Mathematics has a homework policy, but by and large they don't follow it. They gladly accept any straight homework dump (closed a day later, but not before 7 answers were posted). — Peter Mortensen Jan 14 at 4:50

@PeterMortensen Actually, a large number of members of Mathematics spend some time each day eliminating such questions. Why do you think that you had to go a year and half back in order to find such an example? — José Carlos Santos Jan 14 at 8:59

@JoséCarlosSantos "Large" is irrelevant here. Here is some food for thought: at least one current math.se mod actively answers problem-statement-questions (some other former mods did that as well). Not a simple user, but a mod. What does this tell you? — Did Jan 14 at 11:36

@Did I cannot comment on the fact, since I don't know who that curent mod is (although I have a suspect in mind) or who the former mods are (and there I have no suspects), but, from what I know about you, I think that it is quite likely that I would agree with you if I knew who they are. And, of course, it is terrible if it's true.Now, please answer my question: do you agree or not that the assertion that we “gladly accept any straight homework dump” is a gross exaggeration? — José Carlos Santos Jan 14 at 11:54

@JoséCarlosSantos The answer depends on who is "we". Is "we" the users active on CRUDE, or the complete list of math.se users? My impression is that the users who see the site as a "straight homework dump” are (currently and despite the efforts you are referring to) a large majority. Note however that we are coming back from worse, since there was a time when invoking any kind of quality control was a sure way to pass for a fascistic elitist pathological control-freak. Now, there is at least a debate about whether one is that, or not... :-) — Did Jan 14 at 12:01

@JoséCarlosSantos I don't think "gross exaggeration" is quite the right diagnosis, but it is a profound overgeneralization that betrays a total ignorance of the math.se community discussion on the matter. It fails to take that into account entirely. Gladly does make it sound like it is encouraged, which couldn't be further from the truth. Unfortunately, the fruits of effort of people who answer homework-statement questions go a long way to give the impression such questions are accepted, however. — rschwieb Jan 14 at 14:37