helpful-comments

For questions that don't show the relevant error messages or logs in the problem description:

In order to make the problem easier for us to understand, you should [study the error message](https://overflow.tips/write-good-question/understand-error-messages) and copy its text into the question so that we can see what happened.

For generally poor questions that are difficult to understand:

It's unclear from your question what the problem is. I suggest [reviewing this checklist](https://overflow.tips/write-good-question/checklist) for some practical steps to take to improve your question.

For questions that don't show the relevant code:

Your question should show the code (a [minimal complete reproducible example](https://overflow.tips/write-good-question/minimal-complete-reproducible-example)) that doesn't work the way you expect. Without that, it's highly unlikely that you'll get good feedback on what's wrong and how to fix it. We should be able to copy what you have and run it for ourselves with the instructions you provide.

For questions asking for best practices:

[Questions asking for best practices](https://overflow.tips/problematic-questions#what-is-the-besteasiestfastest-way-to-do-x) are generally understood as seeking opinions, which is off-topic for Stack Overflow and likely to be [closed](https://overflow.tips/why-question-closed#opinion-based-and-seeking-recommendations).

Broad questions phrased as "how do I do X?":

Questions that are phrased "[How do I do X?](https://overflow.tips/problematic-questions#how-do-i-do-x)" are problematic for Stack Overflow. This one is likely to get closed as needing focus because what you're asking is not simply implemented by a few lines of code. What you're describing requires many things working together. If you need help with something specific, you should show a [complete minimal reproducible example](https://overflow.tips/write-good-question/minimal-complete-reproducible-example) that doesn't work the way you expect along with your debugging details.

Code and text as images:

On Stack Overflow, please [don't show pictures of text and code](https://overflow.tips/write-good-question/formatting-text-code#dont-use-screenshots-of-text). Copy the text into the question itself and format it so that it's easy to read, copy, and search. You can edit the question to correct this using the edit link at the bottom.

Links to code

On Stack Overflow, [do not require the reader to use links to external information](https://overflow.tips/write-good-question/more-advice#dont-require-external-and-off-site-resources). Everything should be in the question itself so future readers always have immediate access to it. If you have code, copy and paste it into the question so it's easy to read, copy, and search.

What is the best/easiest/fastest way to do X?

Questions phrased like "[What is the best/easiest/fastest way to do X?](https://overflow.tips/problematic-questions#what-is-the-besteasiestfastest-way-to-do-x)" are problematic for Stack Overflow because they read as seeking opinion, which is off topic for the site. This is likely to be [closed as seeking an opinion](https://overflow.tips/why-question-closed#opinion-based-and-seeking-recommendations).