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These are a few hints for the first-timers and other newbies to maximize your chances of getting a useful answer to your question and have the community pleased to help you rather than annoyed by your complaints. It has been inspired by the [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html How To Ask Questions The Smart Way] document which you can easily retrieve with a web (Google) search. The guide here is only the subset of the 'official' document by Eric Raymond that applies to web fora (and this forum in particular). |
These are a few hints for the first-timers and other newbies to maximize your chances of getting a useful answer to your question and have the community pleased to help you rather than annoyed by your complaints. It has been inspired by the [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html How To Ask Questions The Smart Way] document which you can easily retrieve with a web (Google) search. The guide here is only the subset of the 'official' document by Eric Raymond that applies to web fora (and this forum in particular). |
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'''Note:''' ''While it should be obvious, it nonetheless comes up often enough that it needs to be said - Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen should '''never''' be directly contacted for assistance with any software project they are not personally involved in! The very fact that this occurs at all indicates that the readers of sites like this have not read and understood their recommendations. Since the authors have specifically asked that this warning be included with any link to their document, it needs to be emphasized at every possible opportunity.'' |
'''Note:''' ''While it should be obvious, it nonetheless comes up often enough that it needs to be said - Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen should '''never''' be directly contacted for assistance with any software project which they are not personally involved in! The very fact that this occurs at all indicates that the readers of sites like this have not read and understood their recommendations. Since the authors have specifically asked that this warning be included with any link to their document, it needs to be emphasized at every possible opportunity.'' |
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== Identification and User Accounts == |
== Identification and User Accounts == |
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