Community Rules

The short version

Be useful and be civil. Almost everything below follows from those two.

1. Write to be answered

Give enough detail that someone can actually help: what you are trying to do, what you tried, what happened. Pick the post type that matches what you want, put it in the right category, and tag the specific topics involved.

2. Search before you post

If the question already has a good answer, add to that thread instead of starting a new one. Repeated versions of the same question split the answers and help nobody.

3. Answer the question that was asked

If you think the approach is wrong, say so and explain why, but still answer. Say when you are unsure. A clearly-labelled guess is useful; a confident wrong answer is not.

4. Disagree with the argument, not the person

Insults, mockery, threats, and attacks based on nationality, religion, gender, age or anything similar are removed and can end an account. Members here are at very different levels of experience — assume the question is asked in good faith.

5. Credit your sources

Quoting someone else's work is fine when it is marked as a quote and the source is linked. Pasting someone else's text as if it were yours is not. The same applies to images, code and translations.

6. No advertising

Do not use posts to promote a product, service or channel. Linking to your own work is fine when it genuinely answers the question and you say that it is yours.

7. Respect privacy

Do not publish anyone else's personal information — full names, addresses, phone numbers, documents, private messages — without their consent. Blur personal data in screenshots before you attach them.

8. Mark solved answers

When your question is answered, mark the post as solved. It costs you one click and saves the next person the whole thread.

9. Report, do not retaliate

If a post breaks these rules, report it with the reason and let moderators handle it. Arguing in the thread makes it worse for everyone reading.

10. One account per person

Do not create additional accounts to get around a restriction, to rate your own posts, or to agree with yourself.

What happens when a rule is broken

Depending on how serious it is: the content is removed, the account is restricted, or the account is closed. Serious cases — threats, unlawful content, attacks on the platform — are acted on immediately and without warning. If you believe a decision was wrong, write to us through the contact page and explain why.