# Update to Homework Rules

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/update-to-homework-rules/382766>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/update-to-homework-rules/382766 "2021-05-17T08:19:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Neo](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/neo/32/22838_2.png) [@Neo](https://community.unix.com/u/Neo)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/update-to-homework-rules/382766/1 "2021-05-17T08:19:34Z")

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After a long staff discussion, we have updated our homework rules as follows:

> Homework must be declared as homework when posting and only posted in the homework category. Post your code you have tried (working and not working code), sample input and output data and all error messages. Use Markdown, BBCode, or HTML to format your code and data.

You may have already noticed a summary of this rule change in the placeholder text of the message composer:

 ![Screen Shot 2021-05-17 at 3.04.47 PM](https://community.unix.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/5/a57cca98d066bf2af8580f6dda111ebcb1888121.jpeg)

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reply and let us know your thoughts.

Thank you for helping keep our site professional and fun.

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**Author:** ![Neo](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/neo/32/22838_2.png) [@Neo](https://community.unix.com/u/Neo)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/update-to-homework-rules/382766/4 "2021-05-17T08:25:05Z")

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Pinned globally on May 17, 2021, 8:25am UTC



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**Author:** ![lgavel](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/lgavel/32/16229_2.png) [@lgavel](https://community.unix.com/u/lgavel)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/update-to-homework-rules/382766/5 "2021-05-17T10:15:45Z")

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![131908952_206648571127854_8051569573896042862_n-1853212321](https://community.unix.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/5/95c08908a0977801a0fe8fe75c11a31899f87fe7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Neo](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/neo/32/22838_2.png) [@Neo](https://community.unix.com/u/Neo)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/update-to-homework-rules/382766/6 "2021-05-31T03:13:13Z")

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See Also:

[https://community.unix.com/t/gentle-reminder-trust-level-four-tl4-to-trust-level-three-tl3/382918](https://community.unix.com/t/gentle-reminder-trust-level-four-tl4-to-trust-level-three-tl3/382918)