Ask HN: How to ask in StackOverflow and get answers?

[bartcobain]

I always write questions based in the "How-To" displayed always that you are about to make a question but most of the questions doesn't pass the guidelines for asking a question. What suggestions do you have for asking in Stack Overflow?

[mindcrime]

Most of the information anyone needs on asking good questions is in the link that @admay posted. I'll just add/reiterate:

1. Show some effort. Don't ask people to "do your homework" so to speak. Explain what you already did / tried, what your current working theory is, etc.

2. Include relevant details. More is usually better, although you don't necessarily want to write a novel.

[admay]

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[qnsi]

First you should ask how to ask HN to get good answers, as I am afraid this post will be ignored

[DanBC]

Some bits of StackOverflow are pathologically awful.

If you gave an example question here people might be able to tell you how to ask it to get useful answers.