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Bounty going to waste - what should I do?

Yes, if the bounty expires with no answers with positive score, it goes to waste. And yes, it is possible and allowed to answer the question yourself, but you cannot award a bounty to yourself, even i …
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Should we vote to close old questions?

My philosophy when reviewing question is to not look at the date, the author or the answers. An off-topic post is off-topic regardless of when was it posted, by whom, and of the presence of very good …
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No response to question

If, despite your best efforts, you feel questions aren’t getting good answers, you can help by offering a bounty on any question more than two days old. …
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Rethinking the "too broad" criterion

Under the current policy, the "Role of rigor" post is as broad as it gets, and should be closed. It would be hypocritical to do otherwise; we should treat all posts equally, even if they are popular o …
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12 votes

How work Physics.SE and Mathematics.SE about mathematical/physic question

Some suggestions: Stop using your "student" notes as a reference. We do not care where your question comes from, and unintelligible scribbles from a student are of no use to us. Stop using books/web …
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19 votes

Why are all questions I visit from other sites protected by Qmechanic?

10k users can see the statistics of all protected questions here. Here are some screenshots for the rest of users: Let's play a game: some of these users are human, and the rest are AI's. …
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How to provide working for the question if we don't even know how to proceed in a question?

Instead, link them to some of the manifold posts here on Meta where the on-topic-ness of homework questions has been discussed. Thanks. …
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How much editing of a question is acceptable? (e.g. Chicken Question)

Please do keep in mind that the linked question was very polarizing and quite exceptional, so it is a bad example when it comes to setting precedents/crafting policies. [FWIW I don't want to play into …
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Posting and self answering basic derivations

The homework policy does not allow problem-solving questions, so if you don't word it properly it will be closed. FWIW, my personal opinion is that it will be quite tricky to find a good balance. …
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