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2025: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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Deletion of context comments
In a question yesterday, there were originally some comments reminding unsuspecting readers that this user had asked > 10 similar questions of various levels of explicit non-mainstream-ness, and ...
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What is unclear about my question regarding the operation of gas discharge lamps?
The question i am asking about is How can gas discharge lamps be operated effectively under alternating current?
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How can i improve my question? It was closed for being unfocused!
I am not sure how I can improve it , this is the post in question
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How do I access the chat room for a specific question / post?
I might be missing something obvious here, but is there a way to access the chat room for a specific post?
I was recently involved in a post where the moderator moved all the comments to the chat room ...
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How to escape a circle of closed questions spawned by a multi-part question?
Executive Summary
I don't understand how to escape my problem here.
My original 5-part question was closed for breaking the rules.
The Help Center (as detailed in the "Background" section ...
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Are Hot Network Questions (HNQs) Annoying Enough to Opt Out?
Apparently, it is possible to disable Physics questions from becoming "Hot Network Questions" (HNQs).
I feel as if every HNQ I've read recently is a catastrophe and the additional HNQ ...
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Hot Network Questions (HNQ) are Annoying
Is it possible to disable Physics questions from becoming "Hot Network Questions?"
Every "Hot Network Question" I've read recently seems like a complete catastrophe.
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We need more scientific scepticism in Physics SE
This question was asked in PSE, about condensation of water droplets only on one side of a bottle supposedly due to differences in illumination. It received 3 plausible sounding answers from high-rep ...
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Mainstream question closed as non mainstream personal theory
This question is asking about the definition of certain active transforms on general manifolds. It is not non mainstream.
Edit- It has been reopened now
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Can a question that has received significant downvotes subsequently garner positive comments after its publication in a peer-reviewed journal?
Over five years ago, I asked a question titled The "Satellite Paradox": Twin paradox in orbiting satellites that received negative feedback on Physics Stack Exchange. However, I recently ...
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A post was deleted. Can I add a comment?
I added a comment to Could 3I/ATLAS be a fragment from a collision involving a TNO and an interstellar object?.
Suppose events happened as you are supposing, except that this was
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Typing equations at physics stack exchange [duplicate]
How do you type equations when asking a question. For example what exactly do click to write X=( 1 2) transposed.
Do I need to click say html option in Body menu and then do what ?
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Typing math equations at physics stack exchange in mathjax [duplicate]
How do you type equations at physics stack exchange. Seems like mathjax is proposed, but what are the steps ? Thanks
Sorry about the tag and if this not the correct place to ask for help.
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One small case of moderation and non-answer
In this question, I had posted an answer with quotation to show that, while the statement of the question is about rotations, the fundamental underlying confusion lies in the fact that the OP does not ...
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