Timeline for Why does the question box not ask, "at what level are you at in study"?
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| Jun 19, 2015 at 12:47 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Jun 12, 2015 at 19:53 | comment | added | Jim | Yeah, I thought of it just as I was typing my comment before that and the simplicity of it made me feel stupid too. But not to worry. I think implementing that idea and recognizing when to ask/answer questions will prove more challenging than the simple idea implies | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 19:38 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Mod | @Jim, That's a peachy idea and I feel stupid for not having formulated it myself. Especially after being involved in a similar discussion on the mother meta long ago. | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 19:28 | comment | added | Jim | On that note, the next time I'm confused and briefly go to look up some physics concept for my work, I'll try to formulate it into a question and answer so that it can be put on this site (if not already present) | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 19:26 | comment | added | Jim | @dmckee that problem may stem from the lack of professional physicists using this site to tackle research problems, etc. If the people who know physics only answer and never ask, then the questions asked would naturally be those from people at most at the learning physics level. I think the problem is that practiced physicists are too good at researching and finding answers to their questions. We rarely ask questions here because we usually know how to find the answers ourselves elsewhere | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 20:12 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Mod | It may be that there is trend toward more regular users who do view the site as a learning resource (it's hard to judge from scattered comments, but I may detect a trend). It could be brought up again at some opportune time in the future. I certainly think that the site has been serving in that role to a significant degree despite that rules which are built to partially discourage its use in that way. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 5:46 | comment | added | John Rennie | I agree almost wholeheartedly. My reservation is that I do see this site as an important learning resource, but I do not wish to see it dumbed down for absolute beginners or non-physicists. I am happy to answer questions from people learning physics, but you have to be prepared to work at understanding my answers. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 4:41 | history | answered | dmckee --- ex-moderator kittenMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |