Timeline for Replacing the homework policy 1: what existing questions should be on/off topic?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 7, 2016 at 0:09 | comment | added | N. Virgo | @CountIblis no, it's completely different, because referees aren't self-selecting. | |
| May 6, 2016 at 16:25 | comment | added | Count Iblis | @Nathaniel Yes, one has to put personal interest aside, this may not be easy to do. So, I guess we do need objective criteria, but these criteria should be chosen to so that they end up making that judgment. It's not all that different from a Referee having to judge if a paper is sufficiently interesting for the journal's readership. | |
| May 6, 2016 at 12:56 | comment | added | N. Virgo | I voted (-1) because I agree that this should not be on topic. But I disagree intensely with "focus only on how interesting a question is from purely a physics point of view". If we allow close votes based on being "not interesting", we will end up with only questions that are of interest to the very small minority who regularly vote to close. We should strive for clear criteria that minimise judgement calls, and where the calls that do need to be made are not on the basis of personal taste. | |
| Apr 27, 2016 at 21:03 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | I like the approach of judging the question on its interest rather than rigidly applying criteria of effort and "check my answer". This question does raise some interest, judging by Farcher's comment. | |
| Apr 18, 2016 at 13:16 | history | edited | David ZMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add voting instructions
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| Apr 8, 2016 at 3:15 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Mod | "Under the current policy this is allowed homework, because the OP did a reasonable effort to solve the problem." I don't think that is what the current policy says. It's a pure "do my work for me" question. | |
| Apr 7, 2016 at 20:32 | history | answered | Count Iblis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |