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Ask HN: How to ask in StackOverflow and get answers?

5 pointsby bartcobainover 6 years ago
I always write questions based in the "How-To" displayed always that you are about to make a question but most of the questions doesn't pass the guidelines for asking a question. What suggestions do you have for asking in Stack Overflow?

4 comments

mindcrimeover 6 years ago
Most of the information anyone needs on asking good questions is in the link that @admay posted. I&#x27;ll just add&#x2F;reiterate:<p>1. Show some effort. Don&#x27;t ask people to &quot;do your homework&quot; so to speak. Explain what you already did &#x2F; tried, what your current working theory is, etc.<p>2. Include relevant details. More is <i>usually</i> better, although you don&#x27;t necessarily want to write a novel.
admayover 6 years ago
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catb.org&#x2F;esr&#x2F;faqs&#x2F;smart-questions.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catb.org&#x2F;esr&#x2F;faqs&#x2F;smart-questions.html</a>
qnsiover 6 years ago
First you should ask how to ask HN to get good answers, as I am afraid this post will be ignored
DanBCover 6 years ago
Some bits of StackOverflow are pathologically awful.<p>If you gave an example question here people might be able to tell you how to ask it to get useful answers.