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'''PhysicsOverflow''' is a [[physics]] website that serves as a [[Scholarly peer review#Postpublication|post-publication open peer review]]<ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/faq#a4807</ref> platform for [[academic paper|research papers]] in physics, as well as a [[collaborative blog]] and [[online community]] of physicists. It allows users to ask, answer and comment on graduate-level physics questions, post and review manuscripts from [[ArXiv]] (which lists PhysicsOverflow discussion pages among its trackbacks<ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/30425/we-have-arxiv-trackbacks?show=30425#q30425</ref>) and other sources, and vote on both forms of content.

In addition to the two primary forms of content, the PhysicsOverflow community also welcomes discussions on [[List of unsolved problems in physics|unsolved problems]], and hosts a chat section for discussions on topics generally of interest to physicists and students of physics, such as those related to recent events in physics, physics academia, and the publishing process.<ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/faq#a4805</ref>. While there are no explicit rules for civility, the community tends to be hostile to uncivil discussion, and tangential discussions are quickly moved to chat.<ref name="modman">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_ra1Ss1E-rWN3cyRC1zalAtT1U/edit</ref>

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PhysicsOverflow is well-known for its liberal moderation policy and hesitation to block contributors except for spam, as reflected in the website's bill of "user rights".<ref>https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6196/what-is-physics-overflow-and-how-is-it-linked-to-physics-se</ref><ref name="physicsoverflow.org">https://physicsoverflow.org/user-rights</ref> The content is largely community-moderated, much like MathOverflow, although exceptions have been recorded.<ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/31863/violation-of-policy-to-close-questions</ref><ref name="https://physicsoverflow.org/review">https://physicsoverflow.org/review</ref>

Although the site's moderation policy is publicly available as part of the moderator manual, the site has been criticised for the excessive dispersion of policy-related material, such as the FAQ, the Bill of Rights, the moderator list and the Community Moderation threads , leading to reduced transparency.<ref name="modman"/><ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/faq</ref><ref name="physicsoverflow.org"/><ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/users/special</ref><ref name="https://physicsoverflow.org/review"/><ref>https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6196/what-is-physics-overflow-and-how-is-it-linked-to-physics-se#comment25091_6213</ref><ref>https://physicsoverflow.org/22268/physics-overflow-moderators-what-their-exact-role-and-powers</ref> In response, the site's administrators posted a bulletin of all moderation-related content on the site on the homepage.

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