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  <p>Why not treat all questions on CV the way self-study questions are treated?</p>
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<p>People come to CV to get real help on real problems, and they often succeed. I don't see why we should stop providing this help and instead start just giving hints and observing how the asker is progressing with the help of the hints (which is how I understand your suggestion of treating all questions as self-study). It would take much more time for those who are answering and would also take valuable time from those who did not come here to dig deep into statistics but who just need an expert's advice. </p>

<p>E.g. if I am writing an academic paper and just need a quick clarification of some technique that is not central to my topic, should I spend all the time being educated hint-by-hint how this technique really works? If I had infinite time, then it might be worth it, but everyone has to prioritize. </p>

<p>I strongly prefer the system as it is working now.</p>
