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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 ...
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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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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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Understanding down votes on answers
I recently received two down votes in one day on an answer that was submitted more than a year ago (accepted answer), unfortunately without any comments. At the same time as the down votes, the ...
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Why was my question about Quantum Mechanics and FTL drives put on hold?
So, I just asked a question (FTL drives and Quantum Mechanics experiments) about the intersection of quantum mechanics, FTL drives, and some form of relativity (not sure if it's general or special), ...
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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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What's wrong with my question?
This is my question: Position of a electrical charge with mass at a given time under the influence of the electrical field of another charge
It has been put on hold for reasons I can't achieve to ...
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How to respond to this user's "geopotential waffle" comments and/or best edit my question?
I'm at a loss how to handle the comments below my question. They seem accusatory but not valid or thought out from a physics perspective.
this is the same (ridiculous) question posted in several ...
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Should this question have been deleted?
This question recently came up in chat, because a user lost reputation when their upvoted answer went overboard as collateral damage when its question was deleted:
Don't get me wrong, I think ...
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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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Vote to reopen my question
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Physical transformation associated with a Pseudo-Orthogonal matrix
I was closed because of a unclear ques. Now I have reworded it, it is more ...
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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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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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Has my question been put on hold because it seemed like "a check my work" question?
My question was re-opened but has been put on hold again by some members of this website.
Is it due to the fact that I had posted free-body diagrams which made the question seem like a "check my ...
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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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A duplicate question
This question Good books to understand the basics of material science
Was marked as duplicate and redirected to Best Materials Science Introduction Book?
The thing is, the second question was ...
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Can we reopen this question which used to have meaning-distorting grammar?
The question Effect of temperature and surrounding medium in the Cavendish experiment to measure the gravitational constant was closed as 'unclear what you're asking', probably because earlier ...
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OP edit is identical with my rejected edit
This is mainly to help me understand how the reviewing of edits (to questions) works. I recently had an edit to this question approved by a reviewer (Chair), but then "rejected by Community" because "...
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Prematurely closed "duplicate"
This question, asking why oceans look blue but rivers don't, was closed as a duplicate of another question, which was answered with a good explanation of why large masses of water, including oceans ...
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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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Can my deleted question be reopened?
A question Is the force exerted on the chair transferred to the rope that is pulled on? I asked some time ago was deleted because it did not meet the standard of the Physics Stack Exchange website. I ...
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How to view answers to a deleted question?
I have a question which was asked on this site, but then deleted: namely the answer to "How to use the book Classical Electrodynamics by J D Jackson? [closed]" referenced here when I was doing ...
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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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Why was my question put on-hold?
I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: AC Circuits with Frequencies Dependent on Initial Conditions
I don't understand why this question was put on hold. It clearly matches all the ...
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How do I make these questions better?
I have been banned from Physics Stack Exchange, and I think it is mainly because of these two questions which were not received well. The thing is that for both these questions I have received hints ...
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Question doesn't appear to be a duplicate
This older question Is the magnetic field zero inside an ideal conductor carrying a current? is explicitly about a regular conductor, but has been marked as a duplicate of a question about ...
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User modifies question so that his already posted answer gets correct. Many other problems
I was told there to make a comment under a wrong answer and downvote it and upvote correct answer(s), for dealing with incorrect answers. I present here a case of an answer that was incomplete, ...
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Should this question really be marked as duplicate like this? They seem fundamentally different
The excellent answers to the question Why do metals only glow red, yellow and white and not through the full range of the spectrum? are valuable and helpful.
I'm not sure why this question should be ...
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Why is this a bad question to even ask in the first place?
I posted a relatively simple question regarding syntax that I didn't understand:
What does self-closing bra-ket mean in Robetson-Schrodinger Uncertainty Relation?
I received 2 one-word responses ...
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