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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...
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#2: Post edited
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Olin Lathrop
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2021-07-06T13:47:31Z (almost 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
Olin Lathrop
·
2021-07-06T13:44:08Z (almost 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.