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23 questions linked to/from Fate of the (homework) tag: The community voted.... now what?
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List of comment templates
Inspired by this question on meta.cstheory.SE. The post at meta.Tex.SE is quite impressive.
We often leave generic comments to OP and answer posters such as "if this is a homework, please add a tag," ...
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How to ask a good question.
How to ask a good question.
This thread has advice on the following aspects of writing a good question on this site. Each item in this list links to an answer below about that specific aspect of ...
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(homework) tag should be deprecated (Voting's over! You won't believe what won!)
Note. After over one month of discussion, and more than one week of voting, I think the community has decided.
Leave the tag alone: 43 upvotes (20.38%)
Consider the tag deprecated, but do not remove ...
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Tag cleanup 2014 [duplicate]
Tags need a regular cleanup.
There was a number of questions on particular tags recently — but (while proposals for some really major changes should, perhaps, be posted as separate questions) maybe a ...
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History of Math.StackExchange
This thread is used to record significant events in the life of Math.StackExchange.
What should be recorded? Creation of the site (proposed, beta tested, graduated). Technological innovations like TeX ...
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How to ask a homework question?
How to ask a homework question?
Can I ask a homework question here?
How do I ask a homework question on this website?
What information should I include in a question about homework?
Why don't you ...
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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How to discourage users from using the “functions” tag
The following is the tag info for the functions tags:
In mathematics, a function is a relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs with the property that each input is related ...
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Would splitting the site into more elementary and more advanced questions help?
There were several discussions about possible solutions of large increase in quantity of questions; with too many rather elementary questions.
The possibility of dividing the site so that there is one ...
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Allow question to be closed for low effort
I do like helping people out on exercises but I see way too many questions with little to no effort in trying to solve. I think these people are just asking to get their assignments done. I don't ...
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Which are blacklisted tags and blacklisted phrases?
There are many tags which are blacklisted. And so are some strings/words/phrases in the title.
Is it possible to have a list of them publicly available somewhere?
As I was told by a moderator in ...
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The “meta-tags”.
What are the tags reference-request, soft-question, big-list for? When are they used? When should they not be used?
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Proper use of Homework Tag [closed]
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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How can we increase user involvement on this meta site?
I recently came across the discussion about the fate of the homework tag.
Now, before I start, let me make it clear that I agree that the homework tag should be removed.
I'm a regular user on the ...
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An Identity Crisis
I'm raising a philosophical question, here, having to do with the format and layout of M.SE versus the stated goals. Essentially, I am asking the question of whether the format of M.SE is in alignment ...