Specific homework questions - too localized to be of general interest?

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Not yet another question on "level" but on "relevance"

Should we allow specific homework questions like e.g.

or close them as "Too Localized"?

Note: there are clearly other homework questions with a larger general value, like e.g.

These should be kept as discussed here.

dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-05 17:23:41Z

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I favor "Too localized" for most basic homework.

Mind you, I will usually provide some hints, because I like to see people make some headway, but these "questions" suffer in at least two ways

If we allow them we become a "homework help site" and the discourse here will be dominated by them
They rarely address things at the level of principles rather than the raw mechanics of churning through a problem

answered Apr 5 '11 at 17:23

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$\begingroup$ The idea is to have something similar to "plzsendtehcodez" on SO $\endgroup$ – Sklivvz Apr 5 '11 at 17:36
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$\begingroup$ be sure to leave a comment on such questions to educate the owner and the broader community on these issues $\endgroup$ – Jeff Atwood Apr 8 '11 at 1:53

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