I'll also downvote any answer to a blatant homework question, where the OP has shown zero effort towards actually doing the problem. Allowing these answers just further contributes to the OP's thought that "hey I'll just let the guys on Stack Overflow do this one for me".

Downvoting and explaining this (often to "young" answerers) often leads to self-deletion of the answer.

Examples:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19468668/verify-a-number-is-odd-or-even/

I'll also downvote any answer to a blatant homework question, where the OP has shown zero effort towards actually doing the problem. Allowing these answers just further contributes to the OP's thought that "hey I'll just let the guys on Stack Overflow do this one for me".

Downvoting and explaining this (often to "young" answerers) often leads to self-deletion of the answer.

Examples:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19468668/verify-a-number-is-odd-or-even/