I agree that it's not the most nuanced picture, but it correctly captures the ongoing debate on meta about this very question -- a debate whose very existence s

I agree that it's not the most nuanced picture, but it correctly captures the ongoing debate on meta about this very question -- a debate whose very existence suggests that these guidelines aren't cut and dry at all. For example, where is the guideline that answers this without ambiguity? http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/261592/how-much-research-effort-is-expected-of-stack-overflow-users http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/261592/how-much-rese...