Questions tagged [close-reasons]
The reasons leading to the votes of moderators to close the question.
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Reference-requests, books and closure. Where lies the fine or not-so-fine line?
The site aims to keep high standards and attract experienced and knowledgeable practitioners of chemistry. The point is to share knowledge, not "doing someone else's work", but that is just ...
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Please help me understand why asking about an acid-base reaction was down-voted and closed
I am new to Chemistry on SE and was DV'd several times and closed for this question:
What results from the neutralization copper citrate with Na2CO3
It seems on-topic, but I must be missing ...
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When should I vote to close?
Seeing this post closed it feels useful to review the motivation behind use of the close option. Yes, the OP considered a number of orthogonal options to rid said food of the offending substance, ...
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To what extent does blender speed dissolve table salt + cold tap water?
I have a question about my Chemistry Stack Exchange post: To what extent does blender speed dissolve table salt + cold tap water?
Why does my question need "details or clarity"? Buck Thorn ...
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Why was this question closed as a homework-style question?
I asked this question: Is there a general name for a group connected to a N-atom?
While it may not be the peak of my SE presence, I was surprised that it got closed as a homework. The question itself, ...
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What's wrong with my question?
Question: Calculate concentration of Benzalkonium chloride with dilution
From my perspective:
Is it related to chemistry? yes
Is it a low effort post? no; clearly asked what I need and provided ...
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Why was my question so quickly closed as too broad? I really don't see how it is
Why would tellurium + sodium hydroxide have been a good gasoline additive (if it wasn't so smelly)? was quickly and unilaterally closed. I'd removed the second question but then there was an ...
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Is the issue with this question about the experimental procedure, or about what's being asked of the final state?
Is the problem with this question
that it's not clear which experimental procedure I'm proposing, or
that it's not clear what I'm asking about the final state of the water samples, or
that I didn't ...
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Homework question closing note improvement
I think the closing note for closed homework questions should explicitly contain a short notice about not being limited to literal homework, perhaps mentioning other cases. Assuming the system allows ...
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Why was this question closed for insufficient details/clarity?
Why was the question How does ph depend upon temperature closed for lack of details/clarity?
I had no problem understanding the original question, but it was poorly written, so it received downvotes. ...
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Norms for declaring a question off topic with an example
What are the norms for declaring a question to be "off-topic" when it appears to relate to one of the categories outlined for on-topic questions and does not fall into the category of questions that ...
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Fallacy in my argument, reason for getting question closed? How to improve my (another) question? Why did I get half the bounty amount?
I recently added an answer to Why is [Ni(en)3]2+ paramagnetic?
Atomic number of Ni is 28, $\ce{Ni^{2+}}$ has configuration $\mathrm{[Ar]3d^8}$. It can not form lower spin octahedral complex due to ...
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Would a "common reference" close reason make sense? Why or why not?
This post is one follow up to the discussion Gaps to fill without HW close reason. It seemed appropriate to give it its own place to discuss this.
It seems to me some questions (a lot of the ...
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Gaps to Fill Without a 'Homework' Close Reason -- Overview
I realize this 'homework' topic has been discussed before, tiringly so, but please Paddington with me. I'll try to attack it from a different angle. If you're not all caught up, check these previous ...
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No alternate SE sites show up as choices when flagging a Question to be "closed as off topic" [duplicate]
As the title states, I was flagging a wonderful question probing how to improve a risotto recipe (more arrowroot anyone?) and thought I'd take a step to assist the moderators by indicating which site ...
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