The accepted answer on this question is our homework policy, adopted by a community poll.
The poll rules and outcome are retained below for historical purposes.
Rules
Below, you will find three proposed policies regarding homework questions. Please upvote the one(s) you agree with and downvote the one(s) you disagree with (or don't vote if you're ambivalent or indifferent).
The voting period runs for 1 week, until Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 23:59:59 GMT. After that:
- If the dominant option has a score of at least 5 and at least 2 more than the next contender, that policy will be adopted.
- Otherwise, the moderators will meet and decide on a provisional policy, which will last until meta participation is sufficient to achieve a consensual improvement.
Background
- http://meta.cs.stackexchange.com/questions/13/will-homework-questions-be-allowed → Homework questions are allowed, but we might want to have a policy of giving hints or requiring effort.
- http://meta.cs.stackexchange.com/questions/17/homework-tag-discussion → we should probably have some kind of policy; it is unclear whether to mark homework questions with a homework tag, and there is some disagreement as to what that tag might mean.
- http://meta.cs.stackexchange.com/questions/177/just-a-hint-tag → a proposal for a just-a-hint tag got neither any significant traction nor any significant opposition.
- http://meta.cs.stackexchange.com/questions/313/what-should-the-homework-tag-mean → There is a strong voice against having a homework tag, and no one has defended the tag and explained what it should mean.
- http://meta.cs.stackexchange.com/questions/460/towards-a-homework-policy → led to three proposals that are offered here.
Results
- Raphael's proposal: 10 (+14/-4)
- David Lewis's proposal: 7 (+10/-3)
- Patrick87's/Gilles's proposal: 2 (+4/-2)
Since Raphael's proposal has a score of at least 5, and has at least 2 more votes than the next runner-up, this proposal is adopted, effective immediately.
