non-Celestia: Link to article: How to Ask Questions

[cpotting]

I found this article both interesting and enlightening. I have seen a lot of the negative effects of what Mr. Raymond talks about on many of the web boards I have visited (including this one). And I've discovered a few things that I have, unwittingly, been doing wrong myself.

http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Hopefully it can help someone out there avoid causing a problem instead of getting one solved.

[Guest]

http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Might have been better titled "How to deal with knowledgeable but rude people if you want them to help you."