Timeline for Why can't the Homework policy be more lenient?
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| Aug 25, 2017 at 14:53 | answer | added | ZeroTheHero | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 1:31 | comment | added | Alfred Centauri | "Plus, problem solving is an enjoyable process and this website's popularity would skyrocket if we were more open to it. " - Problem solving is an enjoyable process which is precisely why we have a homework policy - 'solving' essentially the same damn questions over and over (and over and over...) is not an enjoyable process. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 19:56 | history | edited | QmechanicMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 10, 2017 at 1:04 | comment | added | user163104 | @KyleKanos thank you for the quick reply. I do honestly believe that the effort yourself and others have put into this site (which is ideally suited for self study types like myself, a Godsend basically) is being rapidly diminished by the homework questions. That's my motivation, wait till September when school reopens. Regards | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 0:47 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | @Countto10 we do have a Meta question about homework help sites (on mobile, so I can't find it and link it), and I'll sometimes link it if the OP is persistent enough about it. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 20:22 | comment | added | user163104 | @KyleKanos But still... Inertia is ruling here, the need for consensus on this topic before acting is truly frustrating to me. Try a test for three months of the above idea. What is to lose, nothing imo | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 20:21 | comment | added | user163104 | @KyleKanos I think you summarised all the reasons needed to ban homework questions. Letting 10 bad ones through in the hope of one good one is logically certain to degrade the site's reputation. Provide a list of resources as an overall answer and give moderators the power to remove the bad ones to storage. We both know that this topic has produced an amount of discussion comparable to the amount of homework questions. (OK, an exaggeration.) . | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 14:28 | answer | added | robMod | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 11:11 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | Further, there have been at least 3 attempts to make a dedicated homework help site w/in the SE network. All have failed to even gain the necessary number of members to go for a beta trial. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 11:10 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | ...this website's popularity would skyrocket if we were more open to it. Sadly, there have been some prominent members who have explicitly left this site because the site quality degraded. I know more would be willing to do the same were we to allow homework. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 10:26 | comment | added | user86425 | I cite all the physicists ever as evidence. If they really hated it they wouldn't do it for a living | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 10:25 | comment | added | user86425 | well, it's definitely less enjoyable when you're truly stuck and you've got nobody to help. I cite maths stack exchange as evidence | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 10:22 | comment | added | AccidentalFourierTransform | "problem solving is an enjoyable process" [citation needed]. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 10:16 | history | asked | user86425 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |