Questions tagged [closed-questions]
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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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Reading the tea leaves: continuing to monitor closing and deletion trends on the site
I ran a database query again to see where we are a few months after the recent election. As I inspected the result I wondered if the number of posts deleted as a fraction of those closed was ...
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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 this question fit to be open now?
This question was closed as "Not focused". I have since then edited and simplified. Asking only one aspect now.
Is this now fit to be opened?
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What details do I need to add to my question?
I asked a question today and then the question was closed stating that I need to add more details. To me, the question is perfectly clear, so I'm probably missing what information is missing. Could ...
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Why was my question closed?
Why is fluorine a oxidising agent?
No reason was giving for closing the question, to me the questions seems quite clear.
And also in the future I request the mods to provide appropriate reason for ...
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Can specifics on why this question was closed be explained?
I have a question about my Chemistry Stack Exchange post: Is there an algebraic reason why 1/t is proportional to initial rate?
I posted this and it was almost immediately closed. I can not think of ...
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How to improve this question to have "more focus"?
A question about teaching which requests Two elements that make XY2 and XY4 molecules was recently closed as "Needs more focus":
Needs more focus - if your question has many valid answers (...
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Custom close reason text for "homework"
Recently, Stack Exchange has allowed moderators to customise the wording that is associated with custom close reasons. Here I would like to focus on (by far) the most used close reason on the site, ...
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What should be done if one "edit a closed question" and write a "completely new question" such that it gets reopened?
Assume X is an OP. He writes a question A which gets closed. Now, X has a history of writing poor quality questions. So, he cannot post more questions. He then decides to edit his closed question(A). ...
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How should I ask questions on study preparation and book recommendations?
I asked a question in Chemistry StackExchange about mathematical and physical fundamentals that one should know before learning physical chemistry but it keeps getting closed as it appears to be ...
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Can someone explain why this question was closed?
Why are enzymes required for so many biochemical reactions?
The question was closed as being “too broad,” but it specifically intended to be a big picture question. Any more specificity loses the ...
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Please reopen my question about the precise definition of standard molar entropy
I asked the following question, which after some time was closed on the basis that it should "focus on one problem only":
What is the precise definition of standard molar entropy?
The last close ...
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What should happen to the unanswered duplicates after a newer duplicate of that question is answered?
The title is probably a little hard to grasp, so let me explain what I mean with an example. I'll make it a very specific example, which will ignore other closing criteria for the sake of simplicity.
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When a ninth grader asks a question
Someone asked the question "What is the mass of ozone present in 10.6 g of Na2CO3?". On the user page of the OP, it says "a typical ninth grader". Shouldn't a ninth grader by able to ask a question ...
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