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I've noticed a lot of new threads appearing with questions that are only a sentence or two long. For example "I can't do this.". No error message, no explanation of other things they've tried, just simply "I can't." I will reply, asking for more information, because I *WANT* to help these users, but I can't without the information.
So, this article is both interesting to me and may be useful to those who have a hard time deciding what to put in their questions to make sure we have enough information to answer these questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
I don't mean to criticize people, but it works out a lot better for everyone if the right questions are asked. And then, of course, answered.
You might put a link then to that article in your signature, or point these types of people toward it.
Just reply to these posts indicating you need more information and a possible way to attain that information.
Maybe we could not give the option to have a thread title?
Just several text boxes like this (using Linux-software as an example, change questions as neccessary):
Name of problematic program or script:
Brief descripton (less than 100 characters):
Please describe in great detail the problem:
Then have the thread titles auto-generated from the first 2 boxes, and the body be the 3rd. We'll just then have to keep people from putting "Linux" in the first box...
If the post was to go in Linux-Hardware, make the structure something like this:
Kernel Version (output of "uname -r"):
Brand/Model of hardware you're having trouble with:
Brief descripton (less than 100 characters):
Please describe in great detail the problem:
It would be a big task doing this for each forum, but may have some benefits...
Might even try this on one forum, say Linux-Software, to see if it helps any before applying to other forums...
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