user27148: Although this has been a topic before I wanted to re-raise this issue as an ongoing concern in Biology.SE.
Is there something we can do to make the homework policy more visible especially to first-time visitors of the site? I feel like a substantial number of questions on the site are from users with no reputation asking clear homework questions with no effort. Sometimes I spend more time policing the homework policy than writing actual questions - granted, that is my personal decision, but I don't think I'm alone in this.
I don't know what the possibilities are within the StackExchange framework so I am hoping to gather some suggestions.

user6307: I agree. When you ask a new question, there's a yellow box on the right titled "How to Ask". In there is a couple of sentences and links to the help center. I think we should greatly expand the information in this box to include the homework policy and other pertinent information.

27148: <p>Although <a href="https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/550/why-is-the-homework-policy-hard-to-find-in-the-help-pages">this has been a topic before</a> I wanted to re-raise this issue as an ongoing concern in Biology.SE.</p>

<p>Is there something we can do to make the homework policy more visible especially to first-time visitors of the site? I feel like a substantial number of questions on the site are from users with no reputation asking clear homework questions with no effort. Sometimes I spend more time policing the homework policy than writing actual questions - granted, that is my personal decision, but I don't think I'm alone in this.</p>

<p>I don't know what the possibilities are within the StackExchange framework so I am hoping to gather some suggestions.</p>
 6307: <p>I agree. When you ask a new question, there's a yellow box on the right titled "How to Ask". In there is a couple of sentences and links to the help center. I think we should greatly expand the information in this box to include the homework policy and other pertinent information.</p>
