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14 questions linked to/from Banning homework: vote and documentation
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Why don't we just ban homework altogether?
This site gets a lot of low-quality homework questions. Since I ignored the homework tag a few months ago, my experience of the site has been much more pleasant.
The current homework policy is nice, ...
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How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?
What is the policy on asking homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?
What kinds of questions are considered homework questions?
Are homework questions allowed?
What should I include in a ...
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Have we lost the necessary critical mass of professional physicists?
A while back, we had this discussion in which we tried to measure quantitatively whether the site was gaining or losing non-novice users. Since then, I've had the distinct subjective impression that ...
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Replacing the homework policy 1: what existing questions should be on/off topic?
TL;DR: post examples of current questions which are edge cases for the new policy, look through the list, and
vote answers UP if you think they should be ON TOPIC
vote answers DOWN if you think they ...
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Generalizing the homework policy
In our last chat session two weeks ago (sorry for the delay), we had a discussion about updating the homework policy and homework close reason. I'm making this post to summarize that discussion and ...
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Strict(er) adherence to homework guidelines?
Less a question and more of a heads-up.
Due to the Covid-19 crisis, most higher education institutions (that I know of) are moving to online examination. Many of these examinations count towards ...
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Graduate and above level questions aren't homework
I know, I know, it's yet another Meta post about our homework policy. Feel free to downvote and write abusive comments if you're heartily sick of posts about the homework policy.
If you're still with ...
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Let's get things rolling again with the homework policy
Okay, so the last time we had a focused discussion of the homework policy was August 2016. Blech.
So, let's start thinking about this again. And before you collectively groan, this first post isn't ...
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What's the current status of the homework policy?
Related:
Why don't we just ban homework altogether?
Banning homework: vote and documentation
We're having some more recent discussions on the homework tag. A month ago, there was a ...
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Towards a canonical homework question
Note that the site's current policy on homework questions is found at
How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?
which will always have the current version of the policy.
Many ...
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Why can't the Homework policy be more lenient?
Sometimes very tricky problems that require quite a bit of ingenuity are removed simply because they're exercises in physics/maths. Well, what is the fundamental difference asking about a specific '...
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About the proposal to ban homework
This question arose out of a time with a lot of discussion on meta about how this site could be improved; it was proposed that we ban homework and this question explored how that would look like and ...
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Fine-tuning the proposed homework policy: what to do with the tag if the policy is changed?
A recent suggestion about changing the homework policy gathered quite a bit of support, and a specific proposal for a new policy is currently being thrashed out. The new policy is basically just a ...
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Homework questions physics
Just joined a week ago and wondering how homework questions should be dealt with.
Maybe this is covered already but I noticed a sizeable amount of kids are getting sharp "don't bother me" type ...
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