Hi Chris,
The Haskell community has a reputation of being helpful and welcoming to newcomers. I'm having a hard time reconciling that with this wiki page. In particular.
For those who want to follow along, its this one: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Homework_help I agree. That page is pretty nasty. It looks like the person summarised Eric Raymond's article, which is also pretty nasty. A rewrite would be very good!
Let me be clear: I am not arguing that we should do people's homework for them. But I am arguing for changing the tone of the response. I'd have been rather put off if that wiki page had been my first introduction to the Haskell community.
Yes. I think that we should suggest people ask homework questions to homework authors, as they are based equipped to answer the questions using the techniques and tools the students have been taught. But politely, and saying why they benefit doing it the right way. Thanks Neil