The Periodic Table

8:34 AM

So many newcomers come to Chemistry.SE only for asking question to prepare for exam ...

This one is irritating. chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/32539/…

I don't know why other SE like Math.SE has many nice questions compared to there ...

I know they're in exam. Asian people will face exam because this month is the end of semester in high school (include me)

Why don't they ask their questions in Yahoo! Answers or they hire private teachers or other way -_-

10:49 AM

@Ridho What does that mean?

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut Your blog inspired atleast one guy.

@user223679 Heh, thanks :)

@user223679 I don't know why SE is targeted mostly for asking homework questions.

False advertisement maybe

@Ridho Apparently, at least some of the audience encourage it, which in turn encourages them to post more

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut Most newcomers only ask 1 ~ 10 questions, then disappear from SE. That's making SE is a disposable site lol.

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut Btw, its not me. I am still trying to pickup speed....rather I was talking about this guy:

in We love math, physics, chemistry and random talk., 19 hours ago, by ADG

the wafflecrzy guy inspired me

@Ridho No. If those 1~10 questions are good then it doesn't matter.

10:55 AM

@user223679 Oh, nice :)

@Ridho Well, you should have a look at Physics.SE. Even though we offensively close HW questions, we still get them at a steady rate. On the other hand, math has somewhat less stricter HW policy (compared to us) - so, the users who visit Math.SE often get to think that all the other sites are similar (since everything is Stack Exchange)

@user223679 I don't know why those bad questions are still only closed, not deleted ...

@Ridho Why do you want them deleted?

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut Maybe because Math.SE is fulfilled with LaTeX formats, so newcomers will think again to ask HW question there

@Ridho That's a good thing. Closing them might be an example for showing new users the effect of posting a HW question on the site again.

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut IMO, physics is more strict than chem which is more strict than math.

11:00 AM

Yep

In physics, one cant ask whether his/her approach is correct. Chem accepts this kind of questions and in Math... one doesnt need to show the approach, just post the question, you shall get the answer in minutes.

@user223679 That's why there's Physics Overflow (not in SE network) and MathOverflow. The questions are not asking, but like researching.

@user223679 Not quite. Even after spending 2 years in Physics.SE, I've never understood our HW policy completely yet

@Ridho I have no idea what your last message means. How did PO and MO come in when we are talking about HW questions?

@Ridho Uh, PO is not actually SE's. It was formed by the users who didn't like the environment here

11:09 AM

It was something like a rebirth of TheoreticalPhysics.SE I guess.

@user223679 Because Physics and Math SE have purity from HW questions, PO and MO are there. It's just my thought

Again, they have much focused concentration in the fields

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut Maybe because idea of PhysicsOverflow.SE revoked in Area 51 SE lol

When I said "one cant ask whether his/her approach is correct", I meant approach to the HW question they are solving. Hope that clears it. @Ridho

@Ridho A few months ago, there was a war - you can think of these as its consequences

11:13 AM

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut Link to the war please :p

@user223679 But should Chemistry.SE has rule like Physics.SE? I know Chemistry.SE is just out from beta.

Q: Physics is rotting into a bad situation, a request for community manager intervention

@user223679 I think it's been totally closed & sealed from the outer world, though I'm not sure. You can still find some relevant meta.SE posts

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Physics Stack Exchange is experiencing the throes of very bad days. Lots of main and key users (compared to the total number of them) have left or are leaving. Examples of the community destruction include, with the leave: Have we lost the necessary critical mass of professional physicists? I...

^^^ A relevant one (though that was a teensy-beensy bit of the war) :P

@Waffle'sCrazyPeanut The shog9's answer is very painful, tbh

So experts and professors are leaving Physics.SE because of full HW questions?