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25 votes

Is over-vigilant monitoring of questions driving people away from the site?

I have a lot of sympathy with your position and I will generally put some effort into trying to interpret questions that are awkwardly phrased. However I think it's reasonable to expect someone asking …
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13 votes
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How do I ask a question about the state of current research without falling in the "primaril...

I feel your question was unnecessarily closed (and I've voted to reopen) but right now we are struggling to maintain the quality of the site under an onslaught of ill thought out, poorly phrased or ev …
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12 votes

Why was my question closed as too broad?

You are asking us to do a literature review on the subject of carbon dioxide and global warming. A student starting a PhD on the subject would spend weeks doing a review like this. Your question was c …
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11 votes
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Someone other than the OP adding "homework-and-exercises' tag to a question, and then the qu...

I was the one who edited in the homework and exercises tag. I did so on the grounds this seemed like an exercise i.e. it was just calculating the orbital velocity at the surface of the planet. I guess …
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8 votes

Closing a 10-year old answered question as off-topic

Someone (I don't know who it is) has been going back through old questions and voting to close old questions that don't meet our current guidelines. While I admire the commitment involved I'm not sure …
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Why were well-known, valid solutions of the GR "off-topic" or "non-mainstream"? (suggestion)

Despite my comment I didn't vote to reopen the question you mention. This is because after an initial burst of enthusiasm I took a closer look at the question and decided it didn't make sense. I suspe …
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7 votes

Off-topic: what is it for?

Ideally an answer in the Physics SE should make the reader a better physicist i.e. help them understand physics better. This doesn't just apply to the person posting the question. Other site members m …
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Why was my question, on the 'cross sectional energy' of a photon, closed?

I have a degree of sympathy for your position, and had I seen the question before it was closed I would have posted an answer. But my answer would be that you have misunderstood what we mean by the te …
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5 votes

Why has my question been closed?

I wouldn't (and didn't) vote to close your question, but I can see why others might have. The homework and exercises policy is intended to discourage questions that won't enhance your knowledge of ph …
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2 votes

Why did you close my question? the link does not answer it

The linked questions asks: What paper(s) or theory(s) describe or prove that the elementary particles that we have determined today cannot be made up of smaller more fundamental particles? so it spe …
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Why was my question closed as off-topic?

Courtesy of a comment to your original question you now know the craft in the video is called an ionocraft, and there is a Wikipedia article that explains how they work. If you read the Wikipedia art …
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I did ask the exact same question. But, why did Qmechanic put mine on hold, while he/she kin...

Actually I do think you have a point. Having reread both questions it's hard to argue why your question should be closed as non-mainstream while asmaier's should not. ACuriousMind points out that asm …
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