Questions tagged [support]
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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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Can anyone create chat room
I am new to stackexchange community (not exactly new, but know very less about it), so I just wanted to know if anyone can create a chat room? If yes, then how?
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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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How do I reject edits to one of my answers? [duplicate]
I'd like to reject the edits made to my answer at Does entropy contribute work? How do I do that?
While I appreciate the editor catching the spelling typos, the editor has introduced several mistakes ...
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Can I get a second chance to close a question?
I was attempting to vote to close a question as a duplicate, but when I tried copying and pasting a link to the duplicate reference I somehow got the link wrong. Seeing this I retracted the vote to ...
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What happened to "last seen" in Profile?
Looking at members' Profiles, I no longer see the notice as to when the individual was last heard from. Has it been deleted?
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Why is my question not submissible?
I've written a question for Chemistry SE but get "Your question couldn’t be submitted Resolve 1 issue before posting". This is the title which I've reworded a number of times without meeting ...
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Need help! I got banned from chemistry stack exchange
I have a question about my Chemistry Stack Exchange post: Is iron(iii) hydroxide equivalent to hydrated iron(iii) oxide?
I gave low-quality answers in the past. I am really sorry. But now I promise ...
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Why are my questions downvoted for no reason?
Lots of my questions were downvoted or have no votes at all for bad or even no reasons,even though I try to do my best at researching and studying the topic(there are some good ones too). Can anyone ...
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Flag comment option unavailability
The option to flag a comment is unavailable in the mobile version of Chrome.(atleast for me)
But it is available in the desktop view/version.
This creates the following issues:
New users who were ...
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Why is the box with chat options not visible on the main site?
I remember when I first joined this site, a box containing the active chat rooms would be visible on the right side of the home page of the site. However, currently all I can see is filters, tags and ...
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About the bookmarks/questions /answers of this mathstack user in chem stack exchange
I dont know how to search and seems like no result is shown of this specific user whose account was deleted today , can anyone help ? Here is the mathstack google cache of the user : https://webcache....
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Petition to add links to a online resource for drawing compounds to help center
ChemdrawJS Online is a sample version of the original chem draw which is freely accessible to all as of now.
Can we add a link to this on the help page? It should help a lot in encouraging new people ...
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Close a question glitch
I do not have the reputation required to be allowed the privilege of closing a question.
But I am allowed to close only my own questions.
See this screenshot and this as well.
Now this might seem ...
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When do tags get deleted?
According to this Meta Question, 'zombie' tags are meant to be deleted at 03:00 UTC every day.
How do we have over a page and a half of tags that are not removed yet? Are they tag synonyms?
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Locking of flag requests, no marshal tag?
I have nominated myself to become a moderator. Within my 9 months of being registered (4-5 of being active), I have accrued 320+ flags and 360 edits (thanks to Spring Cleaning, feel free to join in ...
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