How do I get an incorrectly-closed question re-opened on here?

[Alexei_Helmbock]

A Unity person has incorrectly closed the question as “duplicate.”

I am such a noob that the system here does not even allow me to vote down the user for closing my topic, let alone re-open it.

It was a detailed Physics methodology question … and the Unity person pointed me at another “Answer” that actually says to use an even more inaccurate method than the one I was asking about. (My method was a Velocity Verlet (2nd-Order), and the editor recommended a 1st-Order method, that is a whole order of magnitude more inaccurate).

For reference, the question I posted was:

My Velocity Verlet solution consistently diverges from Unity Physics - Unity...

The Unity person (“unitymechanic”) pointed me at an “answer” that actually answered exactly 0 of my 4 explicit questions… Basically, the Editor either didn’t read my question in detail or didn’t understand it before quashing it – which reflects poorly on this forum. This is my first (and probably now my last) use of this forum, since not only was my question not answered, my very legitimate question got quashed by an Editor.

(I think people can see why I am a bit annoyed by this whole process).

[robertbu]

Adding a comment to a closed question that indicates that the moderator got it wrong and why will almost always get something reopended. UA has a large number of questions by beginners, a high percentage of which are some form of duplicate. The moderators are gradually trying to force down the number of duplicate questions on the list. Sometimes they get it wrong.

Note that 15 karma points which is getting one answer you give accepted or a couple of thumbs up on a comment or two results in 1) the ability to thumb up or down and 2) questions no longer go through moderation…they will appear immediately on the list. And for 1000 karma points, you too can be a moderator.

I converted my comment (which had been promoted to an answer) back to a comment, and reopened your question.