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Martin and I think that a conceptual criterion is the best kind, and AFAIK Physics.SE adopts this viewpoint too. Maybe the community thinks that a conceptual criterion isn't the best idea, which is fine - it's really okay (and it's great) to disagree - but we would really like to hear some alternatives. Do you simply want to get rid of all high school chemistry questions? If so, would it be better for us to at least say that outright, instead of selectively applying a "no effort" criterion?

Martin and I think that a conceptual criterion is the best kind, and AFAIK Physics.SE adopts this viewpoint too. Maybe the community thinks that a conceptual criterion isn't the best idea, which is fine - it's really okay (and it's great) to disagree - but we would really like to hear some alternatives.

Maybe you simply want to get rid of all high school chemistry questions. To be honest, I get this feeling sometimes, but it's obviously an untenable position. I feel that the best way to deal with this is to efficiently close as duplicates (there are only so many high school concepts one can ask about!), and get users to ask more high-level questions, as this recent meta post by NotEvans suggests.

Double standards

Martin and I think that a conceptual criterion is the best kind, and AFAIK Physics.SE adopts this viewpoint too. Maybe the community thinks that a conceptual criterion isn't the best idea, which is fine - it's really okay (and it's great) to disagree - but we would really like to hear some alternatives. Do you simply want to get rid of all high school chemistry questions? If so, would it be better for us to at least say that outright, instead of selectively applying a "no effort" criterion?

Double standards

In the post linked above, I also wrote

Martin and I think that a conceptual criterion is the best kind, and AFAIK Physics.SE adopts this viewpoint too. Maybe the community thinks that a conceptual criterion isn't the best idea, which is fine - it's really okay (and it's great) to disagree - but we would really like to hear some alternatives. Do you simply want to get rid of all high school chemistry questions? If so, would it be better for us to at least say that outright, instead of selectively applying a "no effort" criterion?

Or maybe the idea is that we don't want to be doing people's homework for them. I can understand why you may have this sentiment, but in this case I'd like to suggest that we stop viewing questions as homework or not - remember this isn't a homework help site and also it isn't a site where homework is forbidden - and judge it solely based on whether you think it could possibly receive an interesting answer which would contribute to the site as a whole.

In order to further test my perception of a double standard, I created a new account and asked a graduate/advanced undergraduate-level organic chemistry question with next to no effort.† In 24 hours since it was posted, it got six upvotes and one favourite. Clearly, people think it is a good and useful question for the site. But other, less advanced, questions have been closed even with more "effort" given.

In order to further test my perception of a double standard, I created a new account and asked a graduate/advanced undergraduate-level organic chemistry question with next to no effort: Exhibit B.† In 24 hours since it was posted, it got six upvotes and one favourite. No close votes, and no comments saying to show effort. Clearly, people think it is a good and useful question for the site. But other, less advanced, questions have been closed even with more "effort" given.

Martin and I think that a conceptual criterion is the best kind, and AFAIK Physics.SE adopts this viewpoint too. Maybe the community thinks that a conceptual criterion isn't the best idea, which is fine - it's really okay (and it's great) to disagree - but we would really like to hear some alternatives. Do you simply want to get rid of all high school chemistry questions? If so, would it be better for us to at least say that outright, instead of selectively applying a "no effort" criterion?