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DEAD
DEAD
7:09 AM
@Loong Top voted question: How many species of aliens are there?
@Mithoron Yup, that's meta.SE.
 
 
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Loong
Loong
9:26 AM
@wythagoras Unfortunately, area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/92559/science-educators has been deleted. :-( Do you still have access to the proposed questions?
 
 
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1,3-feeds
1,3-feeds
12:22 PM
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Q: The policy of excessively closing questions

MarkoNowadays I find more and more of my questions being closed and I don't understand why. I've got the impression that acquiring knowledge isn't the priority here anymore, but rather following some established policies and forms. I think that the homework question policies should be changed. I guess...

discussion homework
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
@Loong Unfortunately, I don't have access to it anymore. However, I restarted the proposal:
 
user116211
12:38 PM
!!greet/@wythagoras
 
Chemobot
Chemobot
Welcome to The Periodic Table @wythagoras! Here are our chat guidelines and it's recommended that you read them. If you want to turn Mathjax on, follow the instructions in this answer. Happy chatting!
 
user116211
Hey @DEAD
 
DEAD
DEAD
Hey
@MAFIA36790 He's been here before. He's one of the main participants of TRE.
 
user116211
I'm surprised as my gravatar in area 51 has changed ;/
 
user116211
@DEAD ;P
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
12:40 PM
@MAFIA36790 Thank you, but indeed, what @DEAD said.
 
user116211
@wythagoras apology ;)
 
DEAD
DEAD
@MAFIA36790 Yes, that's a gravatar issue.
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
You couldn't know, that is like a year ago.
 
user116211
@DEAD I haven't gone there for two months; so I don't know at all :(
 
DEAD
DEAD
@MAFIA36790 It's not restricted to gravatar.
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
12:44 PM
Area 51 is weird, I've never had the blue avatar I have on all other SE sites, and I recently got a yellow avatar in my Area 51 flair and also on some other places, while my normal avatar on A51 is red. And I have a purple avatar on my network wide flair, weird.
 
user116211
Meanwhile, our search for better guidelines to permanently replace the existing HW policy is still going on; check this @DEAD, if you like:
 
user116211
1
Q: Replacing the homework policy 1b: what is our scope anyway?

David ZAbstract: Analyzing the data from the last replace-the-homework-policy question was inconclusive. So back to the drawing board, or really back to this question: what do we really mean when we vote to close questions as homework-like? As some/many/most people are aware, we are in the midst of a...

discussion scope homework insufficient-effort
 
user116211
@wythagoras Area 51 doesn't provide the same gravatar you have in other SE sites.
 
DEAD
DEAD
1:24 PM
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
@DEAD I was wondering similar thing. After this stuff with guy using my pic, I checked and I my network profile I have different pic...
 
DEAD
DEAD
Read the relevant meta.DYI post Marc has linked in his comment.
The issue doesn't seem to be from SE's side.
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
@DEAD which comment?
 
DEAD
DEAD
@Mithoron In the linked dupe.
 
DEAD
DEAD
2:01 PM
Welcome to Chemistry.SE. This appears to be a [homework] question. You should edit your post to include your workings and how you think you would arrive at an answer, else the post might be closed. Once we have an idea of how you're attempting a question I'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction! — NotWoodward 6 mins ago
@NotN it seems you stretched the magical comment links too far.
 
Loong
Loong
2:12 PM
@wythagoras Thank you!
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
2:27 PM
@DEAD I could have sworn that was a magical link :( Are we able to make magical links?
 
DEAD
DEAD
I don't think so
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
Probably for the best.
 
DEAD
DEAD
It could only take a meta post, but I'm working on something big.
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
Something big. I am intrigued!
Re: Markos post?
 
DEAD
DEAD
Yah
An experiment
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
2:30 PM
Excellent :)
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
How do I add a small-font footnote?
 
DEAD
DEAD
@pentavalentcarbon <sub>
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
@pentavalentcarbon You can't really change the font size, other than for titles using #,##,###. Unless you fudge it using sub/superscript
 
DEAD
DEAD
It doesn't work in chat though.
No tags do.
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
I guess more emphasis on the "footnote" part of my question.
 
DEAD
DEAD
2:33 PM
I always do <sub>s.
We don't have a specialized command for that.
You can also do a --- to add a thin line.
Organizes the post well.
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
<sub>1: Don't take this one that seriously...</sub>
If you edit to view the source
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
That's the problem...I can't click the edit button.
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
Its perhaps not ideal, but it does the trick
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
But that answers my question.
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
2:35 PM
(y)
 
DEAD
DEAD
@pentavalentcarbon You need 2k
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
:(
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
@pentavalentcarbon Almost there!
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
Eh, not really. It's going to take a long time.
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
Theres 300 worth of bounty out there right now ;) that'd take you close
 
pentavalentcarbon
pentavalentcarbon
2:39 PM
I can't answer any of those questions.
 
Loong
Loong
3:13 PM
@wythagoras I found the old proposal in Google Cache: webcache.googleusercontent.com/…
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
@Loong Thank you! Aren't you interested in following the new proposal, by the way? If it doesn't reach the required five followers, it will be closed (again) in three days.
 
Loong
Loong
@wythagoras Yes, I follow the new proposal. Now I have to prepare my five questions.
 
DEAD
DEAD
I'll follow it too.
 
Loong
Loong
@wythagoras In the last proposal, you also asked "What other areas of chemistry can I combine best with the lessons about the nomenclature of organic compounds?". I like that question. However, I guess, you have already reached your question limit.
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
@Loong Yeah, I now decided to have a few questions on practical work instead. Feel free to use that question. Your question about units is also a good one.
 
Loong
Loong
3:24 PM
@wythagoras Yes, I think I will ask the question about old units again.
 
DEAD
DEAD
I'll ask the oversimplification question again
 
Loong
Loong
If we have too many good questions, we could try to find someone in chat who could ask them for us.
 
wythagoras
wythagoras
Yeah, that is also a good one. It was one of the few +10 questions we had at the old proposal.
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
@Loong Happy to help!
 
Loong
Loong
@NotWoodward Thank you! But maybe you have your own example questions?
 
DEAD
DEAD
3:51 PM
Oh, look what I found on meta
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Q: Shall we experiment?

DEADOverview There has been some concerns lately about whether we close too much. So we start giving leniency a chance. Scroll down to What we do to get to the fun part. Read the rest if you're interested. Why we do It's all about answers. Whatever we do here, whether it is commenting, asking, an...

discussion homework experiment vote-to-close
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Loong
Loong
@DEAD So, you cannot wait for 1,3-feeds. ;-)
 
DEAD
DEAD
CC @Loong @Jan @Ortho @penta @pH13 @Simon @F'x @Hipp @John @Not @Mith @Maf
@Loong Are you complaining that you have a special, talented, handsome and awesome postman?
 
Loong
Loong
@DEAD No, but I could complain about that 1,3-feeds is always late.
@DEAD Did you adopt the idea from the recent Physics.SE VLQ experiment?
 
DEAD
DEAD
@Loong I didn't even fully read that post, but considering that the idea hit me only because there are some 'experiments' going on around the network, you could say that.
 
Loong
Loong
ok
 
1,3-feeds
1,3-feeds
4:05 PM
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Q: Shall we experiment?

DEADOverview There has been some concerns lately about whether we close too much. So we start giving leniency a chance. Scroll down to What we do to get to the fun part. Read the rest if you're interested. Why we do It's all about answers. Whatever we do here, whether it is commenting, asking, an...

discussion homework experiment vote-to-close
 
DEAD
DEAD
@1,3-feeds You're slow, like a large molecule trapped in a crystal structure
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
@Loong Quite possibly. How do I add questions. Is it the 'create new discussion' link?
 
DEAD
DEAD
@NotWoodward No no, that goes to meta.
 
NotWoodward
NotWoodward
Nvm. Scrolled down and noticed the box.
 
 
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DEAD
DEAD
10:31 PM
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Q: Complicated reaction mechanism

AyeshaThe reaction is this: The only idea I have thus far is if we have a chloride acid that can form an ester, then we might be able to find a suitable mechanism. This would require a chloride reagent.

organic-chemistry reaction-mechanism
The image doesn't load for me on mobile. Could someone edit that stupid title?
Also this
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Q: Organic chemistry Reaction mechanism

Debittree ChoudhuryWhich one is more stable, alkyl carbocations or aryl carbocations and why?

organic-chemistry reaction-mechanism
 

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