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Q&A The homework dumps are coming - how about a network-wide policy?

Response to homework dumps should be site-specific. On Electrical Engineering, we addressed this up front by explicitly mentioning homework in the Allowed Topics help file (See the very last bulle...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-07-06T13:47:31Z (over 3 years ago)
  • Response to homework dumps should be site-specific. On Electrical Engineering, we addressed this up front by explicitly mentioning homework in the <a href="https://electrical.codidact.com/help/topics"><i>Allowed Topics</i></a> help file (See the very last bullet at the bottom of that page).
  • So far we haven't had enough of a problem so that an official policy that dictates a specific response makes sense. I'd rather deal with each instance on a case by case basis. An official policy would just constrain my actions as a mod.
  • For example, I wouldn't ban a user at all for a single blatant homework dump question. I'd probably close the question and leave a comment that it's not acceptable. That way everyone can see that it's not allowed. If the same user did it again a few days later, then I might consider a ban.
  • In some cases, users answering homework are actually worse than those asking.
  • If we ever get a significant number of homework dumps, then we may have to develop a more formal policy. But, let's leave that to later when there is actually a real problem to solve.
  • Response to homework dumps should be site-specific. On Electrical Engineering, we addressed this up front by explicitly mentioning homework in the <a href="https://electrical.codidact.com/help/topics"><i>Allowed Topics</i></a> help file (See the very last bullet at the bottom of that page).
  • So far we haven't had enough of a problem so that an official policy that dictates a specific response makes sense. I'd rather deal with each instance on a case by case basis. An official policy would just constrain my actions as a mod.
  • For example, I wouldn't ban a user at all for a single blatant homework dump question. I'd probably close the question and leave a comment that it's not acceptable. That way everyone can see that it's not allowed. If the same user did it again a few days later, then I might consider a ban.
  • In some ways, users answering homework are actually worse than those asking.
  • If we ever get a significant number of homework dumps, then we may have to develop a more formal policy. But, let's leave that to later when there is actually a real problem to solve.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-07-06T13:44:08Z (over 3 years ago)
Response to homework dumps should be site-specific.  On Electrical Engineering, we addressed this up front by explicitly mentioning homework in the <a href="https://electrical.codidact.com/help/topics"><i>Allowed Topics</i></a> help file (See the very last bullet at the bottom of that page).

So far we haven't had enough of a problem so that an official policy that dictates a specific response makes sense.  I'd rather deal with each instance on a case by case basis.  An official policy would just constrain my actions as a mod.

For example, I wouldn't ban a user at all for a single blatant homework dump question.  I'd probably close the question and leave a comment that it's not acceptable.  That way everyone can see that it's not allowed.  If the same user did it again a few days later, then I might consider a ban.

In some cases, users answering homework are actually worse than those asking.

If we ever get a significant number of homework dumps, then we may have to develop a more formal policy.  But, let's leave that to later when there is actually a real problem to solve.