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11 questions linked to/from Gaps to Fill Without a 'Homework' Close Reason -- Overview
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How do I ask homework questions on Chemistry Stack Exchange?
Mainly copied from https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/714/7433
What is the policy on asking homework questions on Chemistry Stack Exchange?
What kinds of questions are considered homework ...
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Temporary Suspension of the Homework Close Reason (concluded)
Statistics and conclusion below.
We have been struggling for a long time with the homework close reason. There are shortcomings to all approaches we have tried so far to change it. I believe one of ...
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Let's decide on what we should close as homework
The homework close reason is a thing I click on often these days.
Recently, we're close-voting questions as homework that are from a broad range of scope. Unlike what's being seen in that screenshot, ...
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Instead of writing a comment asking the OP to google it, we should sometimes ask them to stackexchange it
In response to a question that is not well-developed (one-liner, trivial because it asks for the definition of a common technical term or a comparison of common technical terms), we sometimes suggest ...
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Do we really need [homework]? [Part 3]
While we're on the topic of getting rid of tags, I would like to bring this up as a first step towards making a new closure policy.
This has actually been discussed before. See: (1) Should we have a ...
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How to deal constructively with questions that have a severe problem in grammar/vocabulary
Many a question asked here is barely understandable, and it seems we're very reluctant to point this out, obviously because it's hard to do so in a polite and helpful manner, without knowing about the ...
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Custom close reason text for "homework"
Recently, Stack Exchange has allowed moderators to customise the wording that is associated with custom close reasons. Here I would like to focus on (by far) the most used close reason on the site, ...
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What is the purpose of downvotes on questions?
To emphasize, this question is about downvotes on questions, not answers. Downvotes are great, e.g., for answers that are coherent and well-written, but are factually wrong. The utility of downvotes ...
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Is "Lack of Research" enough reason to close a question?
As everyone who's spent a couple of minutes moderating Chem.SE knows, the bread and butter of the close reasons is homework. I really want to stop this, for reasons discussed and agreed upon before.
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Would a "common reference" close reason make sense? Why or why not?
This post is one follow up to the discussion Gaps to fill without HW close reason. It seemed appropriate to give it its own place to discuss this.
It seems to me some questions (a lot of the ...
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Are we a bit overzealous with closing questions as homework?
As of this writing, this question has three close votes. As what? Of course as homework.
I'm also seeing myself leaving questions open more often in the Reopen queue, and I'm one of the perpetrators ...
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