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Good Questions and Answers: How To?

asked Jul 14 '12

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What are the important points to be noted while asking a question so that everyone understand it very well and help them to reproduce the problem and have contributions?

Similarly what to take care while answering questions ?

( Hi, this is a community wiki question, I think there should be an article like this, but there is not. So I request the OpenCV developers to point out some important matters in this topic )

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Since I got granted wiki rights yesterday, I will start to convert important topics here into wiki pages on Github and then we can link from here. That makes it more easier to update them and keep track of the information.

StevenPuttemans gravatar imageStevenPuttemans (Sep 17 '15)edit

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answered Jul 14 '12

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Hi,

While asking a Question :

  • Before asking, Use site search to find whether your question is already asked.
  • If you have very small doubts on already asked subject, you can use comments there, but if doubt is much bigger, you can ask another question giving reference to previous question
  • Be Precise to the point. Please open your question with a brief explanation on what you want. Do not place your question at the very end!
  • It is also good practice to mention your OS, 32/64 bit, OpenCV version etc in your question
  • Since most of the questions are related to computer-vision or image processing, you can add a sample image to your question (may be add an image of output you needed, for eg, if object detection, just draw a boundary around the object to be detected using any paint tool). This way, people may more grasp on your question.
  • If your reputation is low to add an image, you can upload image in any image hosting services (like imageshack.us) and provide link here.
  • Take maximum care to use simple, plain English. ( If other language users find difficulty with English, they can use translate.google.com. It may be useful to some extent)
  • Once you like an answer that solves your problem, please do accept it in addition to upvoting it.

While answering:

  • Use images wherever necessary to help understand your answer.
  • If you have code in your answer, have some comments at necessary steps.

Other Important matters :

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I vote for this:

While answering:

  • Use the answer form to provide an answer regardless of answer complexity or length.
  • Use comments for small remarks or to ask details.

After asking:

  • Accept/vote the working answer, if there's.
pklab gravatar imagepklab (Sep 18 '15)edit

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