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I feel that this topic is important enough to deserve its own page, rather than having bits and pieces be scattered across many answers and comments.

It is inevitable that many students will come to math.stackexchange to ask homework questions. We need to agree on a single policy to handle such questions.

• What types of homework questions should and should not be allowed?
• What type of answers should be given?
• Which are more appropriate to leave as a comment on the question?
• What about people who decided to pick up a copy of x book on their own, and are asking problems from the textbook?
• To what extent is it the responsibility of the community to handle cheating? What even counts as cheating?

For reference, the StackOverflow homework policy is available here.

I feel that this topic is important enough to deserve its own page, rather than having bits and pieces be scattered across many answers and comments.

It is inevitable that many students will come to math.stackexchange to ask homework questions. We need to agree on a single policy to handle such questions.

• What types of homework questions should and should not be allowed?
• What type of answers should be given?
• Which are more appropriate to leave as a comment on the question?
• What about people who decided to pick up a copy of x book on their own, and are asking problems from the textbook?
• To what extent is it the responsibility of the community to handle cheating? What even counts as cheating?

For reference, the StackOverflow homework policy is available here.

I feel that this topic is important enough to deserve its own page, rather than having bits and pieces be scattered across many answers and comments.

It is inevitable that many students will come to math.stackexchange to ask homework questions. We need to agree on a single policy to handle such questions.  

• What types of homework questions should and should not be allowed?  
• What type of answers should be given?
• Which are more appropriate to leave as a comment on the question?  
• What about people who decided to pick up a copy of x book on their own, and are asking problems from the textbook?  
• To what extent is it the responsibility of the community to handle cheating? What even counts as cheating?

For reference, the StackOverflow homework policy is available here.

I feel that this topic is important enough to deserve its own page, rather than having bits and pieces be scattered across many answers and comments.

It is inevitable that many students will come to math.stackexchange to ask homework questions. We need to agree on a single policy to handle such questions.

• What types of homework questions should and should not be allowed?
• What type of answers should be given?
• Which are more appropriate to leave as a comment on the question?
• What about people who decided to pick up a copy of x book on their own, and are asking problems from the textbook?
• To what extent is it the responsibility of the community to handle cheating? What even counts as cheating?

For reference, the StackOverflow homework policy is available here.

I feel that this topic is important enough to deserve its own page, rather than having bits and pieces be scattered across many answers and comments.

It is inevitable that many students will come to math.stackexchange to ask homework questions. We need to agree on a single policy to handle such questions.

• What types of homework questions should and should not be allowed?
• What type of answers should be given?
• Which are more appropriate to leave as a comment on the question?
• What about people who decided to pick up a copy of x book on their own, and are asking problems from the textbook?
• To what extent is it the responsibility of the community to handle cheating? What even counts as cheating?

For reference, the StackOverflow homework policy is available here.

I feel that this topic is important enough to deserve its own page, rather than having bits and pieces be scattered across many answers and comments.

It is inevitable that many students will come to math.stackexchange to ask homework questions. We need to agree on a single policy to handle such questions. 

• What types of homework questions should and should not be allowed? 
• What type of answers should be given?
• Which are more appropriate to leave as a comment on the question? 
• What about people who decided to pick up a copy of x book on their own, and are asking problems from the textbook? 
• To what extent is it the responsibility of the community to handle cheating? What even counts as cheating?

For reference, the StackOverflow homework policy is available here.