Sep 18, 2024 · Homework questions are often posted by new users that don't know how to ask good questions yet. They're also often asking about the same thing that's been asked a zillion times, but …

There's another question about how to ask good homework questions: How do I ask and answer homework questions?, which is great, but this is about lazy homework questions, specifically how to …

a lot of homework questions are deliberately contrived with some silly restriction that doesn't make sense for a real programming question Seen through the lens of someone who thinks the technology …

Nov 24, 2024 · Relating to the discussion and controversy around questions that are explicitly stated as, presumed, or suspected to be homework questions (i.e. those given to a student in a formal course …

Don't flag questions as "homework." There's nothing moderators can do about that. There's a specific admonishment in the Help Center: Questions asking for homework help must include a summary of …

Feb 24, 2015 · When a homework question is properly formed and includes an attempt at a solution what is the recommended way to answer? Provide a full and complete answer Provide guidance or …

Oct 30, 2021 · Similarly to how one can still ask good questions based on homework. But when the problematic feature becomes a defining property of the question (homework dump, Copilot dump) …

Apr 3, 2025 · Homework questions are generally on-topic but poorly received and may be closed for lack of clarity or focus. API questions and theoretical questions are fine if they are to do with programming.

Also, only a very tiny part of new user engagement would be adding experienced new users which can help answer questions, as most new users are of the "please do my homework" faction instead of …

I don't care to answer someone's homework questions. Or something trivially basic about Python. That's a large part of why I stopped answering questions on the incoming stuff. Most of my answers …