Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2023 January 19

= January 19 =

volume of a star
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)

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)
 * (Lambiam boxed it up.) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:40, 21 January 2023 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * If that's the user's intent, it looks like it's working. :( ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC)