Daniel Roseman@danielroseman

How to ask a good question

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Make an attempt to solve it yourself.

… RTFM… search for previous questions… read and try and understand the error message

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Post the code!

… the bit that actually shows the problem… but not too much… include the error and full traceback

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Explain the problem

… say what it’s supposed to do… describe what’s not working… say what you see… and how it differs from what you were expecting

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Make sure it’s the right problem

… ask about the thing you’re actually trying to achieve… not the problems you’re having with your current approach… avoid the X-Y problem

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… it’s not (only) about the imaginary internet points… it helps future searchers who might have the same problem

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