Hi, Good read, I suggest two more resources:
- Cunningham's Law (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law) - The Anatomy of a Great Stack Overflow Question ( https://blog.takipi.com/the-anatomy-of-a-great-stack-overflow-question-after-analyzing-10000/ I found however that the hardest challenge (as a teacher) is to get people to actually ask questions. All the best, -- Miki On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:11 AM, Shai Berger <s...@platonix.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > For many years, we have been referring people to ESR's "how to ask > smart questions"[1] when think they asked a not-so-smart question. I > believe this document[2] by Jon Skeet -- a person who essentially > became famous by answering programming questions -- should take that > document's place in our minds, because it is far more accessible, > shorter, polite, and most importantly -- goes the extra step and reminds > answerers that they, too, should behave. > > When referencing it, specifically, use > https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2018/03/17/stack-overflow-culture/#covenant > to link directly to the covenant -- although the reasoning behind it is > well worth reading from time to time. > > Have fun, > Shai. > > > [1] http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > [2] https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2018/03/17/stack-overflow-culture/ > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > Discussions@hamakor.org.il > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions >
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