Timeline for I am not a student and my questions are not "homework". I am a hobbyist. Do I need to tag these as homework questions?
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| May 18, 2022 at 8:23 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | @hft I agree that we need the OP to give us some idea of their current knowledge level, so we can write an answer appropriate for that level. OTOH, answers should be useful to a wide range of future readers, not just the OP. We want to see their conceptual work: the thought processes that they've gone through in their attempt to solve the homework-like problem. If they merely show us a bunch of mathematical work, the question is likely to attract close-votes for being a "check my work" question. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 6:53 | comment | added | hft | @PM2Ring But anyways, I guess this question is more about the homework-and-exercises tag, and the answer to that question seems to be: yes tag it if homework-like. Regarding my comment on the original (non-meta) question, I said "You need to show what you have already tried..." but I guess what I should have said is "You need to show what you have already tried, if you want me to help..." | |
| May 18, 2022 at 6:48 | comment | added | hft | @PM2Ring, our meta answer regarding homework (physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/714/…) suggest that you do want to show your work: "The best way to produce a focused, specific question is to show your work." I don't mind answering homework questions, but I do mind doing someone's homework for them. Also, showing what OP has already done lets the answerer know some context regarding what OP knows. Sometimes it's like: how can I even start explaining this since I don't know what you don't know? | |
| May 18, 2022 at 1:29 | answer | added | ZeroTheHero | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 17, 2022 at 21:54 | comment | added | rob Mod | I’ve hidden a number of comments that belong on the linked question about physics, rather than on this question about policy. | |
| May 17, 2022 at 20:37 | answer | added | ChrisMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 17, 2022 at 17:50 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | I assume you posted this question in response to a comment on this recent question. physics.stackexchange.com/q/708170 You don't need to show what you've tried. In fact, that may make your question look more like the kind of homework question we don't want. But you should tell us your thoughts on the topic, and why the equation doesn't make sense to you. | |
| May 17, 2022 at 17:45 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Here are our canonical meta questions about the site's homework policy: physics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6093 & physics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/714 | |
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