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 How to get your coding questions answered, with minimal fuss and tears a.k.a README

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TSfly
post May 30 2004, 02:57 PM, updated 18y ago

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Is your question getting ignored? Not getting the answer that you want from other forum members? Feeling sad and alone? If so, here's some guidelines that you should follow before posting your coding question.

1. Write your posts clearly
Write your question in a way that every sane, English-speaking person can understand. We don't expect posts to be at the level of an Oxford English professor, but some clarity would be nice so that we don't have to work hard to figure out what you're asking. At the very least, re-read your post and see if you can understand it yourself.

2. Be more specific
Don't ask general and vague questions. Let us know what it is you want to accomplish and what information you lack to accomplish it. If forum members don't know what you specifically need in your first post, you'll only get a reply asking for more specifics, resulting in time wasted for everyone.

3. This is not a homework forum
Don't ask us to write your entire assignment/project for you! We tend to get a lot of questions asking for homework help when college project deadlines near and this is annoying! We will help you if you're running into difficulty with a specific problem but don't post a "Do my homework" question the night before your deadline and expect a helpful reply. Read your lecture notes, go to the library, consult your lecturers or course-mates. If all else fails, then you probably do not deserve to graduate.

If your post doesn't show sufficient evidence that you have worked enough on the problem yourself, it will be locked. If your post looks like a direct copy + paste from your assignment question, it will be locked. There are no free lunches here.

4. Use the search function and the programming tutorial thread
This board comes with a magical search function. Use it! We also have a thread full of links to programming tutorials and forums. Use that too! You might find that your question has already been answered there.

6. GOOGLE!
Almost everyone has heard about Google. It's useful and apparently quite popular among most Internet users. Why not follow the in-crowd and try using Google first to answer your question. Google is very helpful, we can't emphasis this more. Google, Google, Google. Then come back here if Google has failed you.

7. Last but not least, read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way by Eric S. Raymond (thanks to kckia for the link)

This post has been edited by fly: Aug 11 2006, 01:24 AM

 

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