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What will our list of close reasons look like?

The top two close reasons ( real reasons, not the system reasons) that don't fit in unclear/broad/primarily-opinion-based (Great, now I have to remember new acronyms :S ) are: Homeworky (frequency: …
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Are we missing an off-topic close reason

There is a freeform off topic reason*, but that's only for 3k users. These users get to type an "other" close reason. This becomes a comment on the question. Subsequent closevoters get the additional …
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Merging duplicates?

To answer the general question "how do I get a question merged": Well, we usually don't merge duplicates questions unless they're exact duplicates (in terms of what is asked), or one is a subset of t …
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Chat session to discuss and possibly finalize close reasons

Reason #1: Homework Bookmarked chat converation Homework-like questions should ask about a specific physics concept and show some effort to work through the problem. We want our questions to be u …
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Chat session to discuss and possibly finalize close reasons

Reason #2: Non-mainstream physics Bookmarked chat conversation We deal with mainstream physics here. Questions about the general correctness of unpublished personal theories are off topic, althou …
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Chat session to discuss and possibly finalize close reasons

Reason #3: Engineering Bookmarked chat conversation This question appears to be about engineering, which is the application of scientific knowledge to construct a solution to solve a specific pro …
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Why were well-known, valid solutions of the GR "off-topic" or "non-mainstream"? (suggestion)

Regarding Where is the way on a rotating black hole to another Universe? I disagree that its non mainstream, but I find it too unclear and closeable. Besides, even if the Kerr Metric is mainstream (wh …
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