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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 name="faq"/><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.
==Technical details==
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[[File:PhysicsOverflow Discus.svg|thumb|right|The PhysicsOverflow [[discus]] as it appears in the PhysicsOverflow logo.]]
PhysicsOverflow runs [[Q&A software#Comparison of Q&A software|Question2Answer]], an open-source Q&A software, with a custom theme and several plugins and patches.<ref name="faq"/> Some of its plugins have been used by other Question2Answer websites, such as the [https://openscience.uni-bielefeld.de Open Science Q&A] and the [http://physics.qandaexchange.com/ Physics Problems Q&A].<ref>https://openscience.uni-bielefeld.de/768/how-do-i-regain-access-to-my-imported-account</ref><ref>https://blog.wikimedia.de/author/christopher_schwarzkopf/</ref>
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