It's a discussion forum that accepts help-desk questions among other forms of dialogue. One should expect upon asking a question that the question, numerous possible answers, and sometimes self-help advice for the inquirer will be handed out, debated, and commented upon, rehashed, and archived for later searches.

Homework questions should be labeled as such so the person asking can be helped with research and analytical skills needed to finish the work independently. This is true for people learning the language itself even if the homework is self-assigned.

For someone asking for introduction to concepts or implementations of a concept that already exist, multiple options will probably be proposed. That only one is needed is not the point of the site. That there are options to discuss for the benefit of both the current seeker and future seekers is.

In reply to Re^2: Process for Site Improvement by mr_mischief
in thread Process for Site Improvement by ELISHEVA

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