Relating to the discussion and controversy around questions that are tagged, explicited stated as, presumed, or suspected to be homework questions (i.e. those given to a student in a formal course of study).
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Proposal: ban verbatim homework questions
I think we should start closing questions which are obviously copied verbatim from a homework assignment. Even if for some reason you want to continue allowing math.SE to be used as a tool for ...
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A Consolidated Homework Policy
A certain theme during the Town Hall Chat was on the question of a homework policy. The idea of such a policy is not new. As one user said in the chat,
I liked Rob john's suggestion towards ...
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What have you tried? Is this homework? You will get more help if …
It was fine/acceptable seeing occasional users receiving one/two line comments about appropriate tags, attempts, use of Latex etc. (I am not that old user though. But it was fine when I started.)
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Apply the homework tag during routine editing? [duplicate]
When editing a new question, for grammar, punctuation, clarity, formulas, etc., is it appropriate to add the homework tag if your intuition is strong that it is homework?
Please don't knee-jerk brand ...
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Non-homework tagged as (homework)
I keep noticing problems that are much too difficult to be part of any school class (such as tough olympiad-type solid geometry questions) posted as homework. The posters do not appear to be looking ...
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Proper use of the (homework) tag redux
When, if ever, is it appropriate to add the homework tag to a question that has not been acknowledged by the OP to be homework?
My position is that it is never appropriate, full stop. It’s fine to ...
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Duplicate Homework Questions: Suggestion
In some comment here on meta (I can't find it anymore...), a user made reference to the fact that Math.SE has a one of (if not the) lowest question-closure rate of any Area 51 site.
I was thinking ...
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Can we please stop asking “Is this homework?”
This is irritating and tedious, just put something about homework in the FAQ if it's necessary. If you don't want to just 'give people the answer' then treat all questions as if they are homework.
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Downvoting Complete Solutions
I recently had an answer to this homework question downvoted twice because I provided a complete solution. Has a consensus been reached about how to treat homework problems? If not, is this an ...
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Would this hypothetical homework question be closed?
I've been looking through this Cregg website (who have taken over the website Cramster), where students can ask homework questions and get worked solutions in return for "ranking" or possibly paying ...
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How to ask a homework question?
How to ask a homework question?
Can I ask a homework question here?
How do I ask a homework question on this website?
What information should I include in a question about homework?
Why don't you ...
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Homework questions - avoiding giving a complete solution
We already have a question, on the policy of handling homework questions, but I believe that this point is important enough to deserve its own discussion. There is a general consensus that completely ...
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What is a homework question?
I can't find an appropriate definition of what the homework tag should cover. Is it homework if it is not to be handed in? Is it homework if it is an exercise from a book during self-study? Is it ...
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Homework Policy
I would like to better understand the
homework policy
exercise in textbook policy
for posting problems to math.stackexchange.com
Can someone point me to the formal policy of what is and what is ...
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Do we really want a [homework] tag?
What is the purpose of a [homework] tag? It can't be to differentiate homework questions from non-homework ones since it's impossible to verify whether or not a question is homework. I don't think ...
