Tagged Questions
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Apply the homework tag during routine editing? [duplicate]
When editing a new question, for grammar, punctuation, clarity, formulas, etc., is it appropriate to add the homework tag if your intuition is strong that it is homework?
Please don't knee-jerk brand ...
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Non-homework tagged as (homework)
I keep noticing problems that are much too difficult to be part of any school class (such as tough olympiad-type solid geometry questions) posted as homework. The posters do not appear to be looking ...
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Duplicate Homework Questions: Suggestion
In some comment here on meta (I can't find it anymore...), a user made reference to the fact that Math.SE has a one of (if not the) lowest question-closure rate of any Area 51 site.
I was thinking ...
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Proper use of the (homework) tag redux
When, if ever, is it appropriate to add the homework tag to a question that has not been acknowledged by the OP to be homework?
My position is that it is never appropriate, full stop. It’s fine to ...
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Proper use of Homework Tag
I know from searching through the history here on meta that virtually every permutation of question regarding the [homework] tag has been discussed, but I could not find an answer to my question. ...
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Should we add the homework tag to a question?
If I see a series of questions that are clearly homework (from my class!!!), should I tag them as such?
If so, what should I say in the summary so it doesn't get rejected?
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Whether to give an Answer or a Hint and whether there could be a tag to help
There is a post about homework which deals with similar issue. My concern is pedagogy. There are some people posting on here who are asking for answers to what I consider to be "rite of passage" ...
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Improper(?) tagging of unassigned school practice-problems as [homework]
There have been multiple postings, including some recent ones, where problems that (according to their posters) are "practice problems" for a class, or from an exam preparation sheet are tagged by ...
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What's wrong with a “not-homework” tag?
I had tagged this question with the tag [not-homework] after one of the persons answering it had wrongly assumed that it was homework.
This tag was removed by moderator @KennyTM. I would like to ...
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Do we really want a [homework] tag?
What is the purpose of a [homework] tag? It can't be to differentiate homework questions from non-homework ones since it's impossible to verify whether or not a question is homework. I don't think ...
