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Asking a Question

Hi, welcome to our chat room. We accept questions from people coming into the room.

When asking, the following will greatly increase your chance of getting an answer:

• Create a self contained code example illustrating the issue. You can upload it to jsfiddle , codepen or jsbin.
• If you paste code, format it by pressing Control+K or pressing the "Fixed Font" button. Code you put inside backticks is also formatted.
• Make sure there are no name error or syntax errors.
• Try debugging it yourself.
• Search Google and Stack Overflow for your problem.

Good luck, and may you find your answers quickly :)

FAQ

• Do I have to follow these tips? No, but they will greatly improve your chances of getting an answer

• I asked a question and didn't get an answer, may I repost it? Yes, if a reasonable amount of time has passed. Spamming will just aggravate everyone and will likely get your messages moved to the recycle bin.

• Is @pinging users about my question acceptable? Only if the ping is related to something that user said about your question.

• I have low reputation in Stack Overflow - will that damage my chances of getting an answer? No. However, if you have a lot of questions and no answers, that might. You might come off as a help vampire.

• I have a question about a jQuery/Mootools/Angular plugin/directive, can I ask it? Yes, but don't expect much help. Most of us don't care much for things like jQuery plugins and your chances of getting an answer are very slim.

• Can I ask a question about SQL/PHP/C#/PERL/Python/C/ASP/VB/PIET/Haskell/CL/Whatever? If you're a one timer - probably not, it'll get moved to the trash. All these have appropriate rooms. If you're an active member of the room then yes. All the rules including this one don't really apply to regulars.

• Can I ask a question about HTML/CSS? Yes, but you might want to try the HTML/CSS room.

• Can I ask a question about NodeJS Absolutely.

• You guys are mean/unhelpful to me :( Tough luck. The chat room is composed mostly of professionals who discuss JavaScript and other web development technologies. Answering questions from people coming to the room is something we do voluntarily and because we believe in education's role in building a better web. We have no obligation whatsoever to do so. If you want professional help you're welcome to get professional help.

If you have any more questions about the room etiquette. Please refer to the room rules.

I've kind of been wondering about the purpose of this as well. Is it to be added to the rules? Are we supposed to link people to it?

As Kittens mentioned, people aren't going to read it anyway. I mean, it's useful to think about, but I don't think it's a practical solution.