Timeline for Proper use of the (homework) tag redux
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| Mar 5, 2013 at 23:49 | comment | added | user53153 | @GerryMyerson Very true, any statement by OP may be ignored or unnoticed. But I guess that "I need only a hint, not a solution" would have a better chance of having the desired effect than any tag. (Especially not a tag the interpretation of which is still subject to debate.) | |
| Mar 5, 2013 at 23:38 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | @5pm, I have seen problems where OP did ask for hints only, and got complete answers anyway. There's no foolproof way to get what you want on m.se. | |
| Mar 1, 2013 at 17:27 | comment | added | user53153 | Here's an outlandish idea: if the OP wants to receive only hints and not a full solution, they should say so. | |
| Mar 1, 2013 at 16:29 | comment | added | gnometorule | Maybe it's just me, but that's not how I interpret the hw tag at all. I find it simply satisfying to see OP be willing to have full disclosure. As to hints-only, there has been at least one such suggestion since o started perusing this site. Maybe you cam find it and see how the community reacted (it's a pain on my phone). | |
| Mar 1, 2013 at 16:25 | comment | added | Brian M. Scott | The homework tag can’t be used reliably as a hints-only tag: some users quite routinely give full solutions even if the homework tag is present. On occasion I do myself, if I can’t think of any useful hint, or if I think that the OP is sufficiently lost to benefit more from a full solution this time. | |
| Mar 1, 2013 at 16:20 | history | answered | Kasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |