How to ask a good question.
This thread has advice on the following aspects of writing a good question on this site. Each item in this list links to an answer below about that specific aspect of question writing.
- Search for answers before posting a question
- Provide contextProvide context, $\,$ include the source and motivation for your question, $\,$ and avoid "no-clue" questions
- Choose a good titleChoose a good title
- Formatting and writingFormatting and writing
- Tag your question correctlyTag your question correctly
- Mathematical typesetting: MathJaxMathematical typesetting: MathJax
- Pare question to its basicsPare question to its basics
- If the question you want to ask appeared in a Math contest, or a Contest trainingIf the question you want to ask appeared in a Math contest, or a Contest training
- Avoid confusing abbreviations and notationAvoid confusing abbreviations and notation
- Ask one question per postAsk one question per post
For some examples of good questions see Suggestions for examples of well-asked questions. There you see how the principles presented here are applied.
