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Temperature dependence of Aldol condensations
This question has got no answers in SE earlier. I had altogether changed my question as it was a duplicate. And I was not able to post a new question. Can ...
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Brand New Idea: Make it mandatory for downvoters to comment their reason for downvoting!
(The title is meant to be a bit tongue in cheek)
To preface things:
I do not think it should be compulsory for downvoters to explain the reasoning behind their downvote since some might be doing it ...
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Answers getting deleted due to deleted questions
I have recently noted that a question that I had answered has been deleted by the Community bot along with which my answer was deleted too. Also I had no downvotes on my answer and it had 0 score ...
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Why are compound formulae not rendering properly using \ce tag?
Basically, everywhere I use the \ce tag on chemistry stack exchange, I get wrong formulae. The subscripts are becoming superscripts while the superscripts are becoming subscripts. Is it just me or is ...
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Can these tags (pKa, Salt-bridge) be created?
pKa, salt-bridge, coulombic interactions are important concepts for both chemistry, biochemistry, biology aspects. One would expect them to be quite hot topics. Strangely, however no such tags seem to ...
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Edit history doesn't show edited portion - bug?
I was trying to see what edit was made in this particular answer but the edit history doesn't show the edited portion. I thought maybe some extra spaces was wiped out but couldn't figure where was the ...
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Would it be on-topic to ask why guanine is sometimes referred to as "Acyclovir Impurity B"?
"Acyclovir Impurity B" is the name for guanine used by a handful of websites. Googling the term shows this.
https://www.trc-canada.com/product-detail/?G836000 which seems to confirm that ...
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System auto identifying a post as spam
Is there any reasoning to see this message in the close review queue? When does this happen?
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Feature request on asking a user for the reason on downvoting a question
Wouldn't it be legit for an OP to know why his posts are getting downvoted, Wouldn't it be great if the user submits a reason when downvoting, This would both the user to improve and for the mod to ...
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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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What to do if I receive down-votes?
The following posts of mine currently have downvotes:
Is Potassium permanganate an oxidizing agent or is the Permanganate ion the oxidizing agent?
Convention for writing concentration units
How is 1 ...
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How to access questions of an account deleted by a moderator?
As I tried to evade a question ban by opening another account, my account was deleted. Nevertheless, the answers/comments I received on my posts were of vital importance (to me at least). I write the ...
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Is syntax highlighting for Fortran currently disabled?
This recent question on chemistry.se includes a snippet of Fortran. Contrasting to anticipation, the addition of fortran after the initial three grave accents does ...
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Lifting the question ban
I joined the site 8 months ago and had to face a question ban as I was not aware of the policies of site( At present only two of my 4 questions are having a negative downvote).
The site policy says ...
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Homework Questions Criteria
So, I am high school student, and many times, I get stuck on questions, and my teachers often don't clear every doubts. So, I ask on Chemistry.stackexchange, but often get downvoted as whole. ...
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