Questions tagged [policy]
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Single question or multiple questions?
When is a question with multiple questionmarks still one single question and when isn't it too broad if it needs those multiple questionmarks?
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Is the Physics SE homework ban elitist?
As far as I know, homework like questions are not completely banned but they are effectively banned because anything that looks remotely like a homework question is closed pretty quick. I would like ...
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Our Help center policy article on generative AI content
In February 2024, an article explaining the site's policy regarding the use of content derived from generative artificial intelligence tools (GenAI) was added to the Help center pages of every Stack ...
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Does OpenAI o1 make it worth reconsidering the chatGPT policy?
On Sep 12, OpenAI o1 preview was released. See Introducing OpenAI o1-preview. According to the site, In our tests, the next model update performs similarly to PhD students on challenging benchmark ...
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Answers in the comments
I haven't been as active on this site as I have been in the past. Recently, I've been looking around a little bit more, and I have noticed, possibly even more than before, many cases of people posting ...
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"No chit-chat" vs. "Always be polite"
A recent answer ended with two social pleasantries: "Hope it is clear. Have a good day!" I commented that "Answers on this site, like questions, should not contain chit-chat. Just the ...
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Do we want to implement the new AI policy banner on Physics SE?
Over on Meta they recently announced a new option for individual sites to have a "AI-generated content" policy banner, offering several options: We will initially offer two banner text ...
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How frequently can I ask questions on one site and in one tag?
When I'm studying physics, I get questions I can't answer constantly. I usually leave a question after I try to solve it 2 or 3 times and don't get anywhere. I return to it again after a week or two ...
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How do we deal with interdisciplinary questions?
As the borders between various disciplines are slowly vanishing with the advent of interdisciplinary areas like Biophysics, Environmental and climate studies, and Complex systems, how do we deal with ...
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Physics.SE remains a site by humans, for humans
We, the moderators of physics.SE, are deeply concerned about the recently announced "network policy" regarding computer-generated content on the SE network, which effectively attempts to ...
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Do we have to be nice to chatbots?
I referred to Google Bard in a comment as a “confident idiot” and the comment was deleted. Did I violate the “Be nice” policy, or was the comment deleted for another reason?
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Do we have ChatGPT policy? [duplicate]
I recently noticed an answer which, according to the author, was written by ChatGPT. The question was very poor (about quantum entanglement, from a person who have learned about entanglement from a ...
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Why do we still apply the homework policy even when there are many opposite opinions?
Every question marked as "homework-like" will be pointed to How Do I Ask Homework Questions on Physics Stack Exchange. There are a lot of opposite opinions under the highest answer. Why do ...
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Please don't use computer-generated text for questions or answers on Physics
For the impatient reader, the guidance is in the title: please don't use computer-generated text for questions or answers on Physics. Computer-generated text violates our expectation that users are ...
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Should users answer questions that they think should be closed?
From time to time I come across posts that are closed by a user/users who has/have also submitted an answer to the question. I feel like this goes against the goal of closure, which is to prevent ...
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