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28 | 2015-01-21T10:31:19.343 | Do we need a disclaimer? | |feature-request| | <p>I haven't seen a disclaimer on a stack exchange site before; but a lot of the answers given on this site could constitute "professional advice", although I doubt anyone would intend them as such.</p>
<p>Would it be a good idea to add a catch-all disclaimer to the footer of the site to clarify this position?</p>
<p... | <h3>Another Site</h3>
<p>In general, I agree that we shouldn't need a disclaimer. That lasted until I saw that <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/">Law.SE</a> has a disclaimer.</p>
<p>The disclaimer there is:</p>
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<p>Law Stack Exchange is for <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/help/disclaimer">educa... |
316 | 2015-06-26T20:25:07.833 | What should we name our chat room? | |discussion|status-completed|chat| | <p>Exactly five months ago (to the day), <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/73/change-name-of-chat-room">Change name of chat room?</a> was asked. The consensus was that it was too early, and so the whole thing stopped. Now that the site's much older, the time seems riper.</p>
<p>What should ... | <h1>Loose Screws</h1>
<p>or, for those who prefer <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv287.shtml" rel="nofollow">the public house approach</a> (a la "The Prancing Pony"):</p>
<h1>The Loose Screw</h1>
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408 | 2015-12-14T00:53:12.763 | Why are questions regarding discussions or product sourcing not allowed on engineering stackexchange? | |discussion| | <p>I have answered many questions here on engineering stack exchange, but I find it impossible for myself to ask an engineering question. Any question that I can frame to meet the rules, I could more quickly answer with 5 minutes of internet research. The things that I dont know about engineering and can not find on th... | <blockquote>
<p>I find it impossible for myself to ask an engineering question. Any question that I can frame to meet the rules, I could more quickly answer with 5 minutes of internet research.</p>
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<p>Yep - I find myself in that position on Stack Overflow a lot of the time.</p>
<p>The primary goal of ... |
499 | 2017-01-01T15:36:36.563 | Should $\LaTeX$ be disabled in question titles due to ${\huge weird formatting?}$ $${\frac{\frac{\text{this is}}{a~very~ugly}}{\huge title}}$$ | |discussion|feature-request|bug|formatting| | <p>I definitely prefer $\LaTeX$ in the body of a question. It's sharp, easy to read and adds a lot of quality.</p>
<p>However, in the title I find it highly disturbing. It also destroys the nice look on the 'Questions' page, if people put weird commands (or huge equations) into the title and it gets formatted. </p>
<... | <p>Generally, there is nothing to stop users from inserting distracting elements in their posts, either title or body. (It can be emoji in a title or a cat meme in post body, etc.) </p>
<p>With the rare exception of trolls, users do it because they don't realize it's distracting. So, help them by editing th... |
506 | 2017-01-27T20:44:15.667 | Graduate Degree Question | |discussion| | <p>I'm currently about halfway through an engineering Master's degree program. Pretty soon I need to decide whether to choose a thesis option or just take more electives. I'd like to ask this question to this site, but I'm not sure if it's appropriate. The education tag is as follows:</p>
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<p>Use this ta... | <blockquote>
<p>While the question could certain qualify as individual academic guidance, if I ask it to draw more general answers, would it be appropriate?</p>
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<p>Likely not. Academic guidance is inherently specific to a particular student at a particular institution; <a href="https://engineering.meta... |
544 | 2018-04-08T16:55:39.073 | Why do I have more reputation then I earned? | |discussion| | <p>I just got off a years suspension and all my posts have down votes. I don't understand why my reputation does not reflect that? I know I get 100 rep from being a member but not the rest of it. I'm not complaining but still interested to know if down votes count when your suspended?</p>
| <p>Every SE account profile has a reputation tab that shows the accumulation of rep for that account. The tab for <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/4139/muze?tab=reputation&sort=time&page=1">your account</a> on the main site will provide the history of your rep accumulation. </p>
<p>There ... |
549 | 2018-05-06T04:13:29.327 | Is this a good place to ask if my own mechanical inventions are stupid? | |discussion| | <p>I have a book of inventions mostly mechanical. Since I'll never be in a position to patent and produce them maybe I can see if they are a good design here?</p>
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<p>... maybe I can see if they are a good design here?</p>
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<p>This type of design question would (should) be closed as "Too Broad." StackExchange isn't set up to handle bigger questions like the ones you're proposing. If it would take more than 3 - 5 paragraphs to provide a reasonable an... |
584 | 2018-10-13T18:18:31.840 | Is my account broken? | |discussion|support|bug|moderators|beta| | <p>I just got off a question ban. I asked a question got up votes but I've been banned again. What did I do wrong??? There must be some mistake or glitch. Please don't make me wait another 6 months to ask another question!</p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/24136/which-is-the-best-extendab... | <p>Question bans are controlled by the algorithms of StackExchange. Individual site moderators have <strong><em>zero</em></strong> control regarding question bans. Likewise, site mods are given very few details about what triggers a Q-ban or what sets the duration of the ban.</p>
<p>Looking at your question history,... |
588 | 2018-11-13T21:25:42.193 | Is this the right site to ask about passive acoustic design in a building? | |support|scope| | <p>I'm considering design ideas for a meeting place that would function (if somewhat less well) even without any electricity. (It would also likely be built with less sophisticated materials to maximize availability.) Crucial to this idea is that its construction would need to (mostly) passively serve two quite differe... | <p>This topic is perfectly acceptable. There have already been a couple of similar questions, so please search for those. The existing answers may also help.</p>
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599 | 2019-05-25T04:52:33.297 | Had 130 rep removed and all I get is "User was removed" | |discussion|feature-request| | <p>So, all you get told is "User was removed", why not at least tell us which question(s) were affected so we know.</p>
<p>Bad enough we did not deserve to loose the rep... but at least telling us which questions could make us feel better.</p>
| <p>This is the way that the system works. </p>
<p>For a more in-depth discussion, see this post on meta.stackexchange.com <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/126470/282289">What does "user was removed" mean and why did my reputation change because of it?</a> </p>
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603 | 2019-08-14T06:33:09.460 | Forcing a selected answer for those absent users | |discussion| | <p>So, the "community" pushes questions to the top that are ancient which do not have a selected answer.</p>
<p>Could moderators select an accepted answer to remove these questions from the top - if people need the information they should be searching anyway so it won't mean we loose the information. </p>
<p>As an ex... | <p>First, I agree that this is annoying. I have resigned myself to viewing this as a way to get newer users to view older questions.</p>
<p>Second, mods don't have this power. Selecting an answer is solely up to the original user.</p>
<p>This has been asked a few times in a few different ways on Meta.Stackexchange:</... |
614 | 2020-01-29T11:55:58.397 | Is a question on the engineering of a respirator mask on-topic here? | |discussion|support|on-topic| | <p>Since the changes in the teacher's lounge I'm unable to ping any mods that haven't been active there. So that's why I am spamming your meta :) Here we go:</p>
<p>There is this <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/89917/how-exactly-do-respirators-seal-out-pathogens">question</a> that has been rejecte... | <p>Looks like it could work here. Send it over.</p>
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616 | 2020-04-07T22:29:04.900 | Science stack exchanges helping other science stack exchanges! | |discussion| | <p>The Physics Meta promotes support for all Science sites on Stack Exchange, in <a href="https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/915/consider-supporting-proposals-of-other-se-science-sites">this</a> post. The same meta post is now on several other science SE Meta sites.</p>
<p>The Engineering SE is one of the... | <p>Science proposals need your help! Consider committing to these, to make them successful & scientific:</p>
<p>See also the long list of <a href="https://area51.stackexchange.com/categories/7/science?tab=progress">science</a> and <a href="https://area51.stackexchange.com/categories/8/technology?tab=progress">techn... |
623 | 2020-08-18T12:59:09.263 | Is it ok to ask for a refernece for stress-strain curve data? | |discussion| | <p>So I need to find data from a tensile test of a steel (any steel), I need a curve with "a lot of points", not just the usually important ones. Is it ok to ask for that in the main site?</p>
| <p>I wouldn't ask for this. At its base level, it is a <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10/33">resource hunting question</a>. These questions are not a good fit here because they typically grow stale as they get older.</p>
<p>With the being said, this information should exist somewhere. I know for ... |
628 | 2021-01-14T22:34:02.333 | User vandalizing their own post with 'delted question deleted question.. deleted question' | |support| | <p>I'm from physics stackexchange. There's this user who's been going around self vandalizing his own posts and other posts. I would flag each, but it's gonna take a while with the quantity of posts he has effected right now, hope the moderators can have a look <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/28922... | <p>We are aware, thank you.</p>
<p>The user has been temporarily suspended and the relevant question has been locked in the hopes the situation will soon blow over.</p>
<p>Once again, thank you for the heads up.</p>
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632 | 2021-02-07T15:48:12.683 | Can something be done about this User? | |discussion| | <p>This user is repeatedly rude and abusive.</p>
<p>They posted rude comments (the same ones yesterday that were removed, and now they are reposted.</p>
<p>See <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/40209/10902">most difficult subject in physics/mechanical enginering - want to know</a></p>
<p>This user also p... | <p>The user in question was suspended after their original outburst. If they come back and still cause problems, they will be delt with appropriately.</p>
<p>As long as these things are flagged, they will be taken care of. Thank you to everyone who flags posts and votes!</p>
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643 | 2022-05-24T07:17:11.370 | Engineering not working on Mobile app | |discussion| | <p>So all I get is "Request failed. Tap to retry."</p>
<p>Quit the app and gone back in but same thing, however it works for the other 7 sites I use regularly... Works on the laptop though.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>If I have the sort as "newest" then it fails with "Request failed. Tap to retry.... | <p>Just so the question has an answer to get it out of the queue:</p>
<p>All is now working fine, so all good.</p>
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596 | 2019-04-02T17:33:47.900 | Does anything happen to serial downvoters? | |discussion|down-votes| | <p>Just had 4 separate questions downvoted in quick succession - what happens to those who do it?</p>
<p>And how can we find out who is responsible? Or at least get confirmation that something happens?</p>
| <p>There is a really good write up over at Meta Stack Exchange on <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126829/what-is-serial-voting-and-how-does-it-affect-me">serial voting</a>. </p>
<p>In your particular case the votes should be reversed within 24 hours. </p>
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593 | 2019-01-03T14:18:30.420 | Pavement Engineering on Topic? | |discussion| | <p>Are questions regarding pavement engineering allowed on this exchange? The Q&A topics include specific pavement design software and pavement design principles in engineering.</p>
<p>I read through this on the <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">meta</a>:</p>
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<h3>Questions o... | <p>Design principles, yes. Always. </p>
<p>"I'm looking for software", not so much. </p>
<p>Specific issues with specialized software, maybe - similar questions with other types of software have had limited success. Tutorial type questions fare very poorly, and are typically closed as too broad. </p>
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582 | 2018-10-12T05:31:23.283 | Can I use Engineering Meta SE for a Sandbox? | |discussion|acceptable-questions|question-quality|moderators| | <p>I have problems writing a good question here and don't want to risk getting banned for another 6 months or more. Is there a way that I can Sandbox here like in Worldbulding.SE? </p>
<p><a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6168/sandbox-for-proposed-questions">https://worldbuilding.meta.sta... | <p>No, please don't. Meta is meant to address issues related to the site. It is not a sandbox. </p>
<p>Chat <em>might</em> be an alternative to use as a sandbox, but it's not very active and the formatting doesn't really work well there.</p>
<p>One thing that may help you though, is to dissuade yourself of the not... |
580 | 2018-09-21T16:24:52.923 | food-processing tag? | |discussion|tags| | <p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/23493/104">I was looking at this Q&A</a>, and it got me wondering if there may be value in creating an explicit food/beverage tag. Many of the people here, or new audiences, may be focused on a specific area like that, and have more engagement with a 'higher-inte... | <p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/food-beverage" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'food-beverage'" rel="tag">food-beverage</a> is a perfectly adequate tag. However, it's only valuable on questions which are specifically about that industry. In such cases, it informs... |
572 | 2018-09-04T02:02:09.517 | My questions marked a favorite but still down votes? Is this unusual behavior? | |discussion|bug|moderators|down-votes|bookmarks| | <p>More of my questions have been marked as favorite but are still down voted to the point of a question ban. Can a handful of people out of thousands down vote a user into a question ban? </p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/4139/muze">https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/4139/muze</a><... | <p>"Favorite" is a bad name. It's just a bookmark. Marking a question "favorite" really only means that person wants to be able to get back to it easily in the future. It does not necessarily mean they like it or that it is one of their favorite questions, as the name unfortunately implies.</p>
<p>Votes are the mec... |
570 | 2018-09-03T20:26:04.920 | Can the ban on questions be shortened by a moderator? | |discussion|feature-request|bug|moderators|asking-questions| | <p>6 months or more to asks another question is extreme just for asking bad questions which I thought were good. Once the asker is up to a point of bad questions regardless the length of time that passes the next poorly received question equals another 6 month ban??? I am sure I am not the only user who feels this way ... | <p>Question bans are controlled by the SE systems / algorithms. Moderators do not have the ability to override the length of those bans.</p>
<p>SE typically follows a progressively increasing length of bans or suspensions. You may find the following <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-... |
554 | 2018-06-05T13:22:59.473 | How do I ask to have my question moved | |support| | <p>This is my question:
<a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/21945/oldest-example-of-intentional-pid-control">Oldest example of (intentional) PID control</a></p>
<p>It was suggested that it should go to HSM (History of Science and Math). I'm open to that. I have all of 111 points here, so I have ... | <p>Regular users don't have the ability to vote to migrate, so a moderator needed to handle the migration.</p>
<p>I cleaned up some of the comments and migrated over to HSM. In the future, you can also just flag your question for moderator attention.</p>
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546 | 2018-04-13T09:31:49.063 | When the answer is wrong is it an answer at all? | |discussion|support| | <p>I have a question I asked and later after researching different schematic that that only answer is wrong. I added mine the correct one and received down votes while the incorrect answer gets up vote. Even with proof people tend to follow the wrong answer. On other SE sites when your answer is just wrong it get delet... | <blockquote>
<p>I have a question I asked and later after researching different schematic that that only answer is wrong.</p>
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<p>You have a question that you <em>self-answered</em> and now you're trying to get a competing answer deleted. This is not the way to demonstrate that you are returning to the ... |
540 | 2018-02-06T00:32:08.287 | What's Going on With the Buoyancy Question? | |discussion|specific-question| | <p>I'm looking at the question <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/19159/would-an-object-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-still-experience-buoyancy">Would an object at the bottom of the sea still experience buoyancy?</a> and the answers/voting/general response is boggling my mind.</p>
<p>The question is a... | <p>Leaving aside the question of "what's going on" and how folks are interacting with each other and with each other's answers... "the theoretical edge case of a perfect cylinder or cube with perfectly flat and polished surfaces on a perfectly flat polished bottom" is off topic. I've cast the 4th vote to place the ques... |
538 | 2018-01-23T19:31:03.950 | Can I ask a question about the role of engineers in pace-maker design here? | |discussion|scope|acceptable-questions|stackexchange| | <p>I want to ask the following question but I am not sure whether or not it would qualify as a valid question:</p>
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<p>What role do system engineers play in the design and implementation of a pace-maker? It would be greatly appreciated if you back up your answers with actual references and/or experiences... | <p>That question is what we call <i>too broad</i>. One could also argue that it has a element of <i>opinion based</i>. Therefore, do not ask it on the main site.</p>
<p>The exact divisions of responsibility between different types of engineers on a particular project is far from standard, and depends heavily on the ... |
536 | 2018-01-20T00:25:34.267 | A question about professionalism and neurotypical | |discussion|on-topic| | <p>Update:
I would otherwise delete this but it has been answered by others. </p>
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<p>I want to know if the following is on-topic for the non-meta area of engineering. </p>
<p>I know it is wordy, and I will try and whittle it down and clean it up. Is the fundamental content allowable and appropriate?</p>
<p>... | <p>I find this question to be important, but not on-topic for this site. Also, you'd probably get more qualified advice at another SE, namely <a href="https://workplace.stackexchange.com/">The Workplace.SE</a> or <a href="https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/">Interpersonal Skills.SE</a>.</p>
<p>Hope they can answe... |
527 | 2017-10-17T11:06:42.627 | Anonymous user suggesting edits to questions | |discussion| | <p>A few times now I noticed that an anonymous user has suggested an edit to a question like <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/12943">this one</a>.</p>
<p>I am suspicious of anyone suggesting an edit anonymously. </p>
<p>How can a user anonymously suggest an edit and should they be... | <p>Anonymous edits are intentionally allowed by the system. The vast majority of visits to StackExchange are through anonymous sessions - meaning that the user either doesn't have an account or hasn't signed in.</p>
<p>The challenge, as you have hinted at, is that there is no easy way for regular users to link the an... |
525 | 2017-10-07T07:34:30.433 | Are tags supposed to reflect question only? | |discussion|tagging|retagging| | <p>Are tags supposed to reflect questions only, or should they reflect both question and answers? Should one update the tags if the thread comes with an answer that brings in new solutions asker didn't know to ask but answers indicate so?</p>
<p>I have always worked on the assumption that tags reflect both the answers... | <p>Tags are primarily for the question. That said, there's little harm in editing the question to clarify things and add in tags that the answers address.</p>
<p>At the root of your question, you have to think of how the tags are selected in the first place. It's the author of the question saying "I think these tags... |
516 | 2017-07-14T14:35:50.693 | Need to provide "spectral analysis" to support my question about engine exhaust appearing blue sometimes? | |discussion| | <p>I think it is well accepted that sometimes engines produce smoke that looks blue, and I think mechanics who work on engines will confirm this. I included a personal snapshot of smoke that appeared blue to me, and a link to a video. Following a comment, I've even added several links to explanations about what may be ... | <p>First things first: I've purged the comments and <a href="https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/q/46199/10533">migrated your question to our site for mechanics and DIY enthusiast owners of cars, trucks, and motorcycles</a> (where it may or may not survive—as you have already noticed).</p>
<p>I'm sorry your question h... |
486 | 2016-10-23T01:46:19.467 | Can questions asking for the distinction between two engineering phenomenon be on-topic? | |discussion| | <p>I'm new here, so I thought I would double check. I've just asked the question <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/11963/6264">How to explain why the statement “Cavitation is boiling,” in an answer is not really correct</a>. Obviously the question does not have a numerical answer, my problem is how to un... | <p>Sure, it's on topic. Trying to enforce a rigid distinction between theoretical and applied science is a can of worms that I don't think we want to open. Sometimes we explain things that could also be explained on Physics SE but the perspective tends to be a bit different; that's a normal part of the overlap between ... |
480 | 2016-09-13T16:52:02.187 | How do we handle questions about conspiracies that contain engineering topics? | |discussion|on-topic|close-reasons| | <p>I took a quick look around and I couldn't find previous discussion, so I thought I would bring this up.</p>
<p>I was inspired by <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/11485/6695">this question</a>, which asks about whether jet fuel can melt steel beams (yes, it's that kind of question). While that partic... | <p>In theory, if the technical question in the problem statement can stand on its own merits as a useful bit of Q&A, I think it's reasonable to address any problems with the non-technical portions of the problem statement via edits.</p>
<p>In practice, however, this can be a challenge. Particularly when the author... |
467 | 2016-08-04T21:45:26.827 | Increasing Answer Feedback | |discussion|answers| | <p>I've noticed several questions with only one answer and no feedback (requester not accepting the answer and no upvotes) which seems to still leave the question unresolved since users have no idea if this is accurate or not.</p>
<p>I'm new to SE and I understand this is a beta, but is this just because of site atten... | <p>This isn't uncommon on SE. Some users ask a question without registering an account and don't care to participate in the site after they've asked their question. Some questions are so straightforward that users don't really care to add more answers after the first but also don't find the Q&A valuable enough to b... |
465 | 2016-07-09T18:14:35.810 | Do you want me as a non-mechanical engineer to ask questions about mechanical drawing symbols? | |discussion|scope| | <p>As an electronics hobbyist and student, I often find myself in a situation where I have to interpret mechanical drawings, such as those describing the physical properties of connectors and encapsulations.</p>
<p>Occasionally there are symbols that I do not recognize, and since it is difficult to use Google (<em>"wa... | <p>Your proposed questions are appropriate to ask on the main site.</p>
<p>Please provide an image of the symbol in question along with some amount of context about what you're working on.</p>
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453 | 2016-06-06T15:51:30.020 | How to use the Engineering Stack Exchange site as a classroom activity? | |discussion|site-promotion| | <p>I am a professor of Chemical Engineering, teaching topics ranging from mass and energy balance, to thermodynamics, to transport phenomena. I have been thinking of ways in which to incorporate contributions to the EngineeringSE site in my courses. I was wondering if anyone actively using the site has used it in the t... | <p>I am going to answer in a version of <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/a/455/33">@Air's answer</a>. I will agree with the statement of "Don't force students to ask questions". It could be an interesting exercise to have a student find a question that hasn't been answered (the older the better) and... |
452 | 2016-06-04T22:00:50.483 | Can I ask about the feasibility of a notable or historical engineering concept that was never implemented? | |support|scope| | <p>I realize it might be a bit opinion based, hypothetical, etc., but may it get through, or would it be likely to be closed?</p>
<p>Here's what I'm wondering. I'm really, really curious:</p>
<p><a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/279948/321647">Where can I ask about whether Atlantropa was actually feasible?</a... | <p>It sounds like you want to ask a question that is fairly open-ended. We discourage that because we want to stay closer to a site full of "problems with direct solutions ranked from most to least useful" and farther from a site full of "conversations where a group of people discuss and guess and speculate about somet... |
432 | 2016-03-11T07:15:33.153 | Ability to Review Closed Questions | |feature-request| | <p>I just reviewed a First Posted question that looked like one that might have been recently posted and closed.</p>
<p>I tried going back through the currently listed questions, for the past 6 weeks, but I couldn't find anything.</p>
<p>Is there an easy way to view closed questions to see if a newly posted question ... | <p>I'm reasonably certain that <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/7874/16">this question</a> is the one you're referring to that you saw in the review queue.</p>
<p>And it appears that <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/3326/16">this older question</a> is a fairly close duplicate of the one... |
430 | 2016-03-01T05:06:38.683 | Are CAD software usage related questions on topic here? | |discussion| | <p>Say, I want to know how to convert 3D Polylines into 2D polylines in <a href="https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>draftsight</em></a>, or the questions that are covered in <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/93545/computer-aided-design-cad">are... | <p>TL;DR - Yes, CAD questions are on-topic for the site.</p>
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<p>Your question <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/103/are-questions-about-engineering-software-on-topic-what-questions">has been pretty well addressed before</a>, and <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/a/10... |
428 | 2016-02-23T16:43:48.160 | Include MathJax/LaTeX help link, like on Mathematics.SE | |feature-request|support|status-completed|formatting|hyperlinks| | <p>The MathJax help link (see below) presently links to <a href="http://www.math.harvard.edu/texman/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>An introduction to using $\TeX$ in the Harvard Mathematics Department</em></a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FyO3g.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.im... | <p>That link now points to <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307/how-can-i-use-mathjax-latex-to-typeset-equations-on-this-site">How can I use MathJax/Latex to typeset equations on this site?</a></p>
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401 | 2015-11-26T15:25:31.560 | Close reason: belongs on another SE site, only Engineering Meta available? | |bug|vote-to-close|close-reasons| | <p>I believe <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6306/does-elevator-passengers-wait-time-depend-on-floor">this question</a> belongs on Maths.SE. I therefore voted to close, and selected "this belongs on another SE site", and clicked Next. My only option then was to select that it belonged on Meta.E... | <p>Nope, not just a rep thing.</p>
<p>Currently, the Engineering site is in beta. As such, we don't have any defined migration paths set up.</p>
<p>Once we graduate, the community needs to decide which site(s) we ought to have defined migration paths set up for. Off-hand, I'd think that Electrical (Electronics?) En... |
388 | 2015-11-16T09:45:04.827 | On-topicness of material recommendations | |discussion|scope|specific-question| | <p>Possibly related:</p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/10/1070">The Engineering.SE position on recommendation/finding stuff questions</a></p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/314/1070">How to write material design questions</a></p>
<p>I have a specific piece of equi... | <p>This sounds like a typical material selection question, and I believe this type of question is fine, as long as you aren't asking for a recommendation of a particular manufacturer or product. Personally I would love to see more of this type of question as this is related to what I do.</p>
<p>Additionally, material ... |
380 | 2015-11-06T11:08:24.683 | Tag clarification: building-physics | |discussion|tags| | <p>I just saw the tag "building-physics" on <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6015/how-do-tire-balancing-beads-work">a question about tire-balancing beads</a>. Which seemed strange to me, as car tires have nothing to do with buildings.</p>
<p>On checking the tag wiki... there's nothing. Which is... | <p><strong>Building Physics</strong> is the classification we use in academia and in private-sector engineering. Bauphysik is a pretty good equivalent in German. Here's a <a href="http://www-embp.eng.cam.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">Cambridge University page on Building Physics</a>, the <a href="http://www.arup.com/Services/... |
369 | 2015-10-17T09:28:32.547 | Why has this question had so many more views than average? | |discussion| | <p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/5784/how-thick-is-it-reasonable-for-the-walls-of-a-steel-gas-pipeline-to-be">This question</a> has had over 1600 views in 2 days. Which is orders of magnitude more than the average views for questions on the Engineering StackExchange site. From a quick scroll ... | <p>It is due to the 'Hot Network Questions' effect. StackExchange uses an algorithm to search all the sites for questions which are 'hot'. I don't know the details of how they decide, but I've noticed that questions which receive multiple answers very shortly after posting often make it to the list. </p>
<p>Once a ... |
358 | 2015-10-01T17:04:22.783 | What is yet needed to leave the beta status? | |discussion|beta| | <p>Checking periodically the <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/60453/engineering">Area51 page of the site</a>, I am very happy that most stat are at least in "okay" status. Although the question/day stat is still seems to oscillate around the required minimum (5), it seems it doesn't endanger the site'... | <p>Our current criteria for when a site is ready to graduate is explained <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257614/graduation-site-closure-and-a-clearer-outlook-on-the-health-of-se-sites">in this Meta post</a>:</p>
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<p><strong>When a site starts to consistently receive 10 questions/day, w... |
347 | 2015-08-12T23:30:50.457 | Would this reworking of my rejected migrated question be acceptable for the Main.SE? | |discussion| | <p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3811/what-are-the-specs-of-the-components-i-would-need-to-make-a-1050-kph-non-rocket">Rejected Migrated Question Here</a></p>
<p><a href="https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6969/would-this-question-be-allowed-to-migrate-to-physics-main/6970#6970... | <p><strong><em>Short answer</em></strong> - no.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Long answer</em></strong> - I don't think there's a way to salvage your super bike question so that it would be constructive for the Engineering site.</p>
<p><strong>Why?</strong></p>
<p>There's two main parts as to why your question isn't a go... |
329 | 2015-07-02T23:29:21.823 | Clean up solar tags | |discussion|status-completed|tags| | <p>I noticed a recent question (<a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/3453/368">How can I connect mismatched solar panels in parallel?</a>) with three tags relating to solar power/photovoltaics. Each of these is an existing tag:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/so... | <p>There are at least three different kinds of solar, and the kinds of engineering questions, and the pool of experts, would differ considerably between them:</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/photovoltaics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'photovoltaics&... |
314 | 2015-06-24T23:00:05.947 | How to write material design questions | |discussion| | <p>I'm new to asking meta questions, but this seems like something that was important, and I really couldn't find anything else on it. Let me know if this is the wrong kind of question, etc...</p>
<p>Recently, a question came up on <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3259/substitutes-materials-ch... | <blockquote>
<p>are these Naive Design Questions?</p>
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<p>Before my esteemed fellow moderator <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/368/air">Air</a> chimes in, let me start out with stating that "Naive Design Question" isn't a formal reason for closing a question. At best, it's a subcate... |
309 | 2015-06-08T14:43:50.980 | Would a “How to make magnets” question be allowed on this site? | |discussion|asking-questions| | <p>I want to make some homemade magnets (the stronger the better), but am not sure whether these types of questions are really welcomed on this site. Any other site's suggested if I should not post it here?</p>
<p>The question would be something like this:</p>
<p>If I want to make some strong homemade magnets to use ... | <p>I think a question like this would be on topic for our site. That doesn't guarantee you'll get a good response, though. I strongly advise showing us that you've gone as far as you can go on your own before getting stuck (no pun intended) and asking for our help.</p>
<p>Searching for "how to make magnets" is going t... |
299 | 2015-05-23T19:34:27.233 | The number of new questions is low and falls, I suggest a lighter hand with the close/delete votes | |discussion|vote-to-close|votes| | <p>This is how the <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/60453/engineering">actual status of the proposal</a> on Area51 looks:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yYbQb.png" alt=""></p>
<p>It is significantly better than it looked some weeks ago (there was time when 3 out of the 5 criteria were in... | <blockquote>
<p>Try to advise the newbie, instead of a silent close vote.</p>
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<p>Leaving comments for new users is great; it's a big part of what the <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/review/first-posts">first posts review queue</a> is supposed to encourage.</p>
<p>That said, the notice t... |
293 | 2015-05-05T09:27:47.083 | Do my work for me type questions | |discussion|on-topic| | <p>I have seen a few questions that sound more or less like a full design problem description. In essence the poster is asking somebody to do the work for him. </p>
<p>Now the question is when does the question move over form being interesting/filtering your options? When do we wander into the land of actually needing... | <p>Whether or not these kinds of questions are on-topic or a good fit for the site is discussed on our <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/188/naive-design-questions-ndqs-how-do-i-design">Naive Design Questions</a> meta thread, and our <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questi... |
270 | 2015-04-19T23:58:10.787 | Engineering Challenge Questions? Feature suggestion | |feature-request| | <p>I'm currently staying in a rural area in a small cabin as part of an internship, I got up this morning and it was so cold my milk had become a thick slurry, yuck. However to me this is just simply a design challenge, I love finding minor problems around the home and trying to find unique or interesting solutions to ... | <p><a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/a/271/368">I agree with Glen</a> that this would have to be a separate site. Beyond which, I don't think PPCG is a good analogy, for reasons I'll elaborate on below. An Engineering puzzles and challenges site would have to operate by its own rules and get through i... |
266 | 2015-04-14T21:01:10.470 | Is this question on the Navier-Stokes equations on topic? | |discussion|specific-question|on-topic| | <p>Two days ago, the question <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2423/what-is-the-physical-interpretation-of-the-second-term-in-the-viscous-stress-ten">What is the physical interpretation of the second term in the viscous stress tensor in the Navier-Stokes equations?</a> was asked. In essence, it ... | <p>I would like to add that although application of the Navier-Stokes equation may not be obvious, it is an equation with a lot of applications in engineering. It is a statement of the scientific principle that momentum should be conserved. In particular the NS equation shows how this conservation principle applies to ... |
252 | 2015-03-03T13:23:28.327 | When should the moderators rely on the community to close questions? | |discussion|moderation|vote-to-close|closed-questions| | <p>The philosophy of StackExchange is one of meritocratic governance; users who contribute more have more abilities to govern the content and structure of the site. So far most of our question closures (including 'on hold') have happened because our pro-tempore moderators have stepped in and used their moderator super... | <p>This comment on <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/a/253/56">hazzey's answer</a> got too long, so here it is on its own. </p>
<p>TL;DR: Moderators should intervene less and less over time, but we shouldn't plan for it; it will happen on its own as the community grows.</p>
<p>Yes: the goal of any S... |
249 | 2015-03-02T21:51:59.853 | Can we merge the "automobiles" and "automotive-engineering" tags? | |discussion|tags| | <p>I just noticed that we have both <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/automotive-engineering" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'automotive-engineering'" rel="tag">automotive-engineering</a> and <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/automobiles... | <p>I don't know that they are synonyms. Most automobile questions probably are a subset of automotive engineering, but I don't think that's necessarily explicit, because I'm not sure I consider the wiring system for your radio and speakers to be automotive engineering, I'd classify it more as electrical, but it's defin... |
212 | 2015-02-14T16:51:54.473 | What will be the difference between the aerospace engineering and aircraft design tags? | |discussion|tags| | <p>The <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/aircraft-design" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'aircraft-design'" rel="tag">aircraft-design</a> and <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/aerospace-engineering" class="post-tag" title="show questions... | <p>Aircraft design is a subset of aerospace engineering. Calling it a "primary pursuit" is incorrect. Equally important are spacecraft design, launch vehicle design, and so on. Not all of aerospace engineering is aircraft design. Both tags should remain, and should not be synonymized.</p>
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196 | 2015-02-13T04:53:26.543 | Aluminium or Aluminum? | |discussion|tags| | <p>I noticed today that both the tags "Aluminium" and "Aluminum" are used on this site. It is somewhat debatable in my mind if a material even needs a tag, but regardless of that, which format should this site adopt?</p>
| <p>Another (admittedly very weak, but still a reality) reason to stick with US English: we Americans tend to be keenly oblivious of the existence of the rest of the world, and I would say it's a rare American indeed who is even aware of the "aluminum/aluminium" dichotomy. </p>
<p>On the other hand I think most non-Ame... |
192 | 2015-02-12T19:14:32.457 | Should hackspaces have their own tags? | |discussion|tags|hackspaces| | <p>As a follow-up to <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/191/95">this question</a>:</p>
<p>Should we allow hackspaces to have their own tags?</p>
<p>I think this is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure about how well it would fit into the SE format, or if it would be accepted/appreciated by the wid... | <h1>No.</h1>
<p>Organizations do not get tags. They are <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/">meta-tags</a> and should be burned with prejudice:</p>
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<h3>From this point on, meta-tagging is explicitly discouraged.</h3>
<p>How can you tell you’re using a meta-tag? It’s easie... |
178 | 2015-02-10T23:57:07.210 | When should I use math markup? | |discussion|formatting|faq-proposed|editing| | <p>Prompted by <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/revisions/570/2">this suggested revision</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the body of the question as it appears in my browser (Chrome 40.0.2214.111 m):</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fp5TX.png" alt="image of formatted question"></p>
<p>Marking up this par... | <p>It would seem that the general rules should be:</p>
<ol>
<li>MathJax is only to be used for formulas. </li>
<li>MathJax should be used kept on its own line.</li>
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<p>Those two rules could be broken in situations where it makes sense, but that should be the exception. </p>
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176 | 2015-02-10T22:30:08.113 | Should comments like "this belongs on EE.SE" be deleted? | |discussion|comments|flagging| | <p><a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/a/25/368">Robert has made clear</a> that, at least at this point in time, we should aim to accept questions from all engineering disciplines and not restrict our scope based on the existence of other engineering sites—EE.SE being the main example.</p>
<p><a href="... | <p>@ChrisMueller suggested that I comment here.</p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2924/how-much-current-is-this-phone-drawing?noredirect=1#comment5074_2924">This current post</a> which I answered, clearly [tm] belongs on SE EE. It is absolutely on topic for SE EE and would have been answe... |
170 | 2015-02-10T14:13:04.257 | Should our beta icon be changed from Eg to Eng, or an icon? | |discussion|feature-request|status-completed| | <p>I have noticed that Cognitive Sciences SE and probably others use three letters in their blue (beta) icon. Engineering uses two (Eg). It's non-intuitive, and I feel e.g. "Eng" would fit the name better and be more discoverable / guessable. A gear would be even better, like the plane icon at Aviation SE.</p>
| <p>I have put in the request to our dev team to make the change from Eg to Eng. I'll keep you updated as to when this will get taken care of!</p>
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135 | 2015-02-05T16:04:55.277 | Should questions on schematics be allowed? | |discussion|scope| | <p>I am aware that most StackExchange websites consider questions regarding recommendations or where to find additional information as <em>out of scope</em>, since they generally atract too specific anwers or where only links are provided (<a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10/what-should-be-... | <p>I also vote for questions on schematics to be allowed. This is just another way to communicate, and a very efficient way to compare ideas. Schematics are part of engineering.</p>
<p>Responding to @TrevorArchibald comments: The reason StackOverflow often only includes codes snippet has probably more to do with the n... |
127 | 2015-02-05T01:57:47.657 | Do we need a "homework" tag? | |discussion|tags| | <p>The consensus of <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/121/what-should-our-position-be-on-homework-type-questions">this</a> post is that homework questions should be allowed, so long as they satisfy certain criteria. That begs another question: Do we want a <a href="https://engineering.stacke... | <p>What I saw in the process of going through the other communities positions that people linked in the homework questions thread was that they tend to shy away from using tags like <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/homework" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'homework'... |
119 | 2015-02-03T04:57:58.957 | No notifications? | |support|notifications| | <p>On other SE sites, I receive a notification if someone comments on a Q/A I asked, answered, or commented on, or votes up a comment I made. </p>
<p>However, on the Eng Beta, I have only been receiving notifications for upvotes to Q/As, or for answers to a question I asked. </p>
<p>Is there a bug? Is this a feature ... | <p>OK. So. </p>
<p><a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/43020/165581">Here's the lowdown on how comment notifications work</a>. </p>
<p>This passage is relevant to the mystery we encountered in <a href="https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119/no-notifications?noredirect=1#comment231_119">our com... |
115 | 2015-02-03T02:49:21.723 | Delayed awarding of beta badges? | |support| | <p>So we went public a few hours ago and I noticed that most of the other people who I remember interacting with in private beta have their shiny new beta badges but I don't see one on my profile. I've got 13 votes, 5 answers (minimum score of 2), and I've visited the site on 12 days (including the last 8). Am I missin... | <p>I did a little digging for you and confirmed that you did meet the requirements for days visited and posts with score > 0. However, your votes are not visible even to site moderators, so I can't confirm that you met the voting requirement.</p>
<p>I see on your profile that of your 13 votes, 7 were cast in the month... |
55 | 2015-01-23T17:58:38.400 | How can we determine why our tag edits are being rejected? | |support| | <p>I'm on my second try entering content for a tag excerpt on this site. Who is rejecting these, and how can I find out why? My first try must have been really bad for someone to decide that having something is worse than having nothing! I've never had a tag edit rejected on any other site.</p>
| <p>Have a look here: <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/123">https://engineering.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/123</a></p>
<p>Robert Cartaino rejected the edit and stated:</p>
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<p>Simply defining what a [tag] is rarely helps those using it unless the tag's ... |
50 | 2015-01-23T00:50:36.417 | What's the best way to do formatting for units? | |feature-request|formatting| | <p>I'm new to LaTeX, but I had a look at the docs and <code>\sfrac</code> looks like it would be nice for units, like $\frac{m}{s}$ (would look better with <code>\sfrac</code> instead of <code>\frac</code>). However it doesn't appear to be supported, and it might not be consistent with plain old $mm$ and other non-frac... | <p>While not directly answering your question, this is one of the best summaries I've seen on how to use MathJax within SE-land. </p>
<p><a href="https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference">MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference</a><br>
<sub>Hat tip to the folk o... |
43 | 2015-01-22T16:45:14.347 | Why can't I edit someone's question? | |support| | <p>I wanted to edit <a href="https://engineering.stackexchange.com/q/89/77">Additional jacking force to overcome stiction/dry friction</a> to add the new "friction" tag, but the edit button is grayed out. Is this a bug, or is it a characteristic of the private beta, and if the latter could someone explain how editing ... | <p>You couldn't edit that question because there was already another edit pending approval and you have not gained enough reputation to perform edits without review.</p>
<p>As list of the things you can do against the reputation required to do more can be found here:</p>
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/pri... |
36 | 2015-01-22T00:34:32.327 | Let's write tag wikis (sort of)! | |discussion|tags| | <p>We have accumulated quite a lot of tags throughout the first days or so, which is really good! They seem to be helping guide questions and categorize them better.</p>
<p>Let's start writing descriptions! You have to have 2000 rep to edit tag wikis without any further approval, which clearly nobody has reached - alt... | <p>As we begin to write tag wikis, let's review some of the most common missteps folks encounter in creating these excerpts… to help assure your efforts are productive. </p>
<p>In our [tag] system, we have <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/03/redesigned-tags-page/">"tag wikis" and we have "tag wiki ex... |
4 | 2015-01-20T20:37:37.147 | Why doesn't Engineering support MathJax syntax? | |feature-request|status-completed|formatting| | <p>There are a number of communities in the Stack Exchange network that use <a href="http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference">MathJax</a> to allow for rendering of mathematical expressions. Some that come to mind are Math and Physics.</p>
<p>In my opinion, Engineeri... | <p>MathJax is off by default. However, I suspect this site will have plenty of uses for mathematical notation, so:</p>
<p>$$off \rightarrow on$$</p>
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1 | 2015-01-20T18:56:21.397 | Anybody can create tags on newly created beta sites? | |discussion| | <p>Just created this question in our wonderful beta.</p>
<p>What really surprised me - I created some initial tags, and they was created without any trouble. Although I have only a simple user with minimal reputation.</p>
<p>Does it work always so?</p>
| <p>Yes. Private beta sites have much more lax restrictions on new users, well, because we're all new users here. This is done so we can self-moderate early on.</p>
<p>Once we reach public beta the standards get more strict, and even more so after full launch.</p>
<p>You can check any site's privileges by viewing the ... |
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