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Jul 3, 2017 at 15:58 history edited Martin - マーチンMod
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Jun 21, 2017 at 15:31 answer added R.M. timeline score: 3
Jun 20, 2017 at 15:20 comment added pentavalentcarbon @R.M. We don't like anything that someone with a Bachelor's in chemistry could answer. On the other side of the same coin, any question asked by a veteran is automatically a good one. We might also not like everyday-chemistry, but I'm not as sure about that.
Jun 19, 2017 at 19:26 answer added NotEvans. timeline score: 9
Jun 19, 2017 at 16:16 answer added orthocresol timeline score: 9
Jun 16, 2017 at 18:18 comment added R.M. Okay, but the experiment shows that people really like the "no effort" rationale. If you're arguing it's a poor and unclear rationale, I agree with you, but others apparently do not. The reason I suggested looking at what people think are "no effort" posts is that I'm guessing there's an XY problem going on here. There's something that people don't like about the questions, and "no effort" is just a convenient label to use. If we could look closer at the posts (and the expressed rationales), we might start to tease apart what exactly people don't like and how we should phrase the replacement.
Jun 16, 2017 at 17:14 comment added Martin - マーチン Mod @R.M. The current homework policy is based on the effort argument. With this post I'm trying to change that. The reason why I'm not linking to some zero-effort-posts is that I don't think they are relevant for this kind of change.
Jun 16, 2017 at 16:46 comment added R.M. Personally, I'm skeptical of the rationale "no effort shown" as a close reason. I've found that people can rather be picky and capricious about how much effort counts as "enough". I'd be interested in seeing just what counts as "no effort" to the people casting close votes. (Though I understand if you don't want to link the questions in questions specifically.) I'm not saying some variation of "no effort" wouldn't be valid, but I'm wondering if labeling the rationale as "no effort" is an oversimplification/mischaracterization of what's really going on.
Jun 14, 2017 at 13:07 answer added pentavalentcarbon timeline score: 8
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Jun 13, 2017 at 10:37 answer added user37142 timeline score: 4
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