Unanswered Questions
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In praise of "... and links therein"
We've all seen them: short comments saying
Related: http://physics.stackexchange.com/..., and links therein.
Also, we've all seen bunches of useful links to ...
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Qmechanic reaches 100k rep
Please join me in congratulating @Qmechanic upon reaching the 100k rep milestone. We can all agree that his/her contribution to this site has been nothing short of outstanding, and the recognition ...
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Please don't use computer-generated text for questions or answers on Physics
For the impatient reader, the guidance is in the title: please don't use computer-generated text for questions or answers on Physics.
Computer-generated text violates our expectation that users are ...
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Should we get a vector logo?
Right now, we use a raster logo instead of a vector logo.
For those who don't know, a raster is an image made of pixels. If you zoom enough, you'll see the image become pixelated (as is the case with ...
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How to conduct a discussion on meta and not kill everyone in trying
Dearest Physicsmeta Stack Exchange readers,
I just got done reading through this discussion, its many supporting discussions, its answers, their comments, the answers to the supporting questions and ...
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Be nice with the comments
Just a reminder to please be nice with the comments. It seems to me (in a completely statistically unsound survey based on my own impressions) that we're getting a bit snarky with the comments at the ...
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Turning in my diamond shortly
Heyo folks!
The time has come for me to wind down some of my activities here, and so I will be turning in my diamond and resigning as a moderator in a few weeks time. It's... been a year... and a lot ...
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Physics Stack Exchange "Ask me anything" (AMA)
Purpose
The user base of Physics Stack Exchange is rather diverse in terms of cultural background, career progress, field of expertise, and personality.
While the discussion in hbar is lively, it is ...
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The User, The Myth, The Legend
User Floris has recently become the third user to obtain the Legendary badge, which is one of the less awarded badges out there. Being one of the most prolific contributors to this site, I just wanted ...
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How I learned to stop worrying and start asking questions
As has been noted in the past, particularly in Question self-destruction: why don't experts ask more questions? and in Does reputation correlate with the question-to-answer ratio?, and also here, this ...
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The Theoretical Physic proposal is back underway!
In reference to: Disposition of Area 51 Proposal: Theoretical Physics
The proposal for creating a "Theoretical Physics" site will not be closed.
Thank you to the Physics SE community — You ...
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Giving newbies time to think
Maybe it’s just me, however, there are some questions where there exist much better answers somewhere which are not the accepted one. I understand that for an answer to be accepted, it just need to "...
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Please link the MathJax help to the Meta.Math.SE tutorial
The Ask a Question page shown to new users contains a lot of guidance, including a link to MathJax help:
Now, there are strong UI reasons why this link is nowhere near as useful as we'd hope, but ...
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Should we refrain from using canned comments when reviewing?
Since the review queue update, I have seen multiple instances of the following situation: a new user asks/answers a question, a reviewer finds the question unclear or lacking sufficient detail and ...
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Regulating user names: protecting researchers
There is a user on physics.SE with the name michio kaku https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/27903/michio-kaku who I strongly doubt is the real michio kaku given his response here A question for ...
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