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100. Do not ask a question in the subject line
200. Do not tell us anything about your level of experience in the subject line
300. Do include precise details about what your code should do
400. Do include precise details about what your code does
500. Post some code, and put it in code tags
600. Patiently await a response

EDIT: Feel free to suggest anything else. There is plenty of room for expansion. I realized that the "do not" list could get to be really long so perhaps "do" is a better way to go if there are any other suggestions.

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mitakeet

Bump!

This should be added to the sticky post, howzabout asking Big K to add it?

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kirkl_uk

Yeah, I agree this would be a useful post for the new-comers.

kirkl_uk

Ooble

And put it in every forum.

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- How about no questions in the intro log?
- Do not post homework assignments without showing a valid effort on your part...

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mitakeet

Doesn't this forum have "code" tags? In the version on DevShed the code (inside "code" tags) is in a (relatively) small block with scroll bars to minimize the space it takes up.

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Infinite Recursion

yes..

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Pizentios

there are tags just for php as well

[PHP]
<?PHP
echo "this is some php code";
?>
[/PHP]

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Nuticulus

Yes, they have code tags, but once you minimise the space it takes up, it's annoying to read the code because it's cramped into such a tiny space. So if there's a large wad of code to read through, it's annoying. I much prefer it when people nopaste large chunks of code (normally nopastes have decent syntax highlighting) or post it as an attachment.

What really peeves me is when people post code in quote tags. It doesn't happen often around here, but it's annoying. Takes up a stupid amount of space, too. That, and when you get quotes being quoted. And when you quote a hugemongously long post already.

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