Questions tagged [homework]
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Why is a well researched chemistry question discredited as homework and closed?
Is no one here allowed to ask a question in an area in which they are not a professional?
I have asked this question to 3 chemists and 2 physicists, no one was able to answer it even after more than ...
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Homework question closing note improvement
I think the closing note for closed homework questions should explicitly contain a short notice about not being limited to literal homework, perhaps mentioning other cases. Assuming the system allows ...
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What about the question 'Does adding pure water affects Buffer Solution pH?' justifies its closure as homework?
In the following question I actually cannot see a plausible reason to apply the homework policy: Does adding pure water affects Buffer Solution pH? It is a quite basic question and the presented ...
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Think we should now be kinder towards "Homework Questions"
Given how many students are now studying from home, and out of formal school classes, I think we should now be kinder towards "Homework Questions." I'd propose:
Making the home work policy known
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Renaming the homework policy
There seems to be some interest in going over the infamous homework policy. Imho reviewing all of it in one go and coming up with something new is simply not feasible.
We should go about attacking ...
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Gaps to Fill Without a 'Homework' Close Reason -- Overview
I realize this 'homework' topic has been discussed before, tiringly so, but please Paddington with me. I'll try to attack it from a different angle. If you're not all caught up, check these previous ...
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Can we please ask information based questions?
Sometimes there are questions that have answers in terms of information and dont need some explanation but often when i ask such questions i am told to first google it.(my questions have been put on ...
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New users might have a different view on homework than those who frequently answer questions
As a new user, if my question is labeled "homework" in a comment, I might feel accused that I am using StackExchange to cheat in my school work. In many cases, that is probably a good description of ...
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Why was homework badge deprecated?
This site (like many in SE) gets peppered with non-optimal quality homework questions and for someone interested in looking through the questions quickly this is a pain, not least because well ...
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How much more effort would you have wanted?
Most of you know that I am a vocal opponent of the effort criteria anyway, but I am getting a bit unnerved as of how inconsistent it is applied.
I am posting this as a specific example here only ...
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Add homework policy link in the "How to Ask" dialog
I help review questions on Chem.SE regularly, and this type of question comes up regularly. Some downvoted homework question by a new person to the Chem.SE network, usually because they weren't aware ...
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Let's talk about effort, shall we?
I think the recent experiment of suspending the homework close reason has already produced a very valuable result. However, I really feared that this will happen, and I hope I can steer our thinking ...
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Should we completely ban all homework questions?
I have been a user of Chemistry SE for a little while, and most of the questions over here are homework. While a few of these questions show research effort and genuine need for help, a vast majority ...
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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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The Homework Close Reason: Another example of over-zealous closure, and a proposal to scale back its scope
Why was this question closed as homework? (10k+ rep needed to view; it was deleted by OP as of this writing.) (Question was undeleted and reopened; see Martin's answer)
Original text:
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