user630: The question What metric is used when quantifying muscle tightness? was put on hold on the grounds that, given that it is a homework question, the OP should show their attempt at an answer.
In the comments below the question, it appeared that the definition of "homework" on this Stack Exchange website is much broader than some would expect, OED's definition, and the current help page's definition (https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/homewor).
Could the help page https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/homework please be updated to reflect whatever the community consensus is? 

user3340: We have had a lot of discussion on this issue but no consensus has been reached yet (or we have not resolved the issue). 
There are two issues here:

There is no mechanism to filter low quality (content wise) questions which bothers some experienced users
The use of "homework" close reason for closing questions with no effort is actually misleading. Moreover, some questions that experts dislike may not really be off-topic or trivial but would be considered not useful.

In my opinion the "homework" close reason should be exclusively reserved for actual homework/exam questions that show no effort. 
Most other low quality or no-effort questions would usually qualify for other close reasons (broad, unclear, primarily opinion-based). If the questions are really off-topic in some other way, a custom reason should be cited. Downvote should be the basic response to these questions. Please note that a downvote is for saying that the question is of low quality, shows poor effort or is not useful. 

If no other counter-arguments are presented, I shall consider that this is the consensus.

630: <p>The question <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/q/53798/630">What metric is used when quantifying muscle tightness?</a> was put on hold on the grounds that, given that it is a homework question, the OP should show their attempt at an answer.</p>

<p>In the comments below the question, it appeared that the definition of "homework" on this Stack Exchange website is much broader than some would expect, <a href="http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/87951?redirectedFrom=homework" rel="nofollow noreferrer">OED's definition</a>, and the current help page's definition (<a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/homewor">https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/homewor</a>).</p>

<p>Could the help page <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/homework">https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/homework</a> please be updated to reflect whatever the community consensus is? </p>
 3340: <p>We have had a lot of discussion on this issue but no consensus has been reached yet (or we have not resolved the issue). </p>

<p>There are two issues here:</p>

<ul>
<li>There is no mechanism to filter low quality (content wise) questions which bothers some experienced users</li>
<li>The use of "homework" close reason for closing questions with no effort is actually misleading. Moreover, some questions that experts dislike may not really be off-topic or trivial but would be considered not useful.</li>
</ul>

<p>In my opinion the "homework" close reason should be <strong>exclusively</strong> reserved for actual homework/exam questions that show no effort. </p>

<p>Most other low quality or no-effort questions would usually qualify for other close reasons (broad, unclear, primarily opinion-based). If the questions are really off-topic in some other way, a custom reason should be cited. Downvote should be the basic response to these questions. Please note that a downvote is for saying that the question is of low quality, shows poor effort or is not useful. </p>

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<p>If no other counter-arguments are presented, I shall consider that this is the consensus.</p>
