as homework,...
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Request to re-open statistical mechanics question
I recently asked a question on the Physics stack exchange: Derivation of temperature / entropy relation from statistical mechanics. It was put on hold for being 'off-topic'.
The question looks like ...
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False duplicate
I asked this question:
What is the magnetic field of a radially moving current?
"What is the magnetic field of a radially moving current?"
It was closed as a duplicate of "Why is the magnetic field ...
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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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Which criteria rule in Physics?
I admit I'm a little frustrated. Long ago I asked questions from physics that I didn't know the answer to, and these questions were ignored. Now I know a lot of answers. So I asked questions and gave ...
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Is this question off topic? or is it actually unclear, and if so, what remains unclear about it?
I have a very well defined mathematical problem ABOUT physical systems that I put a lot of work into trying to state clearly but it was closed as unclear:
Superluminal change in moment implies ...
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Question unilaterally closed by a moderator without any chance of editing
I had recently asked the following question: Uniform discrete physical theories (now closed and auto-deleted as RemoveAbandonedClosed; screenshot).
And the question was closed without any comments ...
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Why did my ancient question suddenly got attention?
Almost exactly 4 years ago (07.18.15) I asked this average-awful question: Naked singularity: how would it behave?. At that time I got a mediocore answer the same day that I accepted a bit later, got ...
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A question erroneously labeled as duplicate
A question was submitted by user929304 titled:
Balance of a spinning coin
This question is about the case of rolling motion, as in, for instance, rolling down an incline. So you see a coin rolling ...
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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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Why was this question put on hold? Reason given was that it is a homework question
What would theoretically lead to a greater burn if both materials are kept at a constant temperature when applied to the skin? Water or Brass?
This is a question that would help with the ...
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No response to question
I recently asked a question which did not receive any attention at all (no comments or answers, just a like). What should I do?
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Two questions in one
I know as a general rule it's good to keep questions simple if possible. I also think they can differ from case to case.
Can someone please suggest whether to split this question into two? Or leave ...
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Can you help me to make question 483886 more specific?
I did this question but they say it's too broad, I modified but I think they consider it still to broad. I don't understand why, can you help me?
What is the approach to the mathematical modeling?
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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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How can I improve this question?
Eight months ago, I asked a question here that had almost immediately received a negative scoring with little to no constructive criticism on how I could improve the question.
I, however, got a useful ...
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I did ask the exact same question. But, why did Qmechanic put mine on hold, while he/she kindly edited the exact same earlier question?
My question
Is it possible that gravitons don't exist, but are actually something like phonons?
Previous same question
Could gravitons be quasiparticles like phonons?
Of course, it is my fault ...
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Why this question was closed?
I don't think that this question should be closed?
A question on rigid body dynamics
This was closed as unclear but I think that I explained it at my best! What should I do to edit it?
If this 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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Question was closed as homework
I am wondering why this question was closed as homework.As OP said ,It was from an exam ,but I think it was not a homework type question.
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Why was this question put on hold?
I was about to answer this question:
Testing the second type of equations of Lagrangian Mechanics
when I refreshed the page and saw it was put on hold as off-topic. Now, it might be a duplicate (...
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What to do to my duplicate marked question?
I recently asked a question Can't we make big magnetic plate to levitate using gravity?. Maybe late, but I edited the question to prove it unique, but nothing seems to happen. Should I ask the ...
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Is this a bad question?
One of my question that I asked a week ago is not yet answered. I just wanted to ask if there was something wrong in that question.
Here’s the link
Can flames be Frozen?
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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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About an “on hold” question
My question has been put on hold as unclear. I can't understand
why. I think I gave sufficient definition of my question and of its
purpose.
Some further explanation of why it appears unclear would ...
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Answer incorrectly deleted
My answer to the question, "effect of fiber optic on NA" was deleted with the reason given being, "Please don't post complete answers to the underlying problem in homework-like questions."
I believe ...
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Which of several disagreeing answers to accept?
Last week, I asked a question about an everyday physical phenomenon (In aluminum, how does electricity travel through the surface oxide layer?). I was fortunate enough to get two answers and some ...
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Why was my comment deleted?
I had a comment on this answer to my question which both clarified that one of my definitions was correct (F = m * a is correct, but not super helpful in this ...
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The role of good mechanics problems
Today I saw that this question Applying energy and momentum conservation to the problem of pulling a bent carpet at a constant speed about pulling a bent carpet was closed for being a homework ...
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Wrongly marked duplicate about why decay is random
I am not sure how to raise this issue, but I was looking for an answer to the question How do we know that nuclear decay is truly random and spontaneous?. This is an important question because we don'...
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Why has this question been put on hold?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: What is wrong about the following reasoning concerning hypersphere cosmology?
I was wondering why it is put on hold. It is honestly not clear ...
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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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How can “torus shape” planet be “non-mainstream” physics?
Refer to this question: How would the rotational and orbital mechanics differ on a torus-shaped planet as compared to a spherical planet?
This is asking about torus-shaped planet rotational and ...
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Terribly confused about what this community is about
I'm providing links to a very well received question and my poorly received question and I'd like to know why---in the eyes of this community---one is one better than the other. I'm mystified by what ...
