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January 19 Information

volume of a star

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Is when a star's wolume is superior to its mass that it becomes a giant star? And when it's energy becomes lower thant its temperature it becomes a dwarf star? Hamond Rooster $ ( talk) 19:31, 19 January 2023 (UTC) reply

To me, this sounds like a legitimate question. It's a slightly confused question, for sure (volume and mass are measured in different units). And maybe a younger reader. But why is "deny" appropriate here?

I didn't box up the question but this is clearly a time waster because (a) neither question makes any sense and the questioner is never going to make it any clearer (b) the questioner could so easily read the relevant articles.-- Shantavira| feed me 09:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
(Lambiam boxed it up.) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots19:40, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
Questions like this that do not make any sense have been popping up on several sections of the Ref desk, by an IP or as the only contributions of a fresh sign-up. I think they are designed to make us waste our time explaining basic notions (such as that energy and temperature are incommensurable quantities) to pretend-clueless questioners.  -- Lambiam 13:19, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
If that's the user's intent, it looks like it's working. :( ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots19:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
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January 19 Information

volume of a star

WP:DENY
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Is when a star's wolume is superior to its mass that it becomes a giant star? And when it's energy becomes lower thant its temperature it becomes a dwarf star? Hamond Rooster $ ( talk) 19:31, 19 January 2023 (UTC) reply

To me, this sounds like a legitimate question. It's a slightly confused question, for sure (volume and mass are measured in different units). And maybe a younger reader. But why is "deny" appropriate here?

I didn't box up the question but this is clearly a time waster because (a) neither question makes any sense and the questioner is never going to make it any clearer (b) the questioner could so easily read the relevant articles.-- Shantavira| feed me 09:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
(Lambiam boxed it up.) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots19:40, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
Questions like this that do not make any sense have been popping up on several sections of the Ref desk, by an IP or as the only contributions of a fresh sign-up. I think they are designed to make us waste our time explaining basic notions (such as that energy and temperature are incommensurable quantities) to pretend-clueless questioners.  -- Lambiam 13:19, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply
If that's the user's intent, it looks like it's working. :( ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots19:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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