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0. Read the <link>FAQ</link>. Other *mandatory* reading follows at the bottom of these rules. 

1. Google first, ask second. You must work through the Rubber Duck process <i>before</i> asking questions in-channel.

2. This is a volunteer-staffed channel. The time of the volunteers is worth at *least* as much as your time. We are not your employees or your servants. Clean your own room, do your own homework, write your own code, and don't forget to say "Thank you" for the help.

3. The phrase "doesn't work" isn't allowed. Prepare to explain the problem without links to Stack Overflow.

4. Show your code. We don't care about your NDAs. If you don't want to show your code, go pay a consultant. We may ask you to create a minimal project that demonstrates your issue.  Save time by doing so before entering the channel.

5. All code and error messages shall be copy/pasted verbatim. No paraphrases or vague recollections are allowed. Our channel's favorite paste servers are gist.github.com and paste.lisp.org. Do NOT paste any code beyond a single line directly into the channel.

6. Stay on-topic. Visit our off-topic channel (#iphonedev-chat) for non-dev discussion.

MANDATORY READING

ASKING QUESTIONS:
* http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
* https://www.mikeash.com/getting_answers.html
* http://mattgemmell.com/what-have-you-tried/

NEW TO IOS:
* https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/Introduction/Introduction.html
* https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/RoadMapiOS/index.html
* https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/Introduction/Introduction.html
* https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/UICatalog/Introduction/Intro.html

THE DUCK METHOD OF SELF-HELP
* http://lists.ethernal.org/oldarchives/cantlug-0211/msg00174.html
* http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/rubber-duck-problem-solving.html