The biggest issue that I saw was with the answers to homework questions.

It's been a policy on the SE network (if I had the time, I would find the meta.stackoverflow question) that homework questions are totally cool if:

- The user actually *asks a specific question*
- The user has taken the time to try and figure it out on their own
- The user actually has some knowledge of what they're asking about

So, the following [is not OK][1]:

> I need to explain Database (ASP with Database back end) as part of my
> pass criteria, but I don't understand how a Database works with ASP.

But [this is OK][2] (I don't actually know if this is homework, but it sure sounds like it):

> I am trying to plan out a network with the following requirements and
> am having problems trying to complete a subnet plan for my network.
> 
> The network consists of 3 routers that connect 3 different buildings
> together. I need to subnet the entire network into 4 smaller networks
> using the 10.10.1.0 - 10.10.1.255 address range.
> 
>     Router R1 hosts the Facilities network where 60 hosts are required.
>     Router R2 hosts the Business Ops network, which needs 100 hosts.
>     Router R3 hosts two switches:
>     1.) Personnel, and they have 25 hosts.
>     2.) IT, which has 25 hosts.
>     Each router-to-router connection requires 2 hosts via serial.
> 
> My initial thought was to use the following; however, this leaves me
> with an issue and I believe that it has to do with the /25 segment
> using/wasting too many addresses.
> 
>     /26 for 62 hosts for Facilities
>     /25 for 126 hosts for Business Ops
>     /26 for 62 hosts for Personnel and IT
>     /29 for 8 hosts for each router-to-router connection
> 
> I am not sure why I cannot make them all fit within the required IP
> allocation and believe that I am missing something simple.

The latter shows understanding of the topic, and has a clear and concise question, and it a real problem that a lot of us have faced at some stage.

Ideally, we want to capture the student market where we can, because they are going to be the people who will most benefit from our site when they get into their professional careers, and if we can instil in the *good* students that Server Fault is the place to get great answers, then the site will flourish in the long term.

On the flip side, we do *not* want a reputation of a site that does shitty homework for people who can't be bothered doing an inch of work themselves, or for students who find themselves in 1st year IT so they can transfer to Exercise Science next year so they can hit on the hottie personal trainers.

  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/257289/can-someone-explain-something-for-me-about-asp
  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/325220/subnetting-challenges