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David Z
David Z
4:24 AM
@Chair Sure, done
 
user351417
Thanks!
 
user351417
6:44 AM
@DavidZ It looks like we can't have more than one featured post at a time, so either that one and the community ads are sharing the space, or it's not showing up at all (at least on the desktop webpage). Is it OK for us to just leave everything that way for a while, and after a few weeks (or some other amount of time), un-feature the community ads?
 
David Z
David Z
7:01 AM
@Chair Hm, really? I thought it's possible to have more than one, but maybe I'm misremembering
 
user351417
7:51 AM
@DavidZ Ah no, it looks like it's just that the system took a while to put it up in the featured tab
 
user351417
It just started showing up. It wasn't around for at least 10-15 minutes after you edited the tag in.
 
user351417
I can see it there now though, so that's great. Thanks!
 
Martin Sleziak
Martin Sleziak
2:24 PM
@DavidZ Let me just suggest that search and duplicates could be suitable tags for the question you recently featured: Tips for quickly and efficiently searching for duplicate questions on Physics SE.
Possibly also exact-duplicates. (I am not really sure whether there is a need for two separate tags - maybe they could be synonyms.)
(I do not have sufficient rep to edit on meta, that's why suggestion here.)
BTW on Mathematics we are working on a of community-maintained FAQ for searching: How to search on this site?
One thing which was not mention so far in the post on Physics meta are Lists of questions.
> There are also various lists of questions which might help when searching for some topic (some of them generated by the Stack Exchange software, some of them created manually).
> If you click on ask question and fill at least the title (perhaps also tags) the software generates a list of questions that are similar. As pointed out by some users, this can be used basically as a search engine. See also: Trying to ask a question provides better results than normal search.
> If you have already found a question which is close to what you are looking for (although perhaps not the exact fit), it might be useful to check also the linked and related questions which are shown in the sidebar on the right. Typically, they tend to be rather similar to the question you are currently viewing.
 
user351417
2:38 PM
@MartinSleziak Thanks for suggesting those tags; I've edited the post. I've also included the link to the related math meta post.
 
user351417
Perhaps you could consider including the quotes from the answer on the math meta as an answer under that physics meta question?
 
user351417
I've just noticed that the physics post actually has a question (i.e. it's not simply an announcement), so I'll dig up a few tips for using the SE tag search mechanism (since the help center doesn't go too deep into that and people who don't search for duplicates definitely don't check links, if they end up on meta that is) and put it up as an answer over the next couple of days.
 
Martin Sleziak
Martin Sleziak
@Chair To be honest, I'd probably leave this one for locals. Although I occasionally post stuff on your meta, for this post answer from regulars are more useful than from an outsider.
I have some experience with searching for duplicates on Mathematics, but probably not everything which work well there translates also to your site.
Actually I originally came here just to mention this: Problem with posts and comments relying on macros defined elsewhere (MathOverflow Meta). I suppose that the same problem might appear in some posts and comments on Physisc, too.
 
user351417
@MartinSleziak Yeah, that's a very good point. I remember one case when we were talking about spam or something, a person who's a mod on at least one other site (I think two, but I'm not sure) but 101 rep on physics wrote an answer, and there was some discussion in the comments regarding how the answer is correct but it would have been more welcome to hear it from someone who's a regular on physics. Still, thanks for helping us locate these things!
 
Martin Sleziak
Martin Sleziak
Some possible examples: Posts and comments with \ket, ...
... posts and comments with \bra.
 
 
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Anonymous
9:02 PM
@Chair I was thinking of writing an answer to that meta post, but I too want to hear from the site regulars first. In particular, in would be nice if @Qmechanic could write up an answer, as they're an expert in finding duplicates on PSE. :)
 

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