Questions tagged [close-reasons]
The reasons leading to the votes of moderators to close the question.
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How do multiple users close a question for a reason that doesn't seem to apply?
I posted a question asking "What is a rigorous definition of a 'strong Brønsted-Lowry base'?" (noting that the usual glossary definition of "strong base" was that it "dissociates completely", but that ...
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Close Votes Aren't Super Downvotes
Unfortunately, we've had a problem for quite a while now. It basically boils down to close voting questions with reasons that don't fit. Essentially, the Homework off-topic close reason, "unclear ...
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's based on false premise
According to the closed question statistics the most used custom close reason with 12 occurrences in the last 90 days was:
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's based on false ...
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Why was this question closed as homework?
I refer to this question about error propagation in calibration curves.
The reason for closure was not enough effort, but I disagree with this statement: the OP clearly explains his confusion and ...
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The reason "unclear" is unclear
Putting questions "on hold" or the closing of questions is a recurring phenomena seen on this the Chemistry StackExchange site. Most questions I have seen so far have been closed for good reasons, ...
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Do we need a close reason for stuff that's obviously less than prudent?
I thought of this while reading the following question:
Can thermite be lit while mixed into butane? If not is there a flammable liquid that would work?
Using a thermite flamethrower seems like a ...
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Let's talk about effort, shall we?
I think the recent experiment of suspending the homework close reason has already produced a very valuable result. However, I really feared that this will happen, and I hope I can steer our thinking ...
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Temporary Suspension of the Homework Close Reason (concluded)
Statistics and conclusion below.
We have been struggling for a long time with the homework close reason. There are shortcomings to all approaches we have tried so far to change it. I believe one of ...
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The Homework Close Reason: Another example of over-zealous closure, and a proposal to scale back its scope
Why was this question closed as homework? (10k+ rep needed to view; it was deleted by OP as of this writing.) (Question was undeleted and reopened; see Martin's answer)
Original text:
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Why is this question closed as homework? Do we need more options for closure?
This question on spectrometry, asked a few days ago, was closed as being a homework question.
Determining Structure of molecule based on IR Spectra and HNMR data
I will be the first to agree that it ...
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Why was the heroin question put on hold as being a personal medical question?
The question asks for how to destroy heroin. It doesn't ask for ways to nullify the effects after consumption, or even mentioned human (or any other) biological behavior in the slightest. I don't see ...
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A new policy of closure: November 2016
What's the current homework policy?
The current HW policy is laid out in this post. In essence, only blatant homework copy-pastes should be closed. These often get closed unilaterally by moderators.
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Why is this homework question still closed?
The question What mass of water is present as a liquid when equilibrium is established? clearly is a homework question. The homework tag has been added to the question within two minutes after it was ...
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Is "Lack of Research" enough reason to close a question?
As everyone who's spent a couple of minutes moderating Chem.SE knows, the bread and butter of the close reasons is homework. I really want to stop this, for reasons discussed and agreed upon before.
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Let's decide on what we should close as homework
The homework close reason is a thing I click on often these days.
Recently, we're close-voting questions as homework that are from a broad range of scope. Unlike what's being seen in that screenshot, ...
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